by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Ach, wie richtete, so klag' ich Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Our translations: ENG
Ach, wie richtete, so klagt' ich, Saure Weisheit, Alter, Tugend Mich so ganz und gar zu Grunde! -- Komm und sauge, sprach mein Liebchen, Süße Thorheit, Sünde, Jugend Leise mir vom Rosenmunde, Linde mir vom Lilienbusen, Und zu neuem Tag gesunde!
Composition:
- Set to music by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ach, wie richtete, so klag' ich", op. 33 no. 4, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Hafis-Lieder, no. 4
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 125, first published 1846
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-02
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Word count: 41