by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Where the mind is without fear
 (Sung text for setting by G. Bachlund)
 See original
Language: English  after the Bangla (Bengali) 
Our translations:  GER
Where the mind is without fear 
and the head is held high; 
Where knowledge is free; 
Where the world has not 
been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic wars; 
Where words come out from the depth of truth; 
Where tireless striving 
stretches its arms towards perfection; 
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way 
into the dreary desert sand of dead habit; 
Where the mind is led forward by thee 
into ever-widening thought and action -- 
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, 
let my country awake.

Composition:

    Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Where the mind is without fear", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

Based on:

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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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 90