by Lady Ukon (flourished 9th century)
Translation by Paul Alfred Enderling (1880 - 1938)
忘らるる/ 身をば思はず
Language: Japanese (日本語)
忘らるる 身をば思はず 誓ひてし 人の命の 惜しくもあるかな
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- by Lady Ukon (flourished 9th century), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in English, a translation by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982) , copyright © ; composed by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Alfred Enderling (1880 - 1938) , "Ewiges Gedenken", appears in Japanische Novellen und Gedichte ; composed by Grete von Zieritz.
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Ewiges Gedenken
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Japanese (日本語)
Dass wir uns einst besessen auf den blumigen Höh'n, wir haben's schier vergessen, als wär' es nie gescheh'n. Doch wird auch Nacht sich senken auf alles, was ich sann, werd' immer deiner denken, geliebter, treuloser Mann!
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Text Authorship:
- by Paul Alfred Enderling (1880 - 1938), "Ewiges Gedenken", appears in Japanische Novellen und Gedichte [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Ukon (flourished 9th century), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Grete von Zieritz (1899 - 2001), "Ewiges Gedenken" [ voice and piano ], from Japanische Lieder, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
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