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by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Das sind die Kostbarkeiten dieser Erde
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Das sind die Kostbarkeiten dieser Erde:
ein Saitenspiel, ein Becher Weins,
ein Tanz schlankbeiniger Mädchen,
einer Liebsten Gunst und dann ein Schweigen,
ja, ein tiefes Schweigen.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), appears in Hafis, first published 1910 [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 Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996), no title, op. 5 no. 7, from Acht Hafis-Lieder, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 5
Word count: 26

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