by
Sara Teasdale (1884 - 1933)
A little while when I am gone
Language: English
Available translation(s): CHI
A little while when I am gone
My life will live in music after me,
As spun foam lifted and borne on
After the wave is lost in the full sea.
A while these nights and days will burn
In song with the bright frailty of foam,
Living in light before they turn
Back to the nothingness that is their home.
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Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "A little while" [ voice and piano ], from A Composer's Thoughts, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "A little while", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rick Sowash (b. 1950), "Reprise: A little while", 1980 [ soprano and cello ], from Bright April, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
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 page: Garth Baxter
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 61
走后的短暂时间/ 我会生活在我的音乐里,
Language: Chinese (中文)  after the English
走后的短暂时间
我会生活在我的音乐里,
泡沫升腾又再现
当海浪在茫茫海里消失。
歌曲带着泡沫微光
片刻将把日日夜夜点燃,
光明中的生活走向
寂灭啊,正是他们的家园。
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Translations of title(s):
"A little while" = "片刻"
"Reprise: A little while" = "重复:片刻"
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.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 8