by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
If you would have it so Matches original text
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
If you would have it so, I will end my singing. If it sets your heart aflutter, I will take away my eyes from your face. If it suddenly startles you in your walk, I will step aside and take another path. If it confuses you in your flower-weaving, I will shun your lonely garden. If it makes the water wanton and wild, I will not row my boat by your bank.
Composition:
- Set to music by Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "If you would have it so", 2004 [ baritone and piano ], from Tagore Love Songs, no. 10
Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 47, first published 1913
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-18
Line count: 10
Word count: 72