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In one salutation to thee, my God, let all my senses spread out and touch this world at thy feet. Like a rain-cloud of July hung low with its burden of unshed showers let all my mind bend down at thy door in one salutation to thee. Let all my songs gather together their diverse strains into a single current and flow to a sea of silence in one salutation to thee. Like a flock of homesick cranes flying night and day back to their mountain nests let all my life take its voyage to its eternal home in one salutation to thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 103, 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), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 103 [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 Peter Pieters (b. 1957), "In one salutation to thee", 200?, from Gitanjali, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947), "Salutation - In one salutation to thee, my God", 1999 [ SATB chorus and string quartet ], from The Golden Harp, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation possibly by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932); composed by Aleidus Coenen, Bernard Zweers.
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jan Pouwels.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 103, first published 1914 ; composed by Alfredo Casella, Marcel Landowski.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948) , first published 1915 ; composed by Edvin Kallstenius.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SWE Swedish (Svenska) (Andrea Butenschön) , first published 1915
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 17
Word count: 103
Lasse als einen Gruß an dich, mein Gott, all meine Sinne sich entfalten und diese Welt berühr’n zu deinen Füßen. Gleich einer Juliwolke, regenschwer, die tief hängt ob der Last von nicht ergoss’nen Fluten, so möge sich mein Geist tief neigen dort an deinem Tor als einen Gruß an dich. Lass alle meine Lieder in ihrer Vielfalt sich vereinen in einem einz’gen Strom, auf dass er fließt zum Meer des Schweigens als einen Gruß an dich. Gleich einer Kranichschar, die heimwehkrank bei Tag und Nacht zu ihren Nestern in den Bergen zieht, so soll mein Leben ziehn zu seinem ew’gen Heim als einen Gruß an dich.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 103, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 103 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 106