O ich will vor meinen Gast

O ich will vor meinen Gast 
die volle Schale meines Lebens stellen 
und will ihn nicht mit leeren Händen gehen lassen.
 
Die volle, süße Lese meiner Herbstestage, 
jeden Gewinn und jede späte Ernte erfüllten Lebens 
will ich vor Dich stellen am Ende meiner Tage. 

Er kehrt zurück, wenn er die Botschaft ausgerichtet, 
läßt einen dunklen Schatten nur in meinem Morgen. 
Und in der Öde meines Hauses 
bleibt verloren nur mein Selbst zurück - 
die letzte Opfergabe, die ich für Dich habe.

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• by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 90, first published 1912 ENG SWE FIN FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Josef Alexander, John Alden Carpenter. Go to the text.

• a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 90 [text unavailable]
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• by Thomas Schubert (b. 1961), "Der Tod, Dein Diener, steht vor meiner Tür " [soprano, piano, and percussion ad libitum], from Gitanjali - 2 Gesänge nach Worten von Rabindranath Tagore, no. 1.
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• Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Helmi Krohn ENG GER GER GER FRE by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG GER GER GER FIN by Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Marie Luise Gothein (1863 - 1931) , first published 1914 ENG FIN FRE by Stefan Wolpe.
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