by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951)
Art thou abroad on this stormy night
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
Art thou abroad on this stormy night on thy journey of love, my friend? The sky groans like one in despair. I have no sleep tonight. Ever and again I open my door and look out on the darkness, my friend! I can see nothing before me. I wonder where lies thy path! By what dim shore of the ink-black river, by what far edge of the frowning forest, through what mazy depth of gloom art thou threading thy course to come to me, my friend?
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 23, 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. 23 [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), "Where are you?", 1924-80, from Songs of Expectation, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Ticheli (b. 1958), "Departure", 1993 [ medium voice, piano, and alto saxophone ], from Songs of Tagore, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Robert de Nesle.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Henri-Pierre Poupard, as Henri Sauguet.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 23 ; composed by Henriette Puig-Roget.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Marie Luise Gothein (1863 - 1931) , first published 1914 ; composed by Stefan Wolpe.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Andrea Butenschön (1866 - 1948) ; composed by Miklós Maros.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 86
Orage
Language: French (Français) after the English
Es-tu dehors par cette nuit d’orage, poursuivant ton voyage amoureux, mon ami ? Le ciel gémit comme un au désespoir. Je n’ai pas sommeil cette nuit, mon ami. À tout moment j’ouvre ma porte et je scrute les ténèbres. Je ne distingue rien devant moi, et je doute où passe ta route ! Sur quelle obscure rive du fleuve d’encre, sur quelle distante lisière de la menaçante forêt, à travers quelle perplexe profondeur d’ombre, cherches-tu ton chemin pour venir à moi, mon ami ?
Text Authorship:
- by André Gide (1869 - 1951), appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 23 [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 Gitanjali, no. 23, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 23 [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 Henriette Puig-Roget (1910 - 1992), "Orage" [ voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies sur des poèmes de l'Offrande lyrique de Tagore, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-03-30
Line count: 12
Word count: 81