Free me from the bonds of your sweetness, my love! (Tagore) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Free me from the bonds of your sweetness, my love! 
No more of this wine of kisses.
This mist of heavy incense stifles my heart.
Open the doors, make room for the morning light.
I am lost in you,
wrapped in the folds of your caresses.
Free me from your spells, 
and give me back the manhood 
to offer you my freed heart.

Authorship

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

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Based on

text

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

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 ]

Set in German, a translation of Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ITA GER

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)

Lyrische Symphonie

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

GER

German

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

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