66 Times, the Voice of Pines and Cedars

Song Cycle by Shih-Hui Chen (b. 1962)

1.

Language: Japanese (日本語) 
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  • ENG English (Laurel Rasplica Rodd)

Taken from the Kokinshu, a collection of Japanese poetry from the early 10th century

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Language: English 
    oh sweet nightingale
 your first songs of the season
     unleashed unbidden
 a love without an object   a
 love without the hope of joy
  
     oh sweet nightingale
 of the mountains   you who wait
     for midsummer's month
 flutter your wings   raise your voice
 sing us your unforgotten song
  
     oh sweet nightingale
 do not return to your home
     in faraway hills
 as long as you can sing   please
 remain here in my garden

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In Laurel Rasplica Rodd and Mary Catherine Henkenius, Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, Boston, MA : Cheng & Tsui, 1996; A combination of three poems taken from the Kokinshu, a collection of Japanese poetry from the early 10th century


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3.
 (Sung text)

Language: Japanese (日本語) 
   when the warm mists veil
 all and buds swell   while yet the
     spring snows drift downward
 even in the hibernal
 village crystal blossoms fall

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In Laurel Rasplica Rodd and Mary Catherine Henkenius, Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, Boston, MA : Cheng & Tsui, 1996

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4.
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
 sixty-six times have these eyes beheld the
     changing scenes of autumn  
 I have said enough about moonlight; ask me
     no more
 Only listen to the voice of pines and cedars
     when no wind stirs

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Written by Ryonen (b. 1797) Zen Bhuddist nunResearcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 131