En filles noirs, des oies sauvages traversent le ciel. On voit, dans les arbres, des nids abandonnés. Les montagnes semblent plus lourdes. J'ai trouvé près de ma fontaine, la flûte de jade que tu avais perdue, cet été. L'herbe haute l'avait soustraite à nos recherches. Mais l'herbe est morte, et la flûte brillait au soleil, ce soir. J'ai pensé à notre amour, qui est resté si longtemps enseveli sous nos scrupules.
Poèmes Chinois Extraits de La Flûte de jade
by Jacqueline Despas (b. 1893)
Word count: 143
1. Je me promenais [sung text not yet checked]
Authorship
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Notre bateau glisse [sung text not yet checked]
Notre bateau glisse sur le fleuve calme. Au-delà du verger qui borde la rive, Je regarde les montagnes bleues et les nuages blancs. Mon amie sommeille, la main dans l'eau, Un papillon s'est [glissé]1 sur son épaule, A battu des ailes [et]2 puis s'est envolé. [Longuement je l'ai suivi des yeux]3. Il se dirigeait vers les montagnes de Tchang-nân. Était-ce un papillon, ou le rêve que venait de faire mon amie ?
Authorship
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Notre bateau glisse", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931) [text unavailable]
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Moulaert: "posé"
2 omitted by Moulaert.
3 Moulaert: "Je l'ai suivi des yeux, longtemps"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
3. Pourtant ... [sung text not yet checked]
Cette promesse que vous m'aviez faite . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
currently in the database but will be
added as soon as we obtain it. —
Authorship
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Pourtant !", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931) [text unavailable]
4. Évocation [sung text not yet checked]
Rapide, ma barque file . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
currently in the database but will be
added as soon as we obtain it. —
Authorship
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Évocation", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931) [text unavailable]
5. Vœu [sung text not yet checked]
Nuit tiède, clair de lune . . . . . . . . . .— The rest of this text is not
currently in the database but will be
added as soon as we obtain it. —
Authorship
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Vœu", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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