Ma bien-aimée sait que je te contemple
quand tes rayons la caressent, ô lune,
et notre séparation est moins cruelle.
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, Paris: H. Piazza, 1933, page 108.
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- by Louis Delune (1876 - 1940), "Ngo gay ngy", 1922, published 1924 [ medium voice, piano, flute ad libitum ], from Le Collier des offrandes, six poèmes lyriques d'après des poésies chinoises, no. 6, Paris, Éditions Hérelle, Fortemps, & Cie
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Yé Kien", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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My beloved knows that I am looking at you
while your rays caress her, O moon,
and our separation is less cruel.