When I bring to you colour'd toys (John Alden Carpenter)

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• (Posted 2017-05-10)  CPDL #44444:       

Editor: Ariel Barton (submitted 2017-05-10).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes:

• CPDL #17517: 

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

First 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.