by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 - 1273)
Translation © by Coleman Barks (1937 - 2026)
Dance, when you’re broken open
Language: English after the Persian (Farsi)
Dance, when you’re broken open [ ... ]
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- by Coleman Barks (1937 - 2026), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 - 1273) [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 Parisa Sabet (b. 1980), no title, 2014 [ soprano and piano ], from Dance in your Blood, no. 3
Publisher: Plangere Editions [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-27
Line count: 5
Word count: 28