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Day after day, O lord of my life, shall I stand before thee face to face? With folded hands, O lord of all worlds, shall I stand before thee face to face? Under thy great sky in solitude and silence, with humble heart shall I stand before thee face to face? In this laborious world of thine, tumultuous with toil and with struggle, among hurrying crowds shall I stand before thee face to face? And when my work shall be done in this world, O King of kings, alone and speechless shall I stand before thee face to face?
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 76, 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), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 76 [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), "Day after day", 1973 [ soprano, harpsichord, and percussion ], from Gitanjali, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francis Grier (b. 1955), "Day after day, O Lord of my Life", 1994 [ voice and chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Carter Metcalf (d. 1957), "Day after day", 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Poems, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gert Oost (b. 1943), "Shall I stand before thee?", 1993 [ soprano, flute, and piano ], from Drie Liederen uit de Wijzangen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 15
Word count: 99
Lá i ndiaidh lae, a Thiarna an Domhain, an seasfaidh mé romhatsa aghaidh ar aghaidh? Mo lámha fillte, a Rí na nDúl, an seasfaidh mé romhatsa aghaidh ar aghaidh? Faoid’ spéirse fhairsing i m’aonar is i dtost, is le croí umhal an seasfaidh mé romhatsa aghaidh ar aghaidh? Sa domhan a chruthaís lán de bhroid ag streachailt de shíor leis an gcruatan, i measc sluaite go leor an seasfaidh mé romhatsa aghaidh ar aghaidh? Is nuair ‘bheidh mo shaotharsa curtha i gcrích a Dhé,’Ardrí, an seasfaidh mé romhatsa aghaidh ar aghaidh?
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from English to Irish (Gaelic) copyright © 2016 by Gabriel Rosenstock.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 76, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 76 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-16
Line count: 14
Word count: 91