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by Chuang Tse (369 BCE - 286 BCE)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Butterfly dreams
 (Sung text for setting by J. Tavener)
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Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
I do not know whether I was then 
a man dreaming I was a butterfly,
or whether I am now a butterfly
dreaming I am a man.

Composition:

    Set to music by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Butterfly dreams", 2002, first performed 2003 [ chorus a cappella ], from Butterfly Dreams, no. 8, Chester Music Ltd

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Chuang Tse (369 BCE - 286 BCE) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-04-15
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