by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Es werde Licht! So tönete
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Es werde Licht! So tönete Der Ruf Gottes in die dumpfe Nacht, und siehe da, es wurde Licht, es wurde deines Auges Pracht.
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Authorship
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (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 Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Es werde Licht!", Lieder no. 21, published 1914. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
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