Now I ask you | I have had my invitation to this world's festival

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

I have had my invitation to this world's...

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: FRE GER

I have had my invitation to this world's festival,
and thus my life has been blessed.

My eyes have seen and my ears have heard.
It was my part [at this feast]¹ 
to play upon my instrument 
and I have done all I could.

Now, I ask, has the time come at last 
when I may go in 
and see thy face 
and offer thee my silent salutation?

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¹ omitted by Sohal.

Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 16 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 16 [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gert Oost (b. 1943), "Now I ask you", 1993 [ soprano, flute, and piano ], from Drie Liederen uit de Wijzangen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Naresh Sohal (b. 1939), no title, 1999-2002 [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of Desire, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Daniel Ruyneman.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hanns Eisler.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 68