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© by Bertram Kottmann
Translation

Tag um Tag, o Herr meines Lebens
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Tag um Tag, o Herr meines Lebens, soll ich vor Dir stehen von Angesicht zu Angesicht?
Mit gefalteten Händen, o Herr aller Welten, soll ich vor Dir stehen von Angesicht zu Angesicht?

Unter Deinen gewaltigen Himmeln allein und schweigend,
mit Demut im Herzen soll ich vor Dir stehen von Angesicht zu Angesicht?

In dieser Deiner Welt der Mühsal, im Ungestüm der Tagesmühen,
inmitten eilender Massen soll ich vor Dir stehen von Angesicht zu Angesicht?

Und wenn mein Werk verrichtet ist auf Erden, o König der Könige,
soll ich vor Dir stehen von Angesicht zu Angesicht, allein und stumm?

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  • a text in German (Deutsch) by Bertram Kottmann , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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  • a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 76, first published 1912
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  • a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 76 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Tag um Tag, o Herr meines Lebens", 2014 [low voice or medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2016-12-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 98

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