Welch gottgeweihten Trank nähmst du denn gern, mein Gott

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

What divine drink wouldst thou have, my...

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: GER

What divine drink wouldst thou have, my God, 
from this overflowing cup of my life?

My poet, is it thy delight 
to see thy creation through my eyes 
and to stand at the portals of my ears silently 
to listen to thine own eternal harmony?

Thy world is weaving words in my mind 
and thy joy is adding music to them. 
Thou givest thyself to me in love 
and then feelest 
thine own entire sweetness in me.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 65, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 65 [text unavailable]
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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 Josef Alexander (1907 - 1992), "What divine drink", 1973 [ soprano, harpsichord, and percussion ], from Gitanjali, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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
Line count: 11
Word count: 77

Welch gottgeweihten Trank nähmst du denn...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Welch gottgeweihten Trank nähmst du denn gern, mein Gott,
aus diesem übervollen Becher meines Lebens?

Mein Dichter, ist es dir zur Freud, 
durch meine Augen deine Schöpfung zu betrachten
und still am Eingang meiner Ohr’n zu stehn,
um deine eig’nen, ew’gen Harmonien zu hör’n?

’s ist deine Welt, die Worte webt in meinen Geist,
und deine Fröhlichkeit setzt sie in Töne.
Du schenkst dich mir in deiner Lieb’
und fühlst in meinem Herzen dann 
ganz deine eigne Lieblichkeit.

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Based on:

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 65, first published 1912
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Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 65 [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-02
Line count: 11
Word count: 78