Comme la lune dans le ciel bleu, je suis seule dans ma chambre. J'ai éteint la lampe, je pleure. Je pleure parce que vous êtes loin de moi et que vous ne saurez jamais combien je vous aime.
Ngo gay ngy
Set by Louis Delune (1876 - 1940), "Ngo gay ngy", 1922, published 1924 [ medium voice, piano, flute ad libitum ], from Le Collier des offrandes, six poèmes lyriques d'après des poésies chinoises, no. 6, Paris, Éditions Hérelle, Fortemps, & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
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Translations available : ENG
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Ngo Gay Ngy", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Wou-Hao (flourished 628?) [text unavailable]
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade : poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1920, page 88.
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
C'est un arbuste dépourvu de feuilles et de fleurs. Ni pierre ni jade. Qui nous l'a envoyé ? Mais qui t'a donné ce cœur insensible, my bien-aimée ?
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Le corail", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Coral", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade : poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1920, page 91.
Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
Une chanson, là-bas... C'est un mendiant. Puisqu’il chante, ce vieillard qui n’a jamais rien possédé, pourquoi gémis-tu, toi qui as de si beaux souvenirs ?
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Une chanson", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "A Song", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade : poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1920, page 82.
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , François Le Roux [Guest Editor]
Nuit tiède, clair de lune, parfum des pruniers, donnez à ma bien-aimée un rêve délicieux ! Faites qu'elle soit impatiente de me revoir, et, qu'à l'aurore, elle vienne frapper à ma porte ! Parfum des pruniers, clair de lune, nuit tiède, je saurai, par ses baisers, si vous m’avez entendu...
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Vœu", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Wish", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1922, page 129.
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Tu as laissé tomber dans la poussière la tulipe rouge que je t'avais donnée. Je l'ai ramassée. Elle était devenue blanche. En ce bref instant, il avait neigé sur notre amour.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "La dernière promenade", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade : poésies chinoises, Paris: H. Piazza, 1920, page 23.
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
Ma bien-aimée sait que je te contemple quand tes rayons la caressent, ô lune, et notre séparation est moins cruelle.
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Yé Kien", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Yé Kien", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, Paris: H. Piazza, 1933, page 108.
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Author(s): Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)