My song has put off her adornments
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
My song has put off her adornments.
She has no pride of dress and decoration.
Ornaments would mar our union;
they would come between thee and me;
their jingling would drown thy whispers.
My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight.
O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.
Only let me make my life simple and straight,
like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932) ; composed by Hendrik Andriessen.
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- 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: 2010-11-03
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Mein Lied ertönt ohne Manier
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Mein Lied ertönt ohne Manier.
Es prahlt auch nicht mit Kleid und Zier.
Denn Zierrat würde unsre Einheit trüben;
er träte zwischen dich und mich;
dein Flüstern wär von seinem Klimpern übertönt.
Des Dichters Selbstgefälligkeit erstirbt in Scham vor dir.
O Meister aller Dichter, dir sitz ich zu Füßen.
Ach lass mein Leben schlicht und lauter sein,
gleich einer Flöte, voll der Töne, dir zur Ehr.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-04-16
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