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by Hafis (c1327 - 1390)
Translation by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Meinst du wohl, daß Sein und Leben
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Persian (Farsi) 
Meinst du wohl, daß Sein und Leben 
Schon so ganz von selber dein? 
Daß sie dir bereits gegeben,
Seit du sahst der Sonne Schein?
O wie ist dein Witz so klein! 
Um zu leben, um zu sein,
Bettele bei Lipp' und Wein! 
Bettle von der Lippe Leben,
Bettle von dem Weine Sein!

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Confirmed with Hafis. Neue Sammlung. Von G. F. Daumer, Verlag von Bauer & Raspe in Nürnberg, 1852, page 178.


Text Authorship:

  • by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis. Neue Sammlung, in 2. Zweites Buch, no. 89, first published 1852 [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 Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Meinst du wohl, dass Sein und Leben", op. 76 (Sechs persische Lieder und Gesänge von Hafis und Mirza Schaffy, für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-23
Line count: 9
Word count: 52

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