Author: Tu Fu (712 - 770)

Thu-Fu
杜甫
Du Fu

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• A Fine Lady (There is a lady matchless in her beauty) *
• A Fine Lady (There is a lady matchless in her beauty) - Alec Roth *
• 哀王孫 (長安城頭頭白烏，/ 夜飛延秋門上呼。) ENG
• An Autumn Meditation (I've heard it said Changan is like a chessboard, where) *
• An Autumn Meditation (I've heard it said Changan is like a chessboard, where) - Alec Roth *
• A picnic (The sun is setting as we loose the boat)
• A picnic (The sun is setting as we loose the boat) - Cyril Meir Scott
• Auf dem Fluße (Mein Schiff treibt durch das Wasser leicht dahin) (from Die chinesische Flöte) - Friedrich Karl Grimm CZE ENG FRE FRE
• Auf dem Flusse Tschu (Blick ich aus dem blassen Kahne) - Josef Schelb
• Auf dem Flusse (Mein Schiff treibt durch das Wasser leicht dahin) (from Die chinesische Flöte) CZE ENG FRE FRE
• Auf dem Flusse (Mein Schiff treibt durch das Wasser leicht dahin) (from Die chinesische Flöte) - Hans Altmann, Krzysztof Penderecki, Anatol Provaznik, Felix Paul Weingartner CZE ENG FRE FRE
• Au fil de l'eau (Très rapide, ma barque suit le fil de l'eau) (from Thalasso : Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique - 10. Chine) GER
• Bai-di (Dans Bai-di, les nuages franchissent les portiques) - Philippe Hersant *
• Ballad of the Army Carts (Carts rattle and squeak) *
• Ballad of the Army Carts (Carts rattle and squeak) - Alec Roth *
• Before the temple stands an ancient cypress tree * (The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang)
• Before the temple stands an ancient cypress tree * - Alec Roth (The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang)
• 兵车行 (车辚辚/ 马萧萧) ENG
• Blick ich aus dem blassen Kahne - Josef Schelb (Auf dem Flusse Tschu)
• Carts rattle and squeak * (Ballad of the Army Carts)
• Carts rattle and squeak * - Alec Roth (Ballad of the Army Carts)
• 長安城頭頭白烏，/ 夜飛延秋門上呼。 ENG (哀王孫)
• 车辚辚/ 马萧萧 ENG (兵车行)
• Chinesisches Trinklied () - Otto Uhlmann [x]
• 春望 (国破山河在/ 城春草木深) ENG
• 春夜喜雨 (好雨知时节/ 当春乃发生) CZE GER
• Dans Bai-di, les nuages franchissent les portiques * - Philippe Hersant (Bai-di)
• Das Flötenlied des Herbstes (Du armer Wanderer! Fern dem Vaterlande) - Krzysztof Penderecki
• Der Frühlingsregen (Der holde, liebe Frühlingsregen weiß) - Sigurd von Koch CZE SWE
• Der holde, liebe Frühlingsregen weiß CZE SWE - Sigurd von Koch (Der Frühlingsregen)
• Der Kaiser () - Henriëtte Bosmans ENG (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu) [x]
• Det ljuva milda vårnattsregnet vet CZE GER (Text: Anonymous after Hans Bethge) - Sigurd von Koch (Vårnattsregnet)
• Dreaming of Li Bai (The pain of death's farewells grows dim) *
• Dreaming of Li Bai (The pain of death's farewells grows dim) - Alec Roth *
• Du armer Wanderer! Fern dem Vaterlande - Krzysztof Penderecki (Das Flötenlied des Herbstes)
• Exile (Through the green blinds that shelter me) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir
• From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight * (Grieving for the Young Prince)
• From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight * - Alec Roth (Grieving for the Young Prince)
• Grieving for the Young Prince (From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight) *
• Grieving for the Young Prince (From Changan walls white-headed crows took flight) - Alec Roth *
• 古柏行 (孔明庙前有老柏/ 柯如青铜根如石) ENG
• 国破山河在/ 城春草木深 ENG (春望)
• 好雨知时节/ 当春乃发生 CZE GER (春夜喜雨)
• How wildly foams the torrent FRE (Text: Anonymous after Franz Toussaint) - Armande de Polignac (The ruined palace)
• Ici, accablé et malade, jadis ENG [x] - Georges Auric (Ici, accablé et malade)
• Ici, accablé et malade, jadis ENG [x] - Ferdinand Barlow (When-Chûn)
• Ici, accablé et malade (Ici, accablé et malade, jadis) - Georges Auric ENG [x]
