Do not stand 
                [by]1 my grave and weep;
        I am not there.
                I do not sleep.
I am [the]2 thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond [glints]3 [in]4 snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
[As]5 you [awake with morning's]6 hush,
I am the swift [up-flinging]7 rush
Of quiet birds in [circling]8 flight.
I am the [day transcending night]9.
        Do not stand 
                [by]1 my grave and [cry]10;
        I am not there. 
                I [did not die]11.

P. Moravec sets lines 1-12

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First published in The Gypsy, 1934.

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¹ Blom, Kuusisto, Moravec: "at"
² Blom, Kuusisto, Moravec: "a"
³ Blom: "glint"
⁴ Blom, Kuusisto, Moravec: "on"
⁵ Blom, Kuusisto, Moravec: "When"
⁶ Blom: "wake in the morning"; Kuusisto, Moravec: "awaken in the morning's"
⁷ Blom, Kuusisto, Moravec: "uplifting"
⁸ Kuusisto, Moravec: "circled"
⁹ Blom: "soft starlight at night" ; Kuusisto: "soft stars that shine at night"; Moravec: "soft star that shines at night"
¹⁰ Blom: "weep"
¹¹ Blom: "do not sleep"

Text Authorship:

• sometimes misattributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905 - 2004)
• by Clare Harner (1909 - 1977), first published 1934 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Diana Blom (b. 1947), "Indian Prayer", 2018 [ tenor and piano ], from Portrait of America, no. 4, Wirripang Publishing [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Rona Clarke (b. 1958), "Do not stand by my grave and weep", 2006/2010, first performed 2010 [ mixed chorus ], Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
      Publisher: Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nana Forte (b. 1981), "Do not stand at my grave and weep", 2016, first performed 2016 [ satb chorus ]
      Publisher: Nana Forte [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto (b. 1933), "Do not stand at my grave and weep" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Paul Moravec (b. 1957), "In remembrance", lines 1-12, from Vita Brevis, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alison Willis (b. 1971), "Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep", 2017 [ soprano and women's chorus ], Composers Edition
      Publisher: Composers Edition [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

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

• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 98

Älä seiso itkemässä haudallani;
en minä siellä ole, en minä nuku.
Olen tuhannen väkevän tuulen puhallus.
Olen timantin kimallus hangella.
Olen päivänsäde kypsän viljapellon yllä.
Olen lempeä syyssade.
Kun sinä heräät aamun hiljaisuuteen,
olen kohottava tunne, joka syntyy, 
kun linnut vaiti lentävät ympärilläsi.
Olen lempeät tähdet, jotka hohtavat yössä.
Älä siis seiso itkemässä haudallani;
en minä siellä ole; en minä ole kuollut.