by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492)
Translation by Edward Browne (1862 - 1926)
[No title] See original
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
... One Being was Exempt from ‘I-’ or ‘Thou-’ ness, and apart From all duality; Beauty Supreme, ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Alistair Hinton (b. 1950), no title, op. 13 no. 5u (1969-1977), lines 3-5 [ high voice and string quintet ], from String Quintet, no. 5u
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Browne (1862 - 1926), no title, appears in A Year amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character, & Thought of the People of Persia Received during Twelve Months’ Residence in That Country in the Years 1887-1888, London, Adam and Charles Black, first published 1893
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492), appears in Yūsuf u Zulaykhā, Excerpt [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-16
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Word count: 603