May night
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
I run as a musk-deer runs
in the shadow of the forest
mad with his own perfume.
The night is the night of mid-May,
the breeze is the breeze of the south.
I lose my way and I wander,
I seek what I cannot get,
I get what I do not seek.
From my heart comes out and dances
the image of my own desire.
The gleaming vision flits on.
I try to clasp it firmly,
it eludes me and leads me astray.
I seek what I cannot get,
I get what I do not seek.
Translation(s): CZE DUT GER ITA
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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)
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist DUT ENG GER ITA by Pavel Haas.
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932) , no title, appears in De Hoovenier, no. 15, first published 1919 CZE ENG GER ITA by Berthe Geuer.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CZE DUT ENG ITA by Hans Gál.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CZE DUT ENG GER by Franco Alfano.
Text added to the website: 2004-01-19T00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-06-16T10:02:03
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