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Author: Denise Levertov (1923-1997)

Text collections / compilations [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali
The Sorrow Dance

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

[x] indicates a placeholder for a text that is not yet in the database
* indicates that a text cannot (yet?) be displayed on this site because of its copyright status.

Note: titles are in bold and first lines are in italics.
A blue rectangle containing a language code such as ENG indicates the presence of a translation to that language. A grey rectangle such as FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but is missing.

A man [x] *
V. Weigl: Living a life

A man sits by the bed *
J. Wallach: The Batterers

After long sorrow, I am graciously (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Hymn to Krishna (II)

As the mirror to my hand (As the mirror to my hand) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
As the mirror to my hand (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: As the mirror to my hand

Beginners (But we have only begun) - J. Wallach *
Beloved, what more shall I say to you? (Beloved, what more shall I say to you? ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
Beloved, what more shall I say to you? (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Beloved, what more shall I say to you?

But we have only begun *
J. Wallach: Beginners

Children begin at green dawn nimbly to build *
J. Wallach: The Altars in the Street

Don't say, don't say there is no water *
J. Wallach: The Fountain

Her slender body (Her slender body like a flash of lightning) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
Her slender body like a flash of lightning (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Her slender body

Hymn to Eros (O Eros, silently smiling... hear me ) (from The Sorrow Dance) - J. Wallach, V. Weigl *
Hymn to Krishna (I) (It was in bitter maytime my lord ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
Hymn to Krishna I: Radha speaks (It was in bitter maytime my lord ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Hymn to Krishna (I)

Hymn to Krishna (II) (After long sorrow, I am graciously ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
Hymn to Krishna II: Radha speaks (After long sorrow, I am graciously ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Hymn to Krishna (II)

I brought honey (I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk -- ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk -- (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: I brought honey

I place beauty spots (I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: I place beauty spots

In praise of Krishna (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - D. Blake [x] *
It was in bitter maytime my lord (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Hymn to Krishna (I)

Krishna speaks (Her slender body like a flash of lightning) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Her slender body

Krishna speaks (My moon-faced one) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: My moon-faced one

Let the earth of my body (Let the earth of my body) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg [x] *
Let the earth of my body (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) [x] *
G. Rochberg: Let the earth of my body

Living (The fire in leaf and grass ) (from The Sorrow Dance) - J. Wallach *
Living a life - V. Weigl [x] *
Lord of my heart (Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed... ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed... (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Lord of my heart

Midnight Gladness (The pleated lampshade, slightly askew) - J. Wallach *
My mind is not on housework (My mind is not on housework. ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
My mind is not on housework. (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: My mind is not on housework

My moon-faced one (My moon-faced one) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
My moon-faced one (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: My moon-faced one

O Eros, silently smiling... hear me (from The Sorrow Dance) *
J. Wallach, V. Weigl: Hymn to Eros

O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? (O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror?

O my friend, my sorrow is unending (O my friend, my sorrow is unending) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg [x] *
O my friend, my sorrow is unending (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) [x] *
G. Rochberg: O my friend, my sorrow is unending

Radha speaks (As the mirror to my hand) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: As the mirror to my hand

Radha speaks (O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror? ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: O Madhava, how shall I tell you of my terror?

Radha speaks (Lord of my heart, what have I dreamed... ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Lord of my heart

Radha speaks (I brought honey and drank it mixed with milk -- ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: I brought honey

Radha speaks (My mind is not on housework. ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: My mind is not on housework

Radha speaks (Beloved, what more shall I say to you? ) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Beloved, what more shall I say to you?

Shining one (Shining one, golden as the champa flower) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) - G. Rochberg *
Shining one, golden as the champa flower (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Shining one

The Altars in the Street (Children begin at green dawn nimbly to build) - J. Wallach *
The Batterers (A man sits by the bed) - J. Wallach *
The cat is eating the roses: *
W. Bolcom: The sage

The fire in leaf and grass (The fire in leaf and grass ) (from The Sorrow Dance) - V. Weigl *
The fire in leaf and grass (from The Sorrow Dance) *
V. Weigl: The fire in leaf and grass
J. Wallach: Living

The Fountain (Don't say, don't say there is no water) - J. Wallach *
The Old Woman Messenger speaks (I place beauty spots on my sagging cheeks) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: I place beauty spots

The Old Woman Messenger speaks (Shining one, golden as the champa flower) (from In praise of Krishna: songs from the Bengali) *
G. Rochberg: Shining one

The Open Sentence (To look out over roofs) - J. Wallach *
The pleated lampshade, slightly askew *
J. Wallach: Midnight Gladness

The sage (The cat is eating the roses: ) - W. Bolcom *
To look out over roofs *
J. Wallach: The Open Sentence

What were they like? - I. Heilner [x] *
Who is at my window - V. Weigl [x] *

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