Bitteres zu sagen denkst du

[Bitteres]1 zu sagen denkst du;
Aber nun und nimmer kränkst du,
Ob du noch so böse bist.
Deine herben Redetaten
Scheitern an korall'ner Klippe,
Werden all zu reinen Gnaden,
Denn sie müssen, um zu schaden,
Schiffen über eine Lippe,
Die die Süße selber ist.

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¹ Wolff: "Bitteres mir"

Authorship

by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875) , no title, from Hafis - Eine Sammlung persischer Gedichte, in Hafis, published 1846

a text in Persian (Farsi) by Hafis (Mohammed Schemsed-din) (c1327-1390) , title unknown [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 Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) , "Bitteres zu sagen denkst du", op. 32 (Neun Lieder und Gesänge) no. 7 (1864).
by Erich J. Wolff (1874-1913) , "Bittres mir zu sagen denkst du", Lieder no. 9, published 1914.

FRE French (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "You are thinking of something bitter to say", copyright ©

Text added to the website: 2003-11-04.

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