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by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Sie meinten ob meiner Trunkenheit
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Sie meinten ob meiner Trunkenheit
Und gänzlichen Versunkenheit:
Ich fände kein Erbarmen ...
Oh, ewig möcht' ich trunken sein
Und ewig ganz versunken sein
In deinen weißen Armen!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), no title, appears in Die Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy, in Hafisa, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
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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 Rudolf Glickh (1864 - 1945), "Sie meinten ob meiner Trunkenheit", op. 18 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Rebay & Robitschek [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Ludwig Grünberger (1839 - 1896), "Sie meinten ob meiner Trunkenheit", op. 13 (Sieben Lieder des Mirza-Schaffy für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Stange (1856 - 1932), "Aus "Mirza Schaffy"", op. 11 (Drei Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1883 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Hugo Venus , "Sie meinten, ob meiner Trunkenheit", op. 50 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Gottfurcht [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-30
Line count: 6
Word count: 27

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