• Ikilumiset vuoret (Pari keltarastasta laulaa vihreissä salavissa) - Seppo Nummi (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu)
• In exile (Through the green blinds that shelter me) (from A Feast of Lanterns)
• In Fuzhou, far away, my wife is watching * (Moonlit Night)
• In Fuzhou, far away, my wife is watching * - Alec Roth (Moonlit Night)
• In the city of Brocade the lute and the pipes all day make riot (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu) - Edward Rushton (To General Hua)
• I've heard it said Changan is like a chessboard, where * (An Autumn Meditation)
• I've heard it said Changan is like a chessboard, where * - Alec Roth (An Autumn Meditation)
• Jarní déšť (Oh, dobrý deštíček, jenž vždy tak dobře ví) - Pavel Haas GER (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu)
• 佳人 (絕代有佳人/ 幽居在空谷) ENG
• 锦城丝管日纷纷/ 半入江风半入云 ENG (赠花卿)
• 今夜鄜州月/ 闺中只独看 ENG (月夜)
• 絕代有佳人/ 幽居在空谷 ENG (佳人)
• 客至 (舍南舍北皆春水，/ 但見群鷗日日來。) ENG
• 孔明庙前有老柏/ 柯如青铜根如石 ENG (古柏行)
• La maison dans le coeur (Les flammes cruelles ont dévoré entièrement) - Matthijs Vermeulen *
• Le palais ruiné (Le torrent bondit et gronde) - Armande de Polignac ENG
• Les flammes cruelles ont dévoré entièrement * - Matthijs Vermeulen (La maison dans le coeur)
• Le torrent bondit et gronde ENG - Armande de Polignac (Le palais ruiné)
• Light breeze on the fine grass * (Thoughts while Travelling at Night)
• Light breeze on the fine grass * - Alec Roth (Thoughts while Travelling at Night)
• Like stars that rise when the others have set * (To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court)
• Like stars that rise when the others have set * - Alec Roth (To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court)
• Loď moje tiše pluje po vlnách ENG FRE GER FRE
• 旅夜书怀 (细草微风岸/ 危墙独夜舟) ENG
• Ma barque (Très rapide, ma barque suit le fil de l'eau) (from Thalasso : Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique - 10. Chine) - René Lenormand GER
• Man nennt dich unversiegbarer Tropfenfall - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (Thu-fu an Li-tai-pe)
• Mein Schiff treibt durch das Wasser leicht dahin (from Die chinesische Flöte) CZE ENG FRE FRE - Friedrich Karl Grimm (Auf dem Fluße)
• Mein Schiff treibt durch das Wasser leicht dahin (from Die chinesische Flöte) CZE ENG FRE FRE (Auf dem Flusse)
• Mein Schiff treibt durch das Wasser leicht dahin (from Die chinesische Flöte) CZE ENG FRE FRE - Hans Altmann, Krzysztof Penderecki, Anatol Provaznik, Felix Paul Weingartner (Auf dem Flusse)
• 梦李白二首 杜甫 (死别已吞声，生别常恻恻。) ENG
• Mon bateau glisse doucement sur le fleuve (from Le livre de jade, 1902 edition) GER [x] (Nuages dans l'eau)
• Mon bateau glisse doucement sur le fleuve (from Le livre de jade, 1902 edition) GER [x] - Gabriel-André Fabre (Nuages dans l'eau)
• Moonlit Night (In Fuzhou, far away, my wife is watching) *
• Moonlit Night (In Fuzhou, far away, my wife is watching) - Alec Roth *
• My ship drives through the wave so easily CZE FRE GER FRE (On the river)
• Nuages dans l'eau (Mon bateau glisse doucement sur le fleuve) (from Le livre de jade, 1902 edition) GER [x]
• Nuages dans l'eau (Mon bateau glisse doucement sur le fleuve) (from Le livre de jade, 1902 edition) - Gabriel-André Fabre GER [x]
• Oh, dobrý deštíček, jenž vždy tak dobře ví GER (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu) - Pavel Haas (Jarní déšť)
• On the river (My ship drives through the wave so easily) CZE FRE GER FRE
• Pari keltarastasta laulaa vihreissä salavissa (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu) - Seppo Nummi (Ikilumiset vuoret)
• 秋兴八首 (四) (闻道长安似弈棋/ 百年世事不胜悲) ENG
• 人生不相见/ 动如参与商 ENG (赠卫八处士)
• 舍南舍北皆春水，/ 但見群鷗日日來。 ENG (客至)
• 死别已吞声，生别常恻恻。 ENG (梦李白二首 杜甫)
• South and north of my house lies springtime water * (The Visitor)
