by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Do not go, my love, without asking my...
Language: English  after the Bangla (Bengali) 
Our translations:  GER
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.

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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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Не уходи, не простившись со мнои
 (Sung text for setting by M. Ippolitov-Ivanov)
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Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Не уходи, не простившись со мнои, мой милый!
Мне не спалось, и теперь, дорогой мой,
Сна превозмочь не имею я силы.
Если усну, я тебя потеряю!
Не уходи, не простившись со мной.
Вздрогнув, тебя я касаюсь в тревоге.
Если б, связав твои руки,
Я сердцем своим крепко держать у груди их могла бы!
Не уходи... Я шепчу, засыпая:
«Не уходи... не уходи... не уходи... не уходи!»

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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