by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941)
When death comes and whispers to me
Language: English
When death comes and whispers to me, "Thy days are ended," let me say to him, "I have lived in love and not in mere time." He will ask, "Will thy songs remain?" I shall say, "I know not, but this I know that often when I sang I found my eternity."
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title [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 James F. Hopkins (b. 1939), "When death comes", 1985 [ SATB chorus and orchestra ], from Songs of Eternity, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961), "When death comes and whispers to me", op. 21 no. 1 (1987) [ baritone and piano ], from Final Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-30
Line count: 7
Word count: 52