by Ch'ên Yu-Ting (1330? - 1368)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Farewell to General Chao
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
The length and breadth of all within the seas he will traverse, But no signs of grief at separation are on his face. The thought of years of lonely wandering Is as the wind of Autumn and the chill of his sword-blade.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Ch'ên Yu-Ting (1330? - 1368) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edward Rushton , "Farewell to General Chao", 1999-2000, first performed 2000 [voice and piano], from China Soup, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Edward Rushton
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-31
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Word count: 42