The Road is

The road is my wedded companion;
She speaks to me under my feet all day, 
she sings to my dreams all night.

My meeting with her had no beginning;
it begins endlessly at each daybreak, 
renewing its summer in fresh flowers and songs, 
and her every new kiss is the first kiss to me.

The road and I are lovers. 
I change my dress for her night after night, leaving the tattered 
cumber of the old in the wayside inns when the day dawns.

Submitted by Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• Singable translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in Lover's Gift and Crossing, no. 47 [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in Lover's Gift and Crossing, no. 47 [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 Iain Bell (b. 1980), "The Road is", first performed 2017 [soprano and piano], from Away, no. 1, confirmed with a concert programme booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]

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