by Yakamochi Otomo (718 - 785), as Ōtomo no Yakamochi
Translation by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982)
The Mist
Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)
The mist floats on the spring meadow my heart is lonely A nightingale sings, sings in the dark
Text Authorship:
- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982), appears in One Hundred Poems from the Japanese [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Yakamochi Otomo (718 - 785), as Ōtomo no Yakamochi [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 David Cameron (b. 1937), "The Mist", 1978, first performed 1979 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs from the Japanese, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-21
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