by Wou-Hao (flourished 628?)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)
Comme la lune dans le ciel bleu, je suis seule dans ma chambre. J'ai éteint la lampe, je pleure. Je pleure parce que vous êtes loin de moi et que vous ne saurez jamais combien je vous aime.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "Ngo Gay Ngy", published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 1, Genève, Éd. A. Henn, also set in English
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Ngo Gay Ngy", appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Wou-Hao (flourished 628?) [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-02-19
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