Ah, how sweet, how sweet its scent | Ah, how sweet, how sweet its scent

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Ach, wie süß, wie süß sie duftet

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Persian (Farsi)

Our translations: ENG

Ach, wie süß, wie süß sie duftet,
  Deiner Locke krause Zier!
Doch sie duftete noch süßer,
  Duftete dein Herz mit ihr.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Hafis. Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte. Nebst poetischen Zugaben aus verschiedenen Völkern und Ländern, Hamburg: Bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1846, page 51.

Text Authorship:

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 87, first published 1846 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

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 [sung text not yet checked]
by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Ach, wie süß, wie süß sie duftet", Lieder no. 4, published 1914 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Ah, how sweet, how sweet its scent", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
RUS Russian (Русский) (Afanasy Afanas'yevich Fet) , first published 1859

Researcher for this page: 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

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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].

Text Authorship:

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.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875), no title, appears in Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, no. 87, first published 1846
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (c1327 - 1390) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-07-12
Line count: 4
Word count: 35