At this time of my parting, wish me good luck, my friends! The sky is flushed with the dawn and my path lies beautiful. Ask not what I have with me to take there. I start on my journey with empty hands and expectant heart. I shall put on my wedding garland. Mine is not the red-brown dress of the traveller, and though there are dangers on the way I have no fear in mind. The evening star will come out when my voyage is done and the plaintive notes of the twilight melodies be struck up from the King's gateway.
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Text Authorship:
- by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 94, 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. 94 [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 Henry Kimball Hadley (1871 - 1937), "The time of parting", op. 84 (Songs) no. 2 (1921) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Koerner (1876 - 19??), "At this time of my parting", 1917, from Spoken Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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. 94, first published 1914 ; composed by Alfredo Casella.
- 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: 2008-07-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 101
À cette heure du départ, souhaitez-moi bonne chance, mes amis ! Le ciel est rougissant d'aurore ; le sentier s'ouvre merveilleux. Ne me demandex pas ce que j'emporte. Je pars en voyage les mains vides et le cœur plein d'attente. Je mettrai ma couronne nuptiale. Je n'ai pas revêtu la robe brune des pélerins ; sans crainte est mon esprit bien qu'il y ait des dangers en route. Au terme de mon voyage paraîtra l'étoile du soir, et les plaintifs accents des chants de la vesprée s'échapperont soudain de dessous l'arche royale.
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Confirmed with Rabîndranâth Tagore. L’Offrande lyrique (Gitanjali). Traduction d'André Gide, Paris, Éditions de la Nouvelle revue française, 1917, pages 166-167.
Text Authorship:
- by André Gide (1869 - 1951), no title, appears in Gitanjali (L'Offrande lyrique), no. 94, first published 1914 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in Gitanjali, no. 94, first published 1912
Based on:
- a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861 - 1941), no title, appears in গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali), no. 94 [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 Alfredo Casella (1883 - 1947), "À cette heure du départ", op. 26 no. 3 (1915), published 1921, from L'adieu à la vie: Quatre lyriques funèbres extraites du "Gitanjali" de Rabindranath Tagore, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 89