by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation © by Daniel Ladinsky
I wish I could speak like music
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
I wish I could speak like music
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Text Authorship:
- by Daniel Ladinsky , copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ronald A. Beckett , "I wish I could speak like music", 2019 [ voice, unaccompanied ], from Hafez: Unaccompanied songs, no. 1
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