Lake Nann-hou rocks the Autumn moon

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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Le lac Nann‑hou berce la lune d'automne

Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG

Le lac [Nann-hou]¹ berce la lune d'automne 
qui se reflète dans l'eau verte. 
Le bruit de mes rames a interrompu l'hymne d'amour 
que les nénuphars chantent à la lune.

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Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade ; poésies chinoises, Paris : Piazza, 1926, page 80.

¹ Canal: "Nan-hin"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Calme", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Marguerite Canal (1890 - 1978), "La promenade attristée", 1922, published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, mélodies chinoises, no. 7, Paris, Éditions Musicales d'Art Maxime Jamin [sung text not yet checked]
by Marguerite Marsat , "Promenade attristée", published 1932 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 1, Paris : éditions Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Lake Nann‑hou rocks the Autumn moon

Language: English after the French (Français)

Lake [Nann-hou]¹ rocks the Autumn moon 
which is reflected in its green waters.
The sound of my oars has interrupted the hymn of love
that the water lilies sing to the moon.

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Translations of titles:
"Calme" = "Calm"
"La promenade attristée" = "The Sorrowful Walk"
"Promenade attristée" = "Sorrowful Walk"

¹ Canal: "Nan-hin"; further changes may exist not shown above.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Calme", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
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Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2026-04-12
Line count: 4
Word count: 33