Ah, moon of my delight, that knows no wane (Fitzgerald, set by L. Lehmann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Ah, moon of my delight, [that knows]¹ no wane,
The moon of Heav'n is rising once again:
How oft hereafter rising shall she look
Through this same garden after me - in vain!

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¹ Fitzgerald: "who know'st"
Note: this is the version from the first edition; in later editions it was renumbered first to 109 and then to 100 with substantial changes

Authorship

Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Based on

text

Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122)

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Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

In a Persian Garden

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