by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492)
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
The mysterious beloved See base text
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
"I am writing
Only for myself, and only Layla,
...
Composition:
- Set to music by Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000), "The mysterious beloved", op. 273 no. 9 (1973), lines 1-2 [ SATB chorus, trumpet, and strings ], from Symphony no. 24, "Majnun", no. 9
Text Authorship:
- by Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414 - 1492), appears in Salaman and Absal [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this page: Jean Nandi
This text was added to the website: 2009-10-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 35