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Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight. Thou ever pourest for me the fresh draught of thy wine of various colours and fragrance, filling this earthen vessel to the brim. My world will light its hundred different lamps with thy flame and place them before the altar of thy temple. No, I will never shut the doors of my senses. The delights of sight and hearing and touch will bear thy delight. Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy, and all my desires ripen into fruits of love.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 73, 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. 73 [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 Josef Alexander (1907 - 1992), "Deliverance", 1973 [ soprano, harpsichord, and percussion ], from Gitanjali, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Rokus de Groot (b. 1947), "Hide and seek", 2001 [ mezzo-soprano, baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 103
Verzicht befreit mich nicht. In tausend Fesseln alles Sinnlichen erspüre ich, dass Freiheit mich umarmt. Du schenkst mir immerfort aus deinen frischen Wein an Farben reich und Düften, füllst dieses irdene Gefäß zum Rand. An deinem Lichte werden hunderterlei Lampen meiner Welt entzündet, auf dass sie am Altare deines Tempels brennen. Nein, nie werd’ ich die Pforten meiner Sinne schließen. Die Wonnen meines Sehens, Hörens, Fühlens, sie werden dir zur Wonne sein. Und alles, was ich mir einbilde, wird freudige Erleuchtung mir, all mein Begehren wird zur Frucht der Liebe reifen.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 73, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 73 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 91