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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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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 22, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [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 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]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pavel Haas.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Als sie schnellen Schritts an mir vorüberglitt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 9
Word count: 67
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.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 22, first published 1913
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-27
Line count: 9
Word count: 56