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by Yorikito (flourished 19th century)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Täuschung
 (Sung text for setting by M. Kowalski)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Japanese (日本語) 
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Ich glaubte, dass die weissen Blüten
Des Frühlings mir entgegentrieben.

Ich irrte mich. Es war das Glänzen,
Das Liebesglänzen deiner Schönheit.

Composition:

    Set to music by Max Kowalski (1882 - 1956), "Täuschung", 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Japanischer Frühling, no. 9

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Täuschung", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Yorikito (flourished 19th century) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

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