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Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens. Ah, love, why dost thou let me wait outside at the door all alone? In the busy moments of the noontide work I am with the crowd, but on this dark lonely day it is only for thee that I hope. If thou showest me not thy face, if thou leavest me wholly aside, I know not how I am to pass these long, rainy hours. I keep gazing on the far-away gloom of the sky, and my heart wanders wailing with the restless wind.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 18, 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), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 18 [text unavailable]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 18, first published 1914 ; composed by Louis Durey, Darius Milhaud, Henriette Puig-Roget.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Claus Ogermann.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franco Alfano.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Nino (Hjalmar) Runeberg (1874 - 1934) ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 92
Es türmt sich Wolk’ auf Wolk, es dunkelt. Ach, Liebster, warum lässt du mich denn harren ganz alleine, draußen vor dem Tor? Wenn alle rührig sind zur Mittagsstund, bin ich bei allen, doch heut’, an diesem einsam tristen Tag hoff ich auf dich allein. So du dein Antlitz mir versagst, so du mich gänzlich übersiehst, weiß ich die lange Regenzeit wohl nicht zu überstehn. Ich lass den Blick nicht ab vom Himmelsdunkel, fern, und klagend zieht mein Herze mit dem ruhelosen Wind.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 18, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 18 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-16
Line count: 13
Word count: 82