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Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 61, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [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 Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Peace, my heart", 2013, first performed 2013 [ soprano and piano or strings ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Peace, my heart", 2011, first performed 2011 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "Peace", 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Love and Life, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alistair Hinton (b. 1950), "Peace, my heart", op. 7 no. 5 (1970) [ high soprano and piano ], from Five Songs of Tagore, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by James F. Hopkins (b. 1939), "Peace, my heart", 1985 [ SATB chorus and orchestra ], from Songs of Eternity, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Peace, my heart", op. 30 no. 2, published 1915 [ soprano and piano ], from Deux poemes d'amour, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , appears in Rabindranath Tagore. Der Gärtner, no. 61, first published 1916 ; composed by Ján Móry, Alexander Zemlinsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 89
Paix, mon cœur, laisse le temps à la séparation d'être doux. Qu'il ne soit pas une mort Mais complétude. laisse l'amour fondre dans la mémoire Et la douleur en chants. Que le vol à travers le ciel finisse dans le repliement des ailes au-dessus du nid. Que la dernière pression de ta main soit douce. comme la fleur de la nuit. reste immobile, ô fin magnifique, pour un instant. et prononce tes derniers mots en silence. Je m'incline vers toi et tiens haut ma lampe pour t'éclairer sur ton chemin.
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 61, first published 1913
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2015-07-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 90