by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)
Cette nuit, il neigeait dans le jardin Liang.
J’avais froid, et tu ne t’en doutais pas.
Je regardais les arbres de Jade
sous lesquels, autrefois, je t’attendais.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Raymond Moulaert (1875 - 1962), "Souvenirs", 1917, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre poèmes chinois extraits de La Flûte de Jade de Franz Toussaint, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Maurice Sénart
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Souvenirs", 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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