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Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend? The sky groans like one in despair. I have no sleep tonight. Ever and again I open my door and look out on the darkness, my friend! I can see nothing before me. I wonder where lies thy path! By what dim shore of the ink-black river, by what far edge of the frowning forest, through what mazy depth of gloom art thou threading thy course to come to me, my friend?
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- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 23, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 23 [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 Giannis Konstantinidis (1903 - 1984), "Where are you?", 1924-80, from Songs of Expectation, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Ticheli (b. 1958), "Departure", 1993 [ medium voice, piano, and alto saxophone ], from Songs of Tagore, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert de Nesle.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Marie Luise Gothein (1863 - 1931) , first published 1914 ; composed by Stefan Wolpe.
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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: 2009-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 86
Es-tu dehors par cette nuit de tempête, sur ton voyage d'amour, mon ami ? Le ciel gémit comme un désespéré. Je n'ai pas sommeil cette nuit. Encore et encore, j'ouvre ma porte et regarde dans l'obscurité, mon ami ! Je ne vois rien devant moi. Je me demande où passe ton chemin ! Par quelle indistincte rive de cette rivière noire d'encre, par quelle lointaine lisière de cette maussade forêt, par quelle profonde et inextricable obscurité ta voie se faufile-t-elle jusqu'à moi, mon ami ?
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 23, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 23 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 82