Als Dank für ihre Dienste

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

The soil in return for her service

Language: English

Our translations: GER

The soil in return for her service
keeps the tree tied to her,
the sky asks nothing and leaves it free.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fireflies, no. 28 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Ralph D'Mello (b. 195?), "Fireflies", 1999 [ tenor or baritone and clarinet ], from Tagore Songs, no. 2
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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Als Dank für ihre Dienste

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Als Dank für ihre Dienste 
bindet die Erde den Baum an sich.
Der Himmel verlangt nichts und lässt ihn frei.

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a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fireflies, no. 28
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This text was added to the website: 2014-12-23
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Word count: 20