by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904)
Call on Rama ! call to Rama !
Language: English
Call on Rama ! call to Rama ! Oh, my brothers, call on Rama ! For this Dead Whom we bring, Call aloud to mighty Rama ! As we bear him, oh, my brothers, Call together, very loudly, That the Bhûts May be scared; That his spirit pass in comfort. Turn his feet now, calling "Rama," Calling "Rama," who shall take him When the flames Make an end: Ram ! Ram ! -- oh, call to Rama !
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Text Authorship:
- by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904), "Hindoo Funeral Song", appears in The Secret of Death with some collected poems, first published 1885 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Percy Algernon Whitehead , "Call to Rama", published 1911 [voice and piano], from Three Songs of the East, London, Boosey & Hawkes [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 71