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

Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  GER
Tu as laissé tomber dans la poussière
la tulipe rouge que je t'avais donnée.
Je l'ai ramassée.
Elle était devenue blanche.
En ce bref instant, il avait neigé sur notre amour.

Composition:

    Set to music by Henk Badings (1907 - 1987), "Dernière promenade", 1943, published 1960 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons orientales, no. 3, Amsterdam, Donemus

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  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-06
Line count: 5
Word count: 31