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by Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949)

Lightly, O lightly we bear her along
Language: English 
Lightly, O lightly we bear her along,
She sways like a [flower]1 in the wind of our song;
She skims like a bird on the foam of a stream,
She floats like a laugh from the lips of a dream.
Gaily, O gaily, we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

Softly, O softly, we bear her along,
She hangs like a star in the dew of our song;
She springs like a beam on the brow of the tide,
She falls like a tear from the [eyes]2 of a bride.
Lightly, O lightly, we glide and we sing,
We bear her along like a pearl on a string.

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•   M. Shaw 

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Confirmed with Sarojini Naidu, The Golden Threshold, London: William Heinemann, 1905.

1 Shaw: "flow'r"
2 Shaw: "eye"

Text Authorship:

  • by Sarojini Naidu (1879 - 1949), "Palanquin-Bearers", appears in The Golden Threshold, in 1. Folk Songs, first published 1917 [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 Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Palanquin-Bearers", published 1907 [ tenor, baritone, and orchestra ], from The Golden Threshold : An Indian Song-Garland , no. 4, London: Boosey & Co. [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Martin Edward Fallas Shaw (1875 - 1958), "Song of the Palanquin Bearers" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 118

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