by Tulsidas (1532 - 1623)
Translation by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
None is so helpless as I
Language: English after the Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)
None is so helpless as I: None is so full of mercy and loye As thou, O my God: Therefore grant me release, I pray, From this crushing burden of self.
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Confirmed with Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, adapted for the Press by John S. Hoyland, New York, The MacMillan Company, 1934, page 67.
Text Authorship:
- by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948), no title, appears in Songs from Prison. Translations of Indian Lyrics Made in Jail by M. K. Gandhi, first published 1934 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) by Tulsidas (1532 - 1623) [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "None is so helpless as I", op. 121 no. 1 (1938) [ voice and piano ], from Two Sets of Five Songs Each. Set I: Tulsidas: Songs from Prison, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-21
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Word count: 31