Ich nehme Abschied, Brüder

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

I have got my leave

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: GER

I have got my leave. 
Bid me farewell, my brothers! 
I bow to you all and take my departure.

Here I give back the keys of my door --
and I give up all claims to my house. 
I only ask for last kind words from you.

We were neighbours for long, 
but I received more than I could give.
Now the day has dawned 
and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out.
A summons has come 
and I am ready for my journey.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in Gitanjali, no. 93, 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), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 93 [text unavailable]
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Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 93 ; composed by Marcel Landowski.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Marie Luise Gothein (1863 - 1931) , first published 1914 ; composed by Stefan Wolpe.
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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ich nehme Abschied, Brüder

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Ich nehme Abschied, Brüder. 
Sagt mir Lebewohl!
Ich neige mich vor euch und spreche meinen letzten Gruß.

Ich geb’ euch hier die Schlüssel meiner Tür -
nicht länger werde ich hier wohnen.
Ich bitt’ euch nur noch um ein letztes liebes Wort.

Wir lebten nachbarlich für lange Zeit,
doch nahm ich mehr entgegen, als ich geben konnt’.
Der Morgen graut,
die Lampe aus, die meinen dunklen Winkel hat erhellt.
Ich wurde vorgeladen 
und steh zur Reise nun bereit.

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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), appears in Gitanjali, no. 93, first published 1912
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Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 93 [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 77