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Free me from the bonds of your sweetness, my love! No more of this wine of kisses. This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart. Open the doors, make room for the morning light. I am lost in you, wrapped in the folds of your caresses. Free me from your spells, and give me back the manhood to offer you my freed heart.
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Authorship
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 48, first published 1915 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- 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 John Craig Cooper (b. 1925), "Free me from the bonds", 1956? [medium voice and piano or instrumental ensemble], from Songs of the Woodland, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by (Charles William) Eric Fogg (1903 - 1939), "Free me from the bonds of your sweetness", 1921 [voice and piano], from Songs of Love and Life, no. 5 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , appears in Der Gärtner, no. 48, first published 1916 ENG FRE ITA ; composed by Alexander Zemlinsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Löse mich aus den Fesseln deiner Süße, meine Geliebte!", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website: 2004-01-17 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:03
Line count: 9
Word count: 63
Löse mich aus den Fesseln deiner Süße, meine Geliebte! Nicht mehr von diesem Wein aus Küssen. Dieser Nebel schweren Weihrauchs erdrückt mein Herz. Öffne die Türen, lass' das Morgenlicht herein. Verloren bin ich in dir, eingehüllt in das Tuch deiner Liebkosungen. Löse deinen Zauber und gib mir das Herz zurück, dir mein befreites Herz zu schenken.
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- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 48, first published 1915
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [text unavailable]
Text added to the website: 2008-07-17 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:48
Line count: 9
Word count: 56