Translation by Clara A. Walsh (flourished c1910)
The dragonflies
Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)
The gold sun shimmering in noontide skies Shines down, where the red-burnished dragon-flies Flit to and fro in the translucent haze Over the village of eventless days !
Confirmed with Clara A. Walsh, The Master-singers Of Japan, London : John Murray, 1910, p.93
Text Authorship:
- by Clara A. Walsh (flourished c1910), "The Dragon-flies", appears in The Master-Singers of Japan [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Tachibane no Masato [text unavailable]
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), "The dragonflies", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ], Wirripang Pty Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
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Word count: 27