by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
That which men name Pain
Language: English  after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)
That which men name Pain Is no true pain: That which men name Bliss Is no true bliss: Pain is forgetting God, A mind stayed firm on God, This is Bliss.
About the headline (FAQ)
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 16.
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), "That which men call pain", op. 121 no. 3 (1938) [ voice and piano ], from Two Sets of Five Songs Each. Set I: Tulsidas: Songs from Prison, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-21
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