by Liu Yuxi (772 - 842)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)
The odalisque See original
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
A gaily dressed damsel steps forth from her bower,
Bewailing the fate that forbids her to roam;
In the courtyard she counts ... the buds on each flower,
While a dragon-fly flutters and sits on her comb.
Composition:
- Set to music by John Alden Carpenter (1876 - 1951), "The odalisque", from Water-Colors: Four Chinese Tone Poems, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "The odalisque"
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Liu Yuxi (772 - 842) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-29
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