by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932)
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy...
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life. This little flute of a reed thou hast carried over hills and dales, and hast breathed through it melodies eternally new. At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable. Thy infinite gifts come to me only on these very small hands of mine. Ages pass, and still thou pourest, and still there is room to fill.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 1, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 1 [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 Marius Baranauskas (b. 1978), "At the immortal touch of thy hands", 2007 [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Creston, born Giuseppe Guttoveggio (1906 - 1985), "Thou hast made me endless", op. 11 no. 1 (1945) [ mixed chorus a cappella ], from Three Chorales from Tagore, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Daniel Powers (b. 1960), "Thou hast made me endless", 2001 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond Murray Schafer (b. 1933), "Gitanjali no. 1", 1962 [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, and women's chorus ], from Four Songs on Texts by Tagore, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raymond Murray Schafer (b. 1933), "Thou hast made me endless", 1991 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Gitanjali, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Naresh Sohal (b. 1939), "Thou hast made me endless", 1985 [ baritone and orchestra ], from From Gitanjali, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Dino Menichetti.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Frederik van Eeden)
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu m'as fait sans fin, tel est ton plaisir", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (André Gide) , no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 1, first published 1917
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 93
Eindeloos hebt Gij mij gemaakt, naar uw...
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English
Eindeloos hebt Gij mij gemaakt, naar uw behagen. Dit broze vat ledigt Gij weer en weer, en vult het telkens met nieuw leven. Over heuvelen en dalen hebt Gij dit rieten fluitje gedragen en er eeuwiglijk nieuwe melodieën door geblazen. Bij de onsterfelijke aanraking van uw handen doorbreekt dit kleine hart zijn perken en baart een onzegbare uiting. Uw oneindige gaven komen tot mij enkel op deze mijn nietig-kleine handen. Eeuwen vergaan en steeds blijft Gij uitstorten en steeds is er ruimte te vullen.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 1, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 1 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2023-08-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 84