This is my delight | This is my delight, thus to wait

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

This is my delight, thus to wait

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: GER

This is my delight, thus to wait 
and watch at the wayside
where shadow chases light 
and the rain comes 
in the wake of the summer.

Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, 
greet me and speed along the road. 
My heart is glad within, 
and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet.

From dawn till dusk 
I sit here before my door, 
and I know that of a sudden 
the happy moment will arrive when I shall see.

In the meanwhile I smile 
and I sing all alone. 
In the meanwhile the air is filling 
with the perfume of promise.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 44, 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), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 44 [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 Walter Arlen (1920 - 2023), "This is my delight" [ soprano and piano ], from Tellings of Beads: Five Last Songs, no. 3, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Albert Biales (1929 - 2012), "This is my delight", 1982, first performed 1982 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from When the Creation Was New, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
by Raymond Hanson (1913 - 1976), "This is my delight", op. 14 (1941) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Giannis Konstantinidis (1903 - 1984), "This is my bliss", 1924-80, from Songs of Expectation, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Jerold Ordansky (b. 1947), "#44 from Gitanjali", 1980 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Settings of Rabindranath Tagore, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Aleidus Coenen.
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Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 44 ; composed by Henriette Puig-Roget.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ján Móry.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
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Word count: 101