My heart, the bird of the wilderness

My heart, the bird of the wilderness,
has found its sky in your eyes:
They are the cradle of the morning,
they are the kingdom of the stars;
My songs are lost in their depths.
Let me but soar in that sky,
in its lonely immensity!
Let me but cleave its clouds
and spread wings in its sunshine.

Translation(s): CZE CZE FRE GER GER ITA POL SWE

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Authorship

• by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 31, first published 1913 [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [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 Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "My heart, the bird of the wilderness", 2004 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Tagore Love Songs, no. 5. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "My heart, the bird of the wilderness", 2004 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from The Secret of your Heart, no. 6. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Edgar Leslie Bainton (1880 - 1956), "My heart, bird of the wilderness", 1914, from Songs for a Gardener, no. 1, unpublished [ sung text not verified ]
• by Florence King Berresford , "Bird of the wilderness", 1918. [high voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Ann Marie Callaway (b. 1949), "My heart, bird of the wilderness", 2001 [soprano, bass, chorus, and piano], from Songs From the Gardener, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Paul Creston, born Giuseppe Guttoveggio (1906 - 1985), "The birds of the wilderness", op. 2, published 1950. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Gerard Franck (1942 - 2006), "My heart", 1962/74. [voice and piano] [ sung text not verified ]
• by Alistair Hinton (b. 1950), "My heart, the bird of the wilderness", op. 7 no. 2 (1970) [high soprano and piano], from Five Songs of Tagore, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Wendy Hiscocks (b. 1963), "My heart, the bird", 1998 [women's chorus a cappella], from A Tagore Album, no. 3. [ sung text not verified ]
• by Edward Horsman (1873 - 1918), "The birds of the wilderness", published 1914. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by František Balej (1873 - 1918) ENG FRE GER GER ITA POL SWE by Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
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• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE GER GER ITA POL SWE by Pavel Haas.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , no title, appears in Der Gärtner, no. 31, first published 1916 CZE CZE ENG FRE ITA POL SWE by Johann Móry, Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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• Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © 1936 CZE CZE ENG FRE GER GER POL SWE by Franco Alfano.
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• Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980) CZE CZE ENG FRE GER GER ITA SWE by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948) CZE CZE ENG FRE GER GER ITA POL by Lennart Hedwall.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Mon cœur, l'oiseau du désert

Mon cœur, l'oiseau du désert,
a trouvé son ciel dans tes yeux :
Il sont le berceau du matin,
ils sont le royaume des étoiles ;
Mes chants sont perdus dans leurs profondeurs.
Laisse-moi seulement monter dans ce ciel,
dans son immensité solitaire !
Laisse-moi seulement me coller à ses nuages
Et étendre les ailes dans l'éclat du soleil.

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• a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 31, first published 1913 CZE CZE ENG GER GER ITA POL SWE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Karim Adam Al-Zand, Edgar Leslie Bainton, Florence King Berresford, Ann Marie Callaway, Paul Creston, born Giuseppe Guttoveggio, Gerard Franck, Alistair Hinton, Wendy Hiscocks, Edward Horsman. Go to the text.

• a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
• Go to the text.

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