Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens (Tagore) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Clouds heap upon clouds and it darkens. 
Ah, love, why dost thou let me 
wait outside at the door all alone?

In the busy moments of the noontide work 
I am with the crowd, but on this dark lonely day
it is only for thee that I hope.

If thou showest me not thy face, 
if thou leavest me wholly aside, 
I know not how I am to pass 
these long, rainy hours.

I keep gazing on the far-away gloom of the sky, 
and my heart wanders wailing 
with the restless wind.

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)

[ None yet in the database ]

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)

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

GER

German

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

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