Silver bark of beech, and sallow
Language: English
Available translation(s): CHI
Silver bark of beech, and sallow
Bark of yellow birch and yellow
Twig of willow.
Stripe of green in moosewood maple,
Colour seen in leaf of apple,
Bark of popple.
Wood of popple pale as moonbeam,
Wood of oak for yoke and barn-beam,
Wood of hornbeam.
Silver bark of beech, and hollow
Stem of elder, tall and yellow
Twig of willow.
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 61
山毛榉银皮和蜡妆/ 黄桦的树皮和色黄
Language: Chinese (中文)  after the English
山毛榉银皮和蜡妆
黄桦的树皮和色黄
柳树枝长。
纹枫中的绿色条新,
苹果叶子的颜色纯,
杨树皮匀。
杨树苍白宛如月明,
轭和仓梁橡木制成,
千斤榆生。
山毛榉银皮和腔藏
接骨木的茎,高而黄
柳树枝长。
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of title(s):
"Counting-out rhyme" = "倒数韵"
"Twig of willow" = "柳树枝"
Authorship:
- Singable translation from English to Chinese (中文) copyright © 2024 by Dr Huaixing Wang, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 12