Third song | Thus it is that thy joy in me is so full

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Thus it is that thy joy in me is so full

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: FRE GER

Thus it is that thy joy in me is so full. 
Thus it is that thou hast come down to me. 
O thou lord of all heavens, 
where would be thy love if I were not?

Thou hast taken me as thy partner 
of all this wealth. 
In my heart is the endless play of thy delight. 
In my life thy will is ever taking shape.

And for this, thou who art the King of kings 
hast decked thyself in beauty 
to captivate my heart. 
And for this thy love loses itself 
in the love of thy lover, 
and there art thou seen 
in the perfect union of two.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 56, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 56 [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 Jonathan Harvey (1939 - 2012), "Third song", 1985 [ soprano and chamber ensemble ], from Song Offerings, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Claus Ogermann.
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 109