Songs of the Woodland

Song Cycle by John Craig Cooper (b. 1925)

1. Do not go my love [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.
I have watched all night, 
and now my eyes are heavy with sleep;
I fear lest I lose you when I am sleeping.
Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.
I start up and stretch my hands to touch you.
I ask myself, "Is it a dream?"
Could I but entangle your feet with my heart,
And hold them fast to my breast!
Do not go, my love, without asking my leave.

Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 34, first published 1913

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Geh' nicht weg, mein Liebster", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Free me from the bonds [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English

Free me from the bonds of your sweetness, my love! 
No more of this wine of kisses.
This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart.
Open the doors, make room for the morning light.
I am lost in you,
wrapped in the folds of your caresses.
Free me from your spells, 
and give me back the manhood 
to offer you my freed heart.

Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 48, first published 1915

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a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
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Total word count: 146