Predetermination | Everything is predetermined

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by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Vorausbestimmung

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: ENG HEB LIT

Alles ist vorausbestimmt
Durch die große Güte Allahs,
Ach, was soll ich tun?

Ich bin längst vorausbestimmt
Für den Wein und für die Schenke
Ach, was soll ich tun?

Wie die Vögel ihre Büsche,
Wie die Rehe ihre Wälder
Lieben durch Vorausbestimmung,
Also liebe ich alleine
Wein und Schenke und die Schenkin, -

Alles ist vorausbestimmt
Durch die große Güte Allahs,
Ach, was soll ich tun?

Confirmed with Die Lieder und Gesänge des Hafis, YinYang Media Verlag

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Vorausbestimmung", op. 30 no. 1 [ bass and piano ], from Liederbuch des Hafis, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Predetermination", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "הכל צפוי", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Lemtis", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Regina Berlinghof

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 65

Predetermination

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Everything is predetermined
Through the great goodness of Allah,
Ah, what can I do?

I have long been destined
For wine and for the tavern.
Ah, what can I do?

As birds love their bushes,
As deer love their woods,
Through predetermination,
Therefore I love only
Wine and tavern and barmaid, -

Everything is predetermined
Through the great goodness of Allah,
Ah, what can I do?

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2015 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-12-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 65