by Mirabai (1498 - 1547)
Translation © by Robert Bly (b. 1926)
The clouds
Language: English after the Rajasthani (राजस्थानी)
When I saw the dark clouds, I wept, O Dark One, I wept at the dark clouds [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), first published 1984, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Rajasthani (राजस्थानी) by Mirabai (1498 - 1547) [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 John H. Harbison (b. 1938), "The clouds", 1982 [female voice and piano], from 6 Mirabai Songs, no. 5. [text not verified]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-04
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Word count: 104