by Abusa'id Abolkhayr (967 - 1049)
Translation by Joseph, Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (1774 - 1856)
Eigene Schuld
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi)
Kann ich klagen? Selber warf ich in die Scheuer Meines armen Herzens Feuer, Kann ich klagen? Soll ich fragen, Ob mein Herz [je kann]1 gesunden Von der Liebe tiefen Wunden, Selbst geschlagen?
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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
Confirmed with Duftkörner aus persischen Dichtern gesammelt von Hammer-Purgstall, Stuttgart, Fr. Brodhas'sche Buchhandlung, 1836; and with notes about the 1860 edition below. The Persian poet's name is indicated below the text with a reference to the source material: "Ebu Said Ebulchair I. 387"
1 1860 edition, Fischhof: "kann je"Authorship:
- by Joseph, Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall (1774 - 1856), "Eigene Schuld", appears in Duftkörner, aus persischen Dichtern gesammelt, first published 1836 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Abusa'id Abolkhayr (967 - 1049) [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 Joseph Fischhof (1804 - 1857), "Eigene Schuld" [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2021-10-19
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