by
Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Une dernière fois
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Une dernière fois,
versons le même vin dans nos deux tasses.
Une dernière fois, chantez la chanson
qui parle d’un oiseau mort sous la neige.
Puis j’irai m’embarquer sur le fleuve Yu-keou
dont les eaux se divisent
pour couler vers l’est et vers l’ouest.
Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.
inspired by Li-Tai-Po
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One last time,
let us pour the same wine into both our cups.
One last time, sing the song
that tells of a bird dead beneath the snow.
Then I will go to sail on the Yu-keou river
whose waters diverge
to flow to the east and to the west.
Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.
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