by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Speak to me, my love!
Language: English  after the Bangla (Bengali)
Speak to me, my love! Tell me in words what you sang. The night is dark. The stars are lost in clouds. The wind is sighing through the leaves. I will let loose my hair. My blue cloak will cling round me like [night]1. I will clasp your head to my bosom; And there in the sweet loneliness murmur on your heart. I will shut my eyes and listen. I will not look in your face. When your words are ended, we will sit still and silent. Only the trees will whisper in the dark. The night will pale. The day will dawn. We shall look at each other's eyes and go on our different paths. Speak to me, my love! Tell me in words what you sang.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 29, first published 1915 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [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 Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "Speak to me, my love!", 1924, published 1925 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Three Songs [1925/1926], no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ann Marie Callaway (b. 1949), "Speak to me, my love", 2001 [ soprano, bass, chorus, and piano ], from Songs From the Gardener, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matthew Emery (b. 1991), "Speak to me my love ", 2012, first performed 2013 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], Houston, Alliance Music AMP-0929 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Margaret Carter Metcalf (d. 1957), "Speak to me, my love!", 1921 [ high voice and piano ], from Four Poems, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Patrick Burgan, Thierry Machuel, Philippe Schœller.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henriette Mirabaud-Thorens (1881 - 1943) ; composed by Isidore Cohen, as Isidore de Lara.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , appears in Rabindranath Tagore. Der Gärtner, no. 29, first published 1916 ; composed by Ján Móry, Alexander Zemlinsky.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franco Alfano.
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Jan Kasprowicz (1860 - 1926) , first published 1923 ; composed by Grażyna Bacewicz.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Parle-moi, mon amour !", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 128
Parlami amor mio
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English
Parlami amor mio, dimmi a parole quello che cantasti. La notte è buia... Le stelle si smarriscono ne le nubi... Il vento soffia tra le fronde. Scioglierò i miei capelli... Il mio mantello azzurro mi circonderà come la notte... Stringerò la tua testa sul mio seno E ne la dolce solitudine sospirerò sul tuo cuore! Socchiuderò i miei occhi e ascolterò. [...] Quando le tue parole cesseranno Staremo fermi e in silenzio... [...] La notte impallidirà. Spunterà l'aurora... Ci guarderemo negli occhi E andremo pel nostro diverso cammin Parlami amor mio... Dimmi a parole quelo che cantasti...
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 The Gardener, no. 29, first published 1915
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [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 Franco Alfano (1876 - 1954), "Parlami amor mio", 1918?9 [ voice and orchestra or piano ], from Tre Poemi di Tagore, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
Line count: 21
Word count: 97