1987
When death comes and whispers to me (op. 21, no. 1)
Composed by 
Lowell Liebermann
Lowell Liebermann Text by 
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore Final Songs, op. 21 Song Collection
"When death comes and whispers to me" is the first song from Lowell Liebermann's Final Songs,, op. 21 song cycle. The original text was written by Rabindranath Tagore, a Bengali poet.
Text
When death comes and whispers to me
by Rabindranath Tagore
When death comes and whispers to me,
“Thy days are ended,”
let me say to him, “I have lived in love
and not in mere time.”
He will ask, “Will thy songs remain?”
I shall say, “I know not, but this I know
that often when I sang I found my eternity.”
