A Book of Verses underneath the Bough (Fitzgerald, set by L. Lehmann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,
A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread -- and Thou
Beside me singing in the Wilderness --
Ah, Wilderness were Paradise enow!

Input by Barbara Miller

Authorship

Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Based on

text

Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

In a Persian Garden

Another version of this text exists in the database.

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ITA

Italian

Date added to the website: 2006-04-08.

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