Light, my light (John Alden Carpenter)

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Editor: David Newman (added 2008-07-11).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kbytes       Copyright: Public Domain

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Title: Light, My Light
Composer: John Alden Carpenter
Lyricist: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Aria

Language: English
Instruments: Piano

Published: Music: John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951), no title, published 1914, from Gitanjali (Song Offerings), No. 6. - Lyrics: by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , from Gitanjali, published 1913.

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External websites:

• Entry at the "Lied and Art Song Text" site for "I am like a Remnant of a Cloud of Autumn".

Original text and translations

English text

Light, my light, the world-filling light, the eye-kissing light,

heart-sweetening light! Ah, the light dances, my darling, at

the centre of my life; the light strikes, my darling, the chords

of my love; the sky opens, the wind runs wild, laughter

passes over the earth.

The butterflies spread their sails on the sea of light. Lilies and

jasmines surge up on the crest of the waves of light.

The light is shattered into gold on every cloud, my darling,

and it scatters gems in profusion.

Mirth spreads from leaf to leaf, my darling, and gladness

without measure. The heaven’s river has drowned its banks

and the flood of joy is abroad.

Lyrics: by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) , from Gitanjali, published 1913.