Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky (Fitzgerald) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Dreaming when Dawn's Left Hand was in the Sky
I heard a Voice within the Tavern cry,"
Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup"
Before Life's Liquor in its Cup be dry."

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)

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Set in English, a translation of Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883) ENG

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

In a Persian Garden

Date added to the website: 2009-08-06.

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