Is it beyond thee | Is it beyond thee to be glad with the gladness of this rhythm?

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)

Is it beyond thee to be glad with the...

Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)

Our translations: GER

Is it beyond thee to be glad with the gladness of this rhythm? 
To be tossed and lost and broken in the whirl of this fearful joy?

All things rush on, they stop not, they look not behind, 
no power can hold them back, they rush on.

Keeping steps with that restless, rapid music, 
seasons come dancing and pass away - 
colours, tunes, and perfumes pour in endless cascades 
in the abounding joy 
that scatters and gives up and dies every moment.

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Text Authorship:

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 70, 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. 70 [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Josef Alexander (1907 - 1992), "Is it beyond thee", 1973 [ soprano, harpsichord, and percussion ], from Gitanjali, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Biales (1929 - 2012), "To be glad with the gladness of this rhythm", 1982, first performed 1982 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from When the Creation Was New, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
by Wally Kleucker , "Seasons come dancing", 200? [sung text not yet checked]
by John Fitz Rogers (b. 1963), "Is it beyond thee to be glad", 2008 [ soprano and piano ], from Songs of Time and Tide, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-03
Line count: 9
Word count: 81