One morning in the flower garden

One morning in the flower garden 
a blind girl came to offer me 
a flower chain in the cover of a lotus leaf.

I put it round my neck, 
and tears came to my eyes.

I kissed her and said, 
"You are blind even as the flowers are.

"You yourself know not how beautiful is your gift."

Translation(s): GER SPA SWE

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Authorship

• by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 58, first published 1915 [ 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 Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1856 - 1943), "In the flower garden", 1918. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "One morning in the flower garden", 1921 [voice and piano], from Songs of Love and Life, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG SPA SWE by Hanns Eisler.
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• Also set in Spanish (Español), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG SWE GER by Manuel M. Ponce.
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• Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG SPA GER by Viking Dahl.
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