Nocturne | Blue water ... a clear moon

by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

Translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971)

秋浦歌

Language: Chinese (中文)

淥水淨素月。
月明白鷺飛。
郎聽採菱女。
一道夜歌歸。

Text Authorship:

by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "秋浦歌" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971) , first published 1922 ; composed by Phyllis Campbell, Constant Lambert.
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Nocturne

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

Blue water ... a clear moon ...
In the moonlight the white herons are flying.
Listen! Do you hear the girls who gather water chestnuts?
They are going home in the night, singing.

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Text Authorship:

by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971), first published 1922 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "秋浦歌"
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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 Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "Nocturne", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ], from Poems by Li-Po, no. 2, Wirripang Pty Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
by Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951), "Nocturne", 1926, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Poems of Li-Po, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Peter Donderwinkel , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
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Word count: 31