The day is no more (Tagore, set by J. Carpenter) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


The day is no more, 
the shadow is upon the earth. 
It is time that I go 
to the stream to fill my pitcher.

The evening air is eager 
with the sad music of the water. 
Ah, it calls me out into the dusk. 
In the lonely lane 
there is no passer-by, the wind is up, 
the ripples are rampant in the river.

I know not if I shall come back home. 
I know not whom I shall chance to meet. 
There at the fording in the little boat 
the unknown man plays upon his lute.

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)

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

Claus Ogermann (1930-)

Tagore Lieder

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

Franco Alfano (1876-1954)

Date added to the website: 2005-01-17.

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