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He came and sat by my side but I woke not. What a cursed sleep it was, O miserable me! He came when the night was still; he had his harp in his hands, and my dreams became resonant with its melodies. Alas, why are my nights all thus lost? Ah, why do I ever miss his sight whose breath touches my sleep?
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 26, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 26 [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 Giannis Konstantinidis (1903 - 1984), "The dream", 1924-80, from Songs of Expectation, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Landon Ronald, Sir (1873 - 1938), "He came and sat by my side", 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Four Song Offerings - 1st series, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Margaret Lucy Wilkins (b. 1939), "Dreams, resonant with melodies", op. 35 no. 4 (1981) [ SATB quartet and SATB chorus a cappella ], from Six Song Offerings, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hans Schouwman.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 26, first published 1914 ; composed by Gary Bachlund, Jean-Émile-Paul Cras.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ján Móry.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franco Alfano.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Yevgeny Ottovich Gunst.
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
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Word count: 63
Er trat herein und setzt’ sich an mein Lager, doch ich erwachte nicht. Welch Fluch lag denn auf meinem Schlaf, ich bin im Elend, voll des Leids! Er trat herein in stiller Nacht; in Händen hielt er seine Harfe, und meine Träume waren ganz erfüllt von ihren Melodien. Ach, warum gehen meine Nächte so verlorn? Ach, warum fehlt mir stets sein Angesicht, sein Hauch, der meinen Schlaf berührt?
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Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 26, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 26 [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-17
Line count: 10
Word count: 68