by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
We bow to thee
Language: English  after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)
We bow to thee, O Holy Earth, Whose garment is the ocean, Whose bosom are the mountains: To thee we bow, O Holy Earth, Beloved of God the Saviour: Forgive, we pray, The touch of our unhallowed feet.
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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 12.
Authorship:
- by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948), no title, appears in Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, first published 1934 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "We bow to Thee, O Holy Earth", op. 121 no. 2 (1938) [ voice and piano ], from Two Sets of Five Songs Each. Set I: Tulsidas: Songs from Prison, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-21
Line count: 9
Word count: 38