by Rabia Balkhi ( flourished 940-950 )
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
I am captured by your love
Language: English  after the Persian (Farsi)
I am captured by your love trying to escape is not possible love is an ocean without boundaries a wise person would not want to swim in it if you want love until the end you must accept what is not accepted welcome hardship with joy eat poison but call it honey
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Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Persian (Farsi) by Rabia Balkhi ( flourished 940-950 ) [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 Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "I am captured by your love", 2021 [ chorus, violin ], from Voices of Afghanistan, no. 3, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-22
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Word count: 52