by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Did you leave behind you your love, my...
Language: English
Did you leave behind you your love, my heart; And miss peace through all your days? And is the path you followed lost and forgotten, Making your return hopeless? I go roaming listening to brooks' babble, To the rustle of leaves. And it seems to me that I shall find the way, That reaches the land of lost love Beyond the evening stars.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Cycle of Spring [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 Wendy Hiscocks (b. 1963), "Did you leave behind you your love?", 1998 [ women's chorus a cappella ], from A Tagore Album, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-05
Line count: 9
Word count: 63