I thought that my voyage | I thought that my voyage had come to its end

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

I thought that my voyage had come to its...

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Available translation(s): GER

I thought that my voyage had come to its end 
at the last limit of my power, - 
that the path before me was closed, 
that provisions were exhausted 
and the time come to take shelter 
in a silent obscurity.

But I find that thy will knows no end in me. 
And when old words die out on the tongue, 
new melodies break forth from the heart; 
and where the old tracks are lost, 
new country is revealed with its wonders.

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Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 37, 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), appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 37 [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 Walter Arlen, né Aptowitzer (b. 1920), "I thought that my voyage" [ soprano and piano ], from Tellings of Beads: Five Last Songs, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 81