When she passed by me with quick steps
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
When she passed by me with quick steps,
the end of her skirt touched me.
From the unknown island of a heart
came a sudden warm breath of spring.
A flutter of a flitting touch brushed me
and vanished in a moment,
like a torn flower petal blown in the breeze.
It fell upon my heart like a sigh
of her body and whisper of her heart.
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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 Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "When she passed by me", 2004 [ baritone and piano ], from Tagore Love Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "When she passed by me", 2004 [ baritone and piano ], from The Sky with All its Stars, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond Hanson (1913 - 1976), "When she passed by me", op. 39 no. 2 (1959/60) [ tenor and piano ], from Seven songs from The Gardener , no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Als sie schnellen Schritts an mir vorüberglitt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 9
Word count: 67
Als sie schnellen Schritts an mir vorüberglitt
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Als sie schnellen Schritts an mir vorüberglitt,
rührte der Saum ihres Gewands mich an.
Aus der unbekannten Insel eines Herzens strömte
mit einem Mal ein warmer Frühlingshauch.
Ein Flügelschlag flüchtiger Berührung
streifte mich und schwand sogleich,
wie ein vom Wind verwehtes Blütenblatt.
Er sank ins Herz mir wie ein Seufzer
ihres Leibs, ein Flüstern ihres Herzens.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-27
Line count: 9
Word count: 56
