Hindu Slumber Song (Naidu, set by H. Ware) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


From groves of spice, 
o'er field or rice,
Athwart the lotus stream,
I bring [for]¹ you, 
aglint with dew,
A [little lovely]² dream.

Sweet, shut your eyes. 
The wild fireflies
Dance through the fairy neem;
From poppy-bole
For you I stole
A [little lovely]² dream.

Dear eyes, good-night,
in golden light
The stars around you gleam;
On you I press,
with soft caress,
A [little lovely]² dream.

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¹ Ware: "to"
² Ware: "lovely little"

Authorship

Sarojini Naidu, née Chattopadhyaya (1879-1949)

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Harriet Ware (1877-1962)

Date added to the website: 2009-01-26.

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