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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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Authorship
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 16 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 16 [text unavailable]
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 against a primary source]
- by Naresh Sohal (b. 1939), "I have had my invitation to this world's festival", 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 ENG FRE GER ; composed by Daniel Ruyneman.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE ; composed by Hanns Eisler.
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- 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
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Word count: 68
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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- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 16
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 16 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 65