On the day when death will knock at thy door (Tagore, set by J. Carpenter) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


On the day when death will knock at thy door,
what wilt thou offer to him?
Oh, I will set before my guest the full vessel of my life;
I will never let him go with empty hands.
All the sweet vintage of all my autumn days and summer nights,
all the earnings and gleanings of my busy life,
will I place before him at the close of my days
when death will knock at my door.

Input by Geoffrey Wieting

Authorship

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Gitanjali

Based on

text

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

গীতাঞ্জলি (Gitanjali)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)

Gitanjali (Song Offerings)

Set in German, a translation of Marie Luise Gothein (1863-1931) ENG GER

Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)

Neun Vertonungen aus Gitanjali

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