Här är din fotapall, här vila dina fötter, där de bo, de fattigaste, de förtappade och de förkomna. När jag försöker bringa dig min hyllning, når min bugning ej ned till det djup, där dina fötter vila bland de fattigaste, de förtappade och de förkomna. Högmod kan ej nalkas dig där du vandrar i de ringes kläder bland de fattigaste, de förtappade och de förkomna. Mitt hjärta kan aldrig hitta vägen dit, där du står, vänsäll bland de vänlösa hos de fattigaste, de förtappade och de förkomna.
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Text Authorship:
- by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948), first published 1915 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 10, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 10, first published 1912 [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 Edvin Kallstenius (1881 - 1967), no title, op. 32 no. 2 (1944) [ baritone and orchestra ], from cantata Sångoffer, no. 2
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Edvin Kallstenius)
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Edvin Kallstenius)
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Daphnis [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 87
Here is thy foot-stool; there, God, thy feet are resting, where they live, the lost and poorest and the lowliest and the most abandoned. When I would bow to thee and bring my homage my obeisance cannot reach down to the depth there where thy feet are resting among the lost and poorest and the lowliest and the most abandoned. Pride never can approach to thee where thou walkest in a pauper’s clothes with the lost and poorest and the lowliest and the most abandoned. My heart never can find its pathway there where thou standest friendly among the friendless with the lost and poorest and the lowliest and the most abandoned.
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From the Kallstenius score.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Edvin Kallstenius (1881 - 1967)
Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948), first published 1915
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 10, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 10, first published 1912 [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 ]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Daphnis [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 112