Memory, the priestess, kills the present and offers its heart to the shrine of the dead past.
Fireflies
Set by Ralph D'Mello (b. 195?), "Fireflies", 1999 [ tenor or baritone and clarinet ], from Tagore Songs, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Translations available : GER
Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fireflies, no. 16
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
The soil in return for her service keeps the tree tied to her, the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.
Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fireflies, no. 28
Go to the general single-text view
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Author(s): Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)