Free me from the bonds of your...

Free me from the bonds of your sweetness, my love! 
No more of this wine of kisses.
This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart.
Open the doors, make room for the morning light.
I am lost in you,
wrapped in the folds of your caresses.
Free me from your spells, 
and give me back the manhood 
to offer you my freed heart.

Translation(s): FRE GER GER

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Authorship

• by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 48, first published 1915 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

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

• by John Craig Cooper (b. 1925), "Free me from the bonds", 1956? [medium voice and piano or instrumental ensemble], from Songs of the Woodland, no. 2. [
   text not verified 
  ]
• by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "Free me from the bonds of your sweetness", 1921 [voice and piano], from Songs of Love and Life, no. 5. [
   text not verified 
  ]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , from Der Gärtner, no. 48, published 1916 ENG ITA FRE by Alexander Zemlinsky.
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Other available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Löse mich aus den Fesseln deiner Süße, meine Geliebte!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2004-01-17.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:03
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Libère‑moi des liens de ta tendresse,...

Libère-moi des liens de ta tendresse, mon amour !
Plus de ce vin de tes baisers.
Ce brouillard de lourd encens étouffe mon cœur.
Ouvre les portes,  fais de la place à la lumière du matin.
Je suis perdu en toi,
enveloppé dans les plis de tes caresses.
Libère-moi de tes sorts,
et rends-moi ma virilité
pour t'offrit mon cœur libéré.

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• a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 48, first published 1915 ENG GER GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): John Craig Cooper, Eric Fogg. Go to the text.

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

Text added to the website: 2016-01-13.
Last modified: 2016-01-13 21:09:25
Line count: 9
Word count: 61