Orchestration

baritone voice and piano

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Duration

3 minutes

 

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        GRATIFICATION
        by Rabindranath Tagore
        translated by Prithwindra Mukherjee

        The moment when tears flooded mine eyes in a monsoon of sorrow,

        Before the threshold of my heart stopped the chariot of my friend.

        By handing over to Him the chalice of union that was brimming with separation and pain,

        I have no more regrets, regrets none.
 

        Gathering secretly in my mind, a hope, neglected for years...

        That thirst for a touch was quenched in a twinkling of eye.
 

        I knew at last for whom I shed all my tears:
        Blessed be this awakening, blessed these tears, blessed all.​

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