Erhalte von mir nur so viel

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Let only that little be left of me

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: FRE GER

Let only that little be left of me 
whereby I may name thee my all.

Let only that little be left of my will 
whereby I may feel thee 
on every side, and come to thee in everything, 
and offer to thee my love every moment.

Let only that little be left of me 
whereby I may never hide thee.

Let only that little of my fetters be left 
whereby I am bound with thy will, 
and thy purpose is carried out in my life - 
and that is the fetter of thy love.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 34, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 34 [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Raymond Hanson (1913 - 1976), "Let only that little be left of me", op. 37a [ tenor and organ ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 93

Erhalte von mir nur so viel

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Erhalte von mir nur so viel,
womit ich dich mein Alles nennen kann.

Erhalt’ von meinem Wollen nur so viel,
womit ich dich an allen Seiten spüren kann,
zu dir gelang’ in jedem Ding,
dir meine Liebe schenke jeden Augenblick.

Erhalte von mir nur so viel,
in dem ich niemals dich verbergen kann.

Erhalt’ von meinen Banden nur so viel,
womit an deinen Willen ich gebunden bin,
und du in meinem Leben mich zu deinem Ziele führst:
der Bande deiner Liebe.

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Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2014 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 34, first published 1912
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Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 34 [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 81