by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944)
静夜思
Language: Chinese (中文)
Our translations: ENG
床前明月光， 疑是地上霜。 舉頭望明月， 低頭思故鄉。
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "静夜思" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Vojtěch Kühnel (1886 - 1942 ) , "V cizině" ; composed by Bohuslav Martinů.
- Also set in English, a translation by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945) , "Thoughts in a tranquil night", appears in A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China, first published 1909 [an adaptation] ; composed by Gena Branscombe.
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Seppo Nummi.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Jean-Robert Blanc.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by François Cheng (b. 1929) , "Pensée nocturne", appears in L'écriture poétique chinoise, first published 1977, copyright © ; composed by Bruno Gousset.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Dorel Handman.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Erich Apostel, Eduard Bornschein, Gottfried von Einem, Ernst Křenek, Leonard Pieter Joseph Michielsen, Krzysztof Penderecki, James Martin Simon, Anton von Webern.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Heilmann (1859 - 1930) , "In der Herberge" ; composed by Othmar Schoeck.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944) , "In stiller Nacht", first published 1906 ; composed by Josef Eduard Ploner, Martin Spanjaard.
- Also set in Slovenian (Slovenščina), a translation by Oton Župančič (1878 - 1949) ; composed by Anton Lajovic.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , "I den tysta natten" ; composed by Anna-Greta Rooth.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jasmine Wiese) , "Thoughts on a Quiet Night", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Fan Yang
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Vor meinem Bette heller Mondenglanz
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Chinese (中文)
Vor meinem Bette heller Mondenglanz, Als überdeckte Reif den Boden ganz. Das Haupt erheb' ich, seh' zum hellen Mond, Senk' es und denke meines Heimatlands.
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View text with all available footnotesText Authorship:
- by Otto Hauser (1876 - 1944), "In stiller Nacht", first published 1906 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "静夜思"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Josef Eduard Ploner , "Vor meinem Bette heller Mondenglanz", op. 4 (Vier Nachtlieder) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Martin Spanjaard (1892 - 1942), "In stiller Nacht", published [1916] [ voice and piano ], from Drei Lieder : für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung, no. 1, Amsterdam : Alsbach [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-28
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Word count: 26