by Hafis (c1327 - 1390), as Hafez
Translation © by Jonathan Holmes
Encircling its towers with a silver coronet of song
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
At dawn/ I heard the tongue of the invisible [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Jonathan Holmes , copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390), as Hafez [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 Liza Lim (b. 1966), "Encircling its towers with a silver coronet of song", 2011, first performed 2011 [ baritone and piano ], from Tongue of the Invisible, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-14
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Word count: 155