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

Vorausbestimmung
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Our translations:  ENG HEB LIT
Alles ist vorausbestimmt
Durch die große Güte Allahs,
Ach, was soll ich tun?

Ich bin längst vorausbestimmt
Für den Wein und für die Schenke
Ach, was soll ich tun?

Wie die Vögel ihre Büsche,
Wie die Rehe ihre Wälder
Lieben durch Vorausbestimmung,
Also liebe ich alleine
Wein und Schenke und die Schenkin, -

Alles ist vorausbestimmt
Durch die große Güte Allahs,
Ach, was soll ich tun?

Confirmed with Die Lieder und Gesänge des Hafis, YinYang Media Verlag


Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "Vorausbestimmung", op. 30 no. 1 [ bass and piano ], from Liederbuch des Hafis, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Predetermination", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "הכל צפוי", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Lemtis", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Regina Berlinghof

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 65

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