Then finish the last song

Then finish the last song 
and let us leave.
Forget this night when the night is no more.
Whom do I try to clasp in my arms?  
Dreams can never be made captive.
My eager hands press emptiness 
to my heart and it bruises my breast.

by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , no title, from The Gardener, no. 51, published 1915

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)

[ None yet in the database ]

by Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) , "Vollende denn das letzte Lied", 1921/2, from Erste Lieder, no. 2.
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Das letzte Lied", op. 41 no. 4 (1918) [medium voice and piano], from Vier Gesänge (Cztery pieśni), no. 4, also set in Polish
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , no title, op. 18 no. 6 (1922), first performed 1924, from Lyrische Symphonie, no. 6.

by Franco Alfano (1876-1954) , "Finisci l'ultimo canto", 1928.

by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Ostatnia pieśn'", op. 41 no. 4 (1918) [medium voice and piano], from Vier Gesänge (Cztery pieśni), no. 4, also set in German

Date added to the website: 0000-00-00.

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Vollende denn das letzte Lied

Vollende denn das letzte Lied
Und laß uns auseinander gehn,
Vergiß diese Nacht, wenn die Nacht um ist.
Wen müh' ich mich mit meinen Armen zu umfassen?
Träume lassen sich nicht einfangen,
Meine gierigen Hände drücken Leere an mein Herz
Und es zermürbt meine Brust.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

a text in English by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , no title, from The Gardener, no. 51, published 1915 ENG ITA POL

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 Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) , "Vollende denn das letzte Lied", 1921/2, from Erste Lieder, no. 2.
by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-1937) , "Das letzte Lied", op. 41 no. 4 (1918) [medium voice and piano], from Vier Gesänge (Cztery pieśni), no. 4, also set in Polish
by Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) , no title, op. 18 no. 6 (1922), first performed 1924, from Lyrische Symphonie, no. 6.

ENG English (Douglas Watt-Carter)
ITA Italian (Ferdinando Albeggiani)

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