by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
Ich roch der Liebe himmlisches Arom
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)
Our translations: ENG
Ich roch der Liebe himmlisches Arom Und möcht' in ihrem Weh'n Sanft aufgelöst mit Seele, Geist und Leib Verschwinden und vergeh'n.
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Confirmed with G. Fr. Daumer, Hafis. Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte. Nebst poetischen Zugaben aus verschiedenen Völkern und Ländern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 43.
Text Authorship:
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 72, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ich roch der Liebe himmlisches Arom", op. 33 no. 7, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Hafis-Lieder, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "I smelled the heavenly aroma of love", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-12-03
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Word count: 21