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

Unwiderstehliche Schönheit
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Our translations:  ENG HEB LIT
Durch deine schönen Locken werden
Die Heiden und die Glaubensstarken
In gleicher Weise sinnverwirrt.

Die schwachen Seelen stürzen taumelnd
In deiner Wangen holde Grübchen,
Die starken Seelen stürzen nach.

Dein Aug, das von der schwarzen Kunst 
Geschaffen ward, lenkt aus den Wolken
Des Adlers Flug zu sich zurück.

Die zarte Nachtigall, die nicht
Aufsteigen kann in Wolkenfernen,
Ist ganz und gar in deinem Bann.

Hafis vergaß um deinetwillen
Die Morgen- und die Nachtgebete,
Klar ist sein Seelenuntergang!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), appears in Hafis [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), "Unwiderstehliche Schönheit", op. 30 no. 3 [ bass and piano ], from Liederbuch des Hafis, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Irresistible beauty", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HEB Hebrew (עברית) (Ehud Shapiro) , "יופי כובש", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , "Nenusakomas grožis", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-06
Line count: 15
Word count: 77

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