My Grey World

22 Sep, 2008

If the Day is Done..

Posted by: Sylvia Giacinta In: music| poems

I’m currently singing this song for choir. The arrangement was composed and arranged by Vystautas Miskinis. (I apologize if I spelt that wrongly. Someone help me please).

The song was based on Rabindranath Tagore’s poem from “Gitanjali”.

The poem is very beautiful so I thought I would share this little literary gem to brighten up your day.
(translated poem found in School of Wisdom. Find more poems in “Gitanjali” in that link.)

If the day is done,

if birds sing no more,

if the wind has flagged tired,

then draw the veil of darkness thick upon me,

even as thou hast wrapt the earth with the coverlet of sleep

and tenderly closed the petals of the drooping lotus at dusk.

From the traveler,

whose sack of provisions is empty before the voyage is ended,

whose garment is torn and dust-laden,

whose strength is exhausted,

remove shame and poverty,

and renew his life like a flower under the cover of thy kindly night.

I hope my choir will learn this fast and I’ll be able to share our performance with you. It’s a very beautiful song :)

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2 Responses to "If the Day is Done.."

1 | Wilfrid SINGAPORE Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7.0

September 23rd, 2008 at 10:30 pm

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Very beautiful song indeed. Love the lyrics. Will look forward to the performance :)

2 | sylv SINGAPORE Mac OS X Safari 525.18

September 26th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

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Thx Wilf.
Maybe I’ll invite you to my choir performance. It’ll be in January. You want?

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