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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]
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.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 109
Darum bin ich so ganz von deiner Freud’ erfüllt. Darum bist du zu mir herab gestiegen. O du, der Herre aller Himmel, wo wäre deine Liebe denn, wenn ich nicht wär? Du hast gewählt m i c h , an der ganzen Fülle teilzuhaben. In meinem Herzen spielt für alle Zeit dein Wohlgefallen. In meinem Dasein waltet stets dein Wille. Und darum zeigst du, König aller Kön’ge, in Pracht und Schönheit dich, mein Herz zu fangen. Darum verliert sich deine Liebe selbst in des Geliebten Liebe, und so wirst offenbar du immer dann, wenn Zwei vollkommen werden eins.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 56, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 56 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 98