by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
Translation by František Balej (1873 - 1918)
Do not keep to yourself the secret of...
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
Our translations: GER
Do not keep to yourself the [secret]1 of your heart, my friend! Say it to me, only to me, in secret. You who smile so gently, softly whisper, my heart will hear it, not my ears. The night is deep, the house is silent, the birds' nests are shrouded with sleep. Speak to me through hesitating tears, through faltering smiles, through sweet shame and pain, the secret of your heart!
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 24, first published 1913 [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), "Do not keep to yourself", 2004 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Tagore Love Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Karim Adam Al-Zand (b. 1970), "Do not keep to yourself", 2004 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from The Secret of your Heart, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank van Gompel (b. 1965), "Do not keep to yourself", op. 33 no. 1, published 2001 [ baritone, violoncello ], from Three Songs for Bariton and Cello, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raymond Hanson (1913 - 1976), "Do not keep to yourself", op. 39 no. 4 (1959/60) [ tenor and piano ], from Seven songs from The Gardener , no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by František Balej (1873 - 1918) ; composed by Josef Bohuslav Foerster.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Élisabeth Sainte-Marie Perrin (1879 - 1926) ; composed by Darius Milhaud.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , no title, appears in Rabindranath Tagore. Der Gärtner, no. 24, first published 1916 ; composed by Hermann Reiter.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Franco Alfano, Vittorio Gnecchi Ruscone.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Behalte dein Geheimnis nicht", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 71
Ó netaj v srdci
Language: Czech (Čeština) after the English
Ó netaj v srdci svém skryté touhy, sladký příteli můj! Svěř se mně, jen mně, zcela tajně. Máš vlídný úsměv, příteli můj, tiše šeptni, já srdcem tě slechnu, nikoli sluchem. Kol tichá noc, vše jímá spánek, sen snesl se na ptačí hnízda tam. Ó kéž tvé nesmělé oko, kéž tvůj zdráhavý úsměv, sladký stud a strast, zradí taje srdce tvého. Nic netaj v srdci svém, druhu můj!
Text Authorship:
- by František Balej (1873 - 1918) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in The Gardener, no. 24, first published 1913
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 Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Ó netaj v srdci", op. 96 no. 1 (1914) [soprano and orchestra or piano], from Milostné písne na slova Rabindranátha Thákura, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-11-12
Line count: 15
Word count: 67