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。
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "采莲曲" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945) , "On the Banks of Jo-yeh", appears in A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China, first published 1909 ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955) , "Sur les bords du Jo-Yeh", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920 ; composed by Henk Badings.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Sur les bords du Jo-Jeh" ; composed by Rosalie Marie Wertheim.
- 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.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , title 1: "Von der Schönheit", title 2: "Am Ufer", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Gunnar de Frumerie.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Gustav Mahler.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928) , "Am Ufer des Yo-yeh" ; composed by Volkmar Andreae.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Lotus-Picking Song ", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Marie Jean Léon, Marquis d'Hervey-Saint-Denys) , "Sur les bords du Jo-Yeh" [an adaptation]
Researcher for this page: Corey Luis
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-16
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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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Text 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 against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "采莲曲"
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]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 71