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by Chang-Wou-Kien (1879 - 1931)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Notre bateau glisse
 (Sung text for setting by R. Moulaert)
 See original
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Notre bateau glisse sur le fleuve calme.
Au-delà du verger qui borde la rive,
Je regarde les montagnes bleues et les nuages blancs.

Mon amie sommeille, la main dans l'eau,
Un papillon s'est posé sur son épaule,
A battu des ailes  ...  puis s'est envolé.

Je l'ai suivi des yeux, longtemps.
Il se dirigeait vers les montagnes de Tchang-nân.

Était-ce un papillon, ou le rêve que venait de faire mon amie ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Raymond Moulaert (1875 - 1962), "Notre bateau glisse", 1917, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre poèmes chinois extraits de La Flûte de Jade de Franz Toussaint, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Maurice Sénart

Text Authorship:

  • by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Notre bateau glisse", 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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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-14
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