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by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Die geheimnisvolle Flöte
 (Sung text for setting by E. Sjögren)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
An einem Abend, da die Blumen dufteten
Und alle Blätter an den Bäumen, trug der Wind mir
Das Lied einer entfernten Flöte zu. Da schnitt
Ich einen Weidenzweig vom Strauche, und
Mein Lied flog, Antwort gebend, durch die blühende Nacht.

Seit jenem Abend hören, wenn die Erde schläft,
Die Vögel ein Gespräch in ihrer Sprache.

Composition:

    Set to music by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Die geheimnisvolle Flöte", op. 54 (Wenn nur ein Traum och Die geheimnisvolle Flöte) no. 2 (1911), published 1911 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die geheimnisvolle Flöte", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "春夜洛城闻笛"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The mysterious flute", copyright ©
  • ENG English [singable] (Mabelle Shapleigh) , "The Mysterious Flute"
  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Michel Dimitri Calvocoressi) , "La Flûte mystérieuse"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La flûte mystérieuse", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-12-09
Line count: 7
Word count: 55

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