Quand tu lèves ta lampe vers le ciel

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

When you hold your lamp in the sky

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: FRE

When you hold your lamp in the sky 
 it throws its light on my face 
 and its shadow falls over you.

When I hold the lamp of love in my heart 
 its light falls on you and I am left 
 standing behind in the shadow.

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Note: the original has two lines; line breaks have been added to let us see the translations in parallel.

Confirmed with Fruit-Gathering, by Rabindranath Tagore, translated from Bengali to English by the author, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1916.

Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fruit-Gathering, no. 70, first published 1916 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Rocco Sebastiano Nicola Carabba (1854 - 1924) ; composed by Nino Rota.
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 6
Word count: 45

Quand tu lèves ta lampe vers le ciel

Language: French (Français) after the English

Quand tu lèves ta lampe vers le ciel
 elle jette sa lumière sur mon visage
 et son ombre tombe sur toi.

Quand je lève la lampe de l'amour dans mon cœur
 sa lumière tombe sur toi et je suis laissé
 me tenant dans l'ombre.

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Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Fruit-Gathering, no. 70, first published 1916
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2017-04-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 44