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Ach, wie süß, wie süß sie duftet, Deiner Locke krause Zier! Doch sie duftete noch süßer, Duftete dein Herz mit ihr.
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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 51.
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 Theodor Streicher (1874 - 1940), "Ach, wie süß, wie süß sie duftet", published 1907-8, from Hafis-Lieder, no. 17. [text not verified]
- by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Ach, wie süß, wie süß sie duftet", Lieder no. 4, published 1914. [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Ah, how sweet, how sweet its scent", 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: 4
Word count: 21
Ah, how sweet, how sweet its scent, The lock of your hair in its curly adornment! But it would smell even more sweetly If your heart emitted scent along with it [the lock of hair].
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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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: 4
Word count: 35