Låt då alla mina sinnen vigdas i en enda hyllning åt dig, min Gud, och låt dem röra vid denna värld, där dina fötter vila! Likt ett regnmoln i juli, som hänger lågt med sin börda av outgjutna skurar, låt all min håg buga djupt vid din dörr i en enda hyllning åt dig! Låt alla fröjdetoner blandas i min sista sång, låt alla mina sånger samla sina olika toner till ett starkt strömdrag, som flödar mot ett hav av tystnad, i en enda hyllning åt dig! Likt en flock hemsjuka tranor, som dag och natt flyga tillbaka till sina nästen bland bergen, låt hela mitt liv taga vingar till sitt eviga hem i en enda hyllning åt dig!
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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. 103, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 103 [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):
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Edvin Kallstenius (1881 - 1967), no title, op. 32 no. 4 (1944) [ baritone and orchestra ], from cantata Sångoffer, no. 4
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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Word count: 119
Then — let all my spreading senses widen in one united homage to thee, my God! Let them be touching this earthy world on which thy feet are resting. As a rain-cloud in summer is hanging low with its burden of undelivered showers, let all my mind deep bend down at thy door in one united homage to thee! Let all the strains of rapture mingle in the last of songs! Let all my many songs together join their different strains into a strong current and flow into a sea of silence in one united homage to thee! Like a flock of home-sick cranes, flying night and day back to their mountains, back to their nests in the mountains, let then all my life take its voyage to its eternal home in one united homage to thee!
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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. 103, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 103 [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: 17
Word count: 137