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by Tin-tun-ling (b. 1831)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

L'ombre d'une feuille d'oranger
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Seule dans sa chambre,
Une jeune fille brode des fleurs de soie
Elle entend soudain le son d’une flûte lointaine…
Elle tressaille.
Elle imagine un jeune homme lui parlant d’amour

À travers le papier de la fenêtre,
L’ombre d’une feuille d’oranger se pose sur ses genoux…

Elle ferme les yeux.
Et rêve qu’une main déchire sa robe.

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "L'ombre d'une feuille d'oranger" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Tin-tun-ling (b. 1831) [text unavailable]
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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 Therèse Brenet (b. 1935), "L'ombre d'une feuille d'oranger", copyright © 2008 [ baritone, flute and piano ], from Poème de Jade, no. 3, Editions de la Fabrique Musique [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Miloje Milojević (1884 - 1946), "L'ombre d'une feuille d'oranger", op. 39a no. 2, published 1985 [ soprano, flute, viola and piano ], from Dve pesme na tekst Franza Toussainta, no. 2, Belgrade : Udruženje kompozitora Srbije [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-02-12
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Word count: 57

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