Om dagen är all, om fåglarna ej längre sjunga, om vinden slappnat av mot afton, sänk då mörkrets flor tätt över mig, så som du också svept jorden i sömnens täcke och ömt slutit lotusblommans blad i skymningen. [... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...]
E. Kallstenius sets stanza 1
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Text Authorship:
- by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948), first published 1915 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 24, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 24 [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 ]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Edvin Kallstenius (1881 - 1967), no title, op. 32 no. 3 (1944) [ baritone and orchestra ], from cantata Sångoffer, no. 3
Score: IMSLP [external link]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Edvin Kallstenius)
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Edvin Kallstenius)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 38
If day is done, if birds no more are singing, if the evening wind is flagging tired, — — — draw soft the veil of darkness thick upon me even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the cover of slumber and tenderly closed the petals of the drooping lotus. [... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...]
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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. 24, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 24 [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: 50