Kashmiri song (Hope, set by H. Burleigh, A. Woodforde-Finden) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar,
Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell?
Whom do you lead on Rapture's roadway, far,
Before you agonise them in farewell?

Pale hands, pink-tipped, like lotus-buds that float
On those cool waters where we used to dwell,
I would have rather felt you round my throat
Crushing out life than waving me farewell!

Authorship

Laurence Hope (1865-1904) [pseudonym]

The Garden of Kama

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

Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949)

Five Songs of Laurence Hope

Amy Woodforde-Finden, née Ward (1860-1919)

Four Indian Love Lyrics

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