Profiles from China

Song Cycle by Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990)

1. Poetics  [sung text not yet checked]

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While two ladies of the Imperial harem held before
him a screen of pink silk, and a P'in Concubine
knelt with his ink-slab, Li Po, who was very
drunk, wrote an impassioned poem to the moon.

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2. A Lament of Scarlet Cloud  [sung text not yet checked]

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O golden night, lit by the flame of seven stars, 
the years have drunk you too.

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3. The dream  [sung text not yet checked]

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When he had tasted in a dream of the Ten Courts of Purgatory, 
Doctor Tseng was humbled in spirit,
and passed his life in piety among the foot-hills.

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4. Crepuscule  [sung text not yet checked]

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Like the patter of rain on the crisp leaves of autumn
are the tiny footfalls of the fox-maidens.

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5. The Son of Heaven  [sung text not yet checked]

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Like this frail and melancholy rain 
is the memory of the Emperor Kuang-Hsue, 
and of his sufferings at the hand of Yehonala.
Yet under heaven was there found no one to avenge him.
Now he has mounted the Dragon 
and has visited the Nine Springs. 
His betrayer sits upon the Dragon Throne.

Yet among the shades may he not take comfort 
from the presence of his Pearl Concubine?

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Total word count: 166