by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Richard Le Gallienne (1866 - 1947)

Little sleeper, the spring is here
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Little sleeper, the spring is here
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by (William) Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), "Soliloquy upon a dead child", alternate title: "Persian elegiac song", op. 13a (1906), published c1913, first performed 1906 [ high voice and piano ]

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