by Tu Fu (712 - 770)
Translation © by Vikram Seth (b. 1952)
梦李白二首 杜甫
Language: Chinese (中文)
死别已吞声，生别常恻恻。 江南瘴疠地，逐客无消息。 故人入我梦，明我长相忆。 君今在罗网，何以有羽翼？ 恐非平生魂，路远不可测。 魂来枫林青，魂返关塞黑。 落月满屋梁，犹疑照颜色。 水深波浪阔，无使蛟龙得。
Text Authorship:
- by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "梦李白二首 杜甫", subtitle: "其一" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Vikram Seth (b. 1952) , "Dreaming of Li Bai", copyright © ; composed by Alec Roth.
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Dreaming of Li Bai
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
The pain of death's farewells grows dim [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Vikram Seth (b. 1952), "Dreaming of Li Bai", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "梦李白二首 杜甫", subtitle: "其一"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alec Roth (b. 1948), "Dreaming of Li Bai", first performed 2006 [tenor, violin, harp and guitar], from Songs in Time of War, no. 5, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-05
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