I love you, beloved. Forgive me my love

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

I love you, beloved. Forgive me my love

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: GER

I love you, beloved.  Forgive me my love.
Like a bird losing its way I am caught.
When my heart was shaken 
it lost its veil and was naked. 
Cover it with pity, beloved, and forgive me my love.

If you cannot love me, beloved, forgive me my pain.
Do not look askance at me from afar.
I will steal back to my corner and sit in the dark.
With both hands I will cover my naked shame.
Turn your face from me, beloved, and forgive me my pain.

If you love me, beloved, forgive me my joy.
When my heart is borne away by the flood of happiness,
do not smile at my perilous abandonment.
When I sit on my throne and 
rule you with my tyranny of love,
when like a goddess I grant you my favour, 
bear with my pride, beloved, and forgive me my joy.

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by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 33, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
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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) , no title, appears in Rabindranath Tagore. Der Gärtner, no. 33 ; composed by Willem de Haan.
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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franco Alfano.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-14
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Word count: 149