I have got my leave. Bid me farewell, my brothers! I bow to you all and take my departure. Here I give back the keys of my door -- and I give up all claims to my house. I only ask for last kind words from you. We were neighbours for long, but I received more than I could give. Now the day has dawned and the lamp that lit my dark corner is out. A summons has come and I am ready for my journey.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in Gitanjali, no. 93, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 93 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by André Gide (1869 - 1951) , no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 93 ; composed by Marcel Landowski.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Marie Luise Gothein (1863 - 1931) , first published 1914 ; composed by Stefan Wolpe.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 85
J’ai mon congé ! Souhaitez-moi bon voyage, mes frères ! Je vous tire ma révérence. Voici, je mets mes clefs sur la porte ; je résigne tous droits sur ma maison. Accordez-moi seulement au départ quelques bonnes paroles. Durant longtemps nous aurons été voisins, et j’ai reçu de vous plus que je ne pouvais vous donner. À présent le jour point ; la lampe est consumée qui a éclairé mon coin sombre. Un appel est venu et je suis prêt pour le voyage.
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Confirmed with Rabindranath Tagore. L'Offrande lyrique (Gitanjali). Traduction d'André Gide, Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1917, page 127. Note: this is a prose text. we have added line-breaks.
Text Authorship:
- by André Gide (1869 - 1951), no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 93 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), appears in Gitanjali, no. 93, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 93 [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 Marcel Landowski (1915 - 1999), "J'ai mon congé", 1946, published 1948 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Trois Révérences à la Mort, no. 1, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-11-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 79