• South and north of my house lies springtime water * - Alec Roth (The Visitor)
• Spring Scene in Time of War (The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive) *
• Spring Scene in Time of War (The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive) - Alec Roth *
• Ssŭ-Ma Hsiang-Ju ('Twas here, from sickness sore oppressed) (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE
• The Emperor () - Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir GER [x]
• The ghost road (The winds and the pines are whispering) (from A Feast of Lanterns)
• The ghost road (The winds and the pines are whispering) (from A Feast of Lanterns) - Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir
• The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang (Before the temple stands an ancient cypress tree) *
• The Old Cypress Tree at the Temple of Zhu-ge Liang (Before the temple stands an ancient cypress tree) - Alec Roth *
• The pain of death's farewells grows dim * (Dreaming of Li Bai)
• The pain of death's farewells grows dim * - Alec Roth (Dreaming of Li Bai)
• The Red Lotus () - Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir [x]
• There is a lady matchless in her beauty * (A Fine Lady)
• There is a lady matchless in her beauty * - Alec Roth (A Fine Lady)
• The ruined palace (How wildly foams the torrent) - Armande de Polignac FRE (Text: Anonymous after Franz Toussaint)
• The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive * (Spring Scene in Time of War)
• The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive * - Alec Roth (Spring Scene in Time of War)
• The sun is setting as we loose the boat (A picnic)
• The sun is setting as we loose the boat - Cyril Meir Scott (A picnic)
• The Visitor (South and north of my house lies springtime water) *
• The Visitor (South and north of my house lies springtime water) - Alec Roth *
• The winds and the pines are whispering (from A Feast of Lanterns) (The ghost road)
• The winds and the pines are whispering (from A Feast of Lanterns) - Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (The ghost road)
• Thoughts while Travelling at Night (Light breeze on the fine grass) *
• Thoughts while Travelling at Night (Light breeze on the fine grass) - Alec Roth *
• Through the green blinds that shelter me (from A Feast of Lanterns) - Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (Exile)
• Through the green blinds that shelter me (from A Feast of Lanterns) (In exile)
• Thu-fu an Li-tai-pe (Man nennt dich unversiegbarer Tropfenfall) - Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
• To General Hua (In the city of Brocade the lute and the pipes all day make riot) - Edward Rushton (Text: Anonymous after Tu Fu)
• To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court (Like stars that rise when the others have set) *
• To Wei Ba, who has Lived Away from the Court (Like stars that rise when the others have set) - Alec Roth *
• Très rapide, ma barque suit le fil de l'eau (from Thalasso : Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique - 10. Chine) GER (Au fil de l'eau)
• Très rapide, ma barque suit le fil de l'eau (from Thalasso : Anthologie de l'Amour asiatique - 10. Chine) GER - René Lenormand (Ma barque)
• 'Twas here, from sickness sore oppressed (from Chinese Poetry in English Verse) FRE (Ssŭ-Ma Hsiang-Ju)
• Vårnattsregnet (Det ljuva milda vårnattsregnet vet) - Sigurd von Koch CZE GER (Text: Anonymous after Hans Bethge)
• 闻道长安似弈棋/ 百年世事不胜悲 ENG (秋兴八首 (四))
• When-Chûn (Ici, accablé et malade, jadis) - Ferdinand Barlow ENG [x]
• 细草微风岸/ 危墙独夜舟 ENG (旅夜书怀)
• 月夜 (今夜鄜州月/ 闺中只独看) ENG
• 赠花卿 (锦城丝管日纷纷/ 半入江风半入云) ENG
• 赠卫八处士 (人生不相见/ 动如参与商) ENG

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