by Abu Shakur Balkhi ( flourished 940-950 )
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A tree with a bitter seed
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
A tree with a bitter seed Fed with butter and sugar Will still bear a bitter fruit. From it, you will taste no sweetness.
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Abu Shakur Balkhi ( flourished 940-950 ) [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "A tree with a bitter seed", 2021 [ chorus, violin ], from Voices of Afghanistan, no. 1, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-22
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Word count: 24