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I love you, beloved. Forgive me my love. Like a bird losing its way I am caught. When my heart was shaken it lost its veil and was naked. Cover it with pity, beloved, and forgive me my love. If you cannot love me, beloved, forgive me my pain. Do not look askance at me from afar. I will steal back to my corner and sit in the dark. With both hands I will cover my naked shame. Turn your face from me, beloved, and forgive me my pain. If you love me, beloved, forgive me my joy. When my heart is borne away by the flood of happiness, do not smile at my perilous abandonment. When I sit on my throne and rule you with my tyranny of love, when like a goddess I grant you my favour, bear with my pride, beloved, and forgive me my joy.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 33, 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]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henriette Mirabaud-Thorens (1881 - 1943) ; composed by Isidore Cohen, as Isidore de Lara.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , no title, appears in Rabindranath Tagore. Der Gärtner, no. 33 ; composed by Willem de Haan.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franco Alfano.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Ich liebe dich, Geliebter. Vergib mir meine Liebe", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-14
Line count: 17
Word count: 149
Ich liebe dich, Geliebter. Vergib mir meine Liebe. Wie ein verirrter Vogel flattere ich im Netz. Mein Herz ward erschüttert: sein Schleier fiel ab und es lag bloß. Hülle es ein mit Erbarmen, Geliebter, und vergib mir meine Liebe. So du mich nicht lieben kannst, Geliebter, vergib mir meinen Schmerz. Zeige mir dein Befremden nicht aus der Ferne. Ich werde mich in meine Ecke zurück stehlen und im Dunkel sitzen. Mit beiden Händen werde ich meine Blöße bedecken. Wende dein Antlitz von mir, Geliebter, und vergib mir meinen Schmerz. So du mich liebst, Geliebter, vergib mir meine Freude. Wenn mein Herz von einer Woge des Glücks fortgetragen wird, dann lächle nicht über meine schrankenlose Hingabe. Wenn ich auf meinem Thron sitze und dich mit meiner tyrannischen Liebe beherrsche, wenn ich dir einer Göttin gleich meine Gunst gewähre, dann ertrage meinen Stolz, Geliebter, und vergib mir meine Freude.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 33, first published 1913
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 147