Letters in the sand (Fitzgerald, set by A. Hovhaness) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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Letters in the sand

Language: English


One who traveled in the desert
Saw Majnun where he was sitting
All alone like a magician
Tracing letters in the sand.

Input by Jean Nandi

Authorship

Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)

Based on

text

Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami (1414-1492)

Salaman and Absal

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

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)

Symphony no. 24, "Majnun"

Date added to the website: 2009-10-30.

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