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Die Flamme hier, die wilde, zu verhehlen, Die Schmerzen alle, welche mich zerquälen, Vermag ich es, da alle Winde ringsum Die Gründe meiner Traurigkeit erzählen? Daß ich ein Stäubchen deines Weges stäube, Wie magst du doch, o sprich, wie darfst du schmählen? Verklage dich, verklage das Verhängnis, Das waltet über alle Menschenseelen! Da selbiges verordnete, das ew'ge, Wie alle sollten ihre Wege wählen, Da wurde deinem Lockenhaar der Auftrag, Mir Ehre, Glauben und Vernunft zu stehlen.
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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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Liebesglut", op. 47 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2 (1868), published 1868, first performed 1888 [voice and piano], Berlin, Simrock [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Liefdesvuur", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Embers of love", copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 76
To conceal this flame here, this wild flame, And all the pains that torment me, Have I the power, when all the winds that blow about me Recount the causes of my sorrow? That I would strew even one grain of dust on your path, How could you - o tell me - how can you slander me? Accuse yourself, accuse the destiny That reigns over all human souls! Since that same eternal destiny ordained That all shall select their own paths, The locks of your hair were instructed To steal from me my honor, beliefs and reason.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 99