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Let all the strains of joy mingle in my last song -- the joy that makes the earth flow over in the riotous excess of the grass, the joy that sets the twin brothers, life and death, dancing over the wide world, the joy that sweeps in with the tempest, shaking and waking all life with laughter, the joy that sits still with its tears on the open red lotus of pain, and the joy that throws everything it has upon the dust, and knows not a word.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 58, 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. 58 [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 Wendy Hiscocks (b. 1963), "Let all the strains of joy", 1998 [ women's chorus a cappella ], from A Tagore Album, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "Let all the strains of joy", 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Song Offerings - 2nd series, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932) , appears in Wijnzangen ; composed by Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Claus Ogermann.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hanns Eisler.
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- 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: 12
Word count: 87
Que tous les styles de joie se mêlent dans mon dernier chant, la joie qui fait la terre s'inonder du violent excès d'herbes, la joie qui fait danser au-dessus du vaste monde les sœurs jumelles, la vie et la mort, la joie qui balaie tout avec la tempête secouant et éveillant toute vie en riant, la joie qui reste calme avec ses larmes quand éclot le lotus rouge de la douleur, et la joie qui jette tout ce qu'elle possède à la poussière et qui ne sait pas un mot.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 58, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 58 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 90