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?
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
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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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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 69
Zum Feste dieser Welt ward ich geladen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Zum Feste dieser Welt ward ich geladen;
so ist mein Leben mir zum Segen worden.
Mein Auge hat gesehn, mein Ohr, es hat gehört.
Mein Part auf diesem Feste war,
mein Instrument zu spielen,
und alles, was ich konnt’, hab ich getan.
Nun frag ich, ist es endlich an der Zeit,
dass ich darf vor dich treten
und schaun dein Angesicht
und schweigend dich begrüßen?
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 65
