by Dwija Chandidas (b. 1408)
Translation © by Steve Kowit (1938 - 2015)
Since first I heard his name
Language: English  after the Bangla (Bengali)
it has overcome my heart
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Text Authorship:
- by Steve Kowit (1938 - 2015), appears in The Gods of Rapture: Poems in the erotic mood, copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Dwija Chandidas (b. 1408) [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 Valerie Saalbach (b. 1951), "Since first I heard his name" [ soprano and piano ], from Journey of Desire, no. 3
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