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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-12). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 259 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: This is a scanned edition (facsimile).
General Information
Title: When I bring to you colour'd toys
Composer: John Alden Carpenter
Lyricist: Rabindranath Tagore
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Aria
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
Published: 1914 by G. Schirmer
Description: No title, published 1914, from Gitanjali (Song Offerings), No. 1. Lyrics from Gitanjali, published 1913.
External websites:
- Wikipedia entry for 'Gitanjali'
- Art Song Central's page on "Gitanjali"
- Details of Rabindranath Tagore's Song Cycle: 'Gitanjali' or `song offerings'
- Entry at "The Lied and Art Song Text" site
Original text and translations
English text
When I bring to you colour'd toys, my child, I understand why there is such a play
of colours on clouds, on water, and why flow'rs are painted in tints–when I give
colour'd toys to you, my child.
When I sing to make you dance, I truly know why there is music in leaves, and why
waves send their chorus of voices to the heart of the listening earth–when I sing
to make you dance.
When I bring sweet things to your greedy hands, I know why there is honey in the
cup of the flower and why fruits are secretly filled with sweet juice–when I bring
sweet things to your greedy hands.