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Ach, wie richtete, so klagt' ich, Saure Weisheit, Alter, Tugend Mich so ganz und gar zu Grunde! - Komm und sauge, sprach mein Liebchen, Süße Thorheit, Sünde, Jugend Leise mir vom Rosenmunde, Linde mir vom Lilienbusen, Und zu neuem Tag gesunde!
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Confirmed with Hafis. Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte. Nebst poetischen Zugaben aus verschiedenen Völkern und Ländern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 75.
Authorship
- by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Ach, wie richtete, so klag' ich", op. 33 no. 4, published 1919 [voice and piano], from Zwölf Hafis-Lieder, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 41
I lamented thus: Ah, how Sour wisdom, age, virtue Have completely devastated me! - Spake my love: Come and sip Sweet folly, sin, youth Quietly from my rosy lips, Gently from my lily-white bosom, And convalesce to a new day!
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Translation of title "Ach, wie richtete, so klag' ich" = "Ah, how completely devastated"Authorship
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, first published 1846
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2013-07-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 40