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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

For ever am I liberated
Language: English 
For ever [am I]1 liberated,
This is the last time I am born,
No new existence waits for me.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Hinton 

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Note: this is a text that appears in many books about Buddhism. Confirmed with Ven. Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Dictionary: Manual of Buddhist Terms and Doctrines, fifth revised edition, Buddhist Publication Society, Sri Lanka, 2004, page 158.

1 Hinton: "I am"

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Alistair Hinton (b. 1950), "For ever am I liberated", op. 13 no. 5s (1969-1977) [ high voice and string quintet ], from String Quintet, no. 5s [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-22
Line count: 3
Word count: 20

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