采莲曲

若耶溪边采莲女，
笑隔荷花共人语。
日照新妆水底明，
风飘香袖空中举。
岸上谁家游冶郎，
三三五五映垂杨。
紫骝嘶入落花去，
见此踟蹰空断肠。

Translation(s): FRE FRE FRE

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Submitted by Corey Luis

Authorship

• by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "采莲曲" [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Sur les bords du Jo-Jeh" ; composed by Rosalie Marie Wertheim.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917) , "Au bord de la rivière", appears in Le livre de jade, 1867 edition, in 1. Les amoureux, no. 3, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1867 ; composed by Gabriel-André Fabre.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Gustav Mahler.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Marie Jean Léon, Marquis d'Hervey-Saint-Denys) , "Sur les bords du Jo-Yeh" [an adaptation]

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Au bord de la rivière

Des jeunes filles se sont approchées de la rivière ; 
elles s’enfoncent dans les touffes de nénuphars.
On ne les voit pas, mais on les entend rire, 
et le vent se parfume en traversant leurs vêtements.
Un jeune homme à cheval passe au bord de la rivière, 
tout près des jeunes filles. L’une d’elles a senti son cœur 
battre et son visage a changé de couleur.
Mais les touffes de nénuphars l’enveloppent. 

Confirmed with Judith Walter (Judith Gautier), Le Livre de jade, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1867, pages 9-10.

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Authorship

• by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917), "Au bord de la rivière", appears in Le livre de jade, 1867 edition, in 1. Les amoureux, no. 3, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1867 [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "采莲曲"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Gabriel-André Fabre (1858 - 1921), "Au bord de la rivière", 1905?, published 1905 [medium voice and piano], from Poèmes de Jade, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Au Ménestrel, Heugel [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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