by Wang Wei (701 - 761)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)
竹里馆
Language: Chinese (中文)
Available translation(s): GER
独坐幽篁里, 弹琴复长啸。 深林人不知, 明月来相照。
Authorship:
- by Wang Wei (701 - 761), "竹里馆" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Bohumil Mathesius (1888 - 1952) ; composed by Pavel Haas.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959) ; composed by Georges Auric.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pavel Haas.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944 ; composed by Algot Haquinius, Hilding Rosenberg.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Witter Bynner) , "In a retreat among bamboos", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
- ENG English (Herbert Allen Giles) , "Overlooked", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Bambushain", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Overlooked
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
Beneath the bamboo grove, alone, I seize my lute and sit and croon; No ear to hear me, save mine own; No eye to see me, save the moon.
Confirmed with Chinese Poetry in English Verse by Herbert Giles, London: Bernard Quaritch; Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., 1898, p. 53.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship:
- by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "Overlooked", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang Wei (701 - 761), "竹里馆"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 29