by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
I would ask for still more, if I had the...
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
I would ask for still more, if I had the sky with all its stars, and the world with its endless riches; but I would be content with the smallest corner of this earth if only she were mine.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Lover's Gift and Crossing, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941) [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 Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "I would ask for still more", 2004 [ baritone and piano ], from Tagore Love Songs, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "I would ask for still more", 2004 [ baritone and piano ], from The Sky with All its Stars, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-07
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Word count: 39