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Deux poèmes chinois , opus 47

by Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937)

1. Favorite abandonnée
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Sous la lune le palais résonne
Des sons des luths et des chansons. 
Il me semble que l'on a rempli
La clepsydre de la mer entière
Pour faire que cette longue nuit
Ne finisse jamais pour moi.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959), first published 1907

Based on:

  • a text in English by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "A cast-off favourite ", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, London, B. Quaritch, first published 1898
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Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Yi (748 - 829), "宫怨"
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2. Vois! de belles filles
 (Sung text)

Language: French (Français) 
Vois! de belles filles courent en bandes
Dans les larges couloirs,
Avec la musique et la gaieté
portées sur la brise
Viens, dis-moi si celle qui,
cette nuit, sera choisie
Peut avoir des cils beaucoup
plus longs que ceux-ci.

Text Authorship:

  • by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959)

Based on:

  • a text in English by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "Spretæ injuria formæ", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, London, B. Quaritch, first published 1898
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Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Huang Fu-Ian (716 - 769), "婕妤春怨"
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