You are the evening cloud

You are the evening cloud
floating in the sky of my dreams.
I paint you and fashion you
ever with my love longings.
You are my own, my own, 
Dweller in my endless dreams!

Your feet are rosy-red 
with the glow of my heart's desire,
Gleaner of my sunset songs!
Your lips are bitter-sweet 
with the taste of my wine of pain.
You are my own, my own, 
Dweller in my lonesome dreams!

With the shadow of my passion 
have I darkened your eyes, 
Haunter of the depth of my gaze!
I have caught you and wrapt you, 
my love, in the net of my music.
You are my own, my own, 
Dweller in my deathless dreams!

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , no title, from The Gardener, no. 30, published 1913

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) [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 Edward Horsman (1873-1918) , "You are the evening cloud"

by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , no title, op. 18 no. 3 (1922), first performed 1924, from Lyrische Symphonie, no. 3.

Date added to the website: 2004-01-17.

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Du bist die Abendwolke

Du bist die Abendwolke,
Die am Himmel meiner Träume hinzieht.
Ich schmücke dich und kleide dich
Immer mit den Wünschen meiner Seele;
Du bist mein Eigen,
Du, die in meinen endlosen Träumen wohnt.

Deine Füße sind rosigrot
Von der Glut meines sehnsüchtigen Herzens,
Du, die meine Abendlieder erntet,
Deine Lippen sind bittersüß
Vom Geschmack des Weins aus meinen Leiden.
Du bist mein Eigen, mein Eigen.
Du, die in meinen einsamen Träumen wohnt,

Mit dem Schatten meiner Leidenschaft
Hab' ich deine Augen geschwärzt,
Gewohnter Gast in meines Blickes Tiefe.
Ich hab' dich gefangen und dich eingesponnen,
Geliebte, in das Netz meiner Musik.
Du bist mein Eigen, mein Eigen.
Du, die in meinen unsterblichen Träumen wohnt.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , no title, from The Gardener, no. 30, published 1913 ENG

a text in Bangla (Bengali) by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) [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 Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , no title, op. 18 no. 3 (1922), first performed 1924, from Lyrische Symphonie, no. 3.

ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

Date added to the website: 2003-10-20.