by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)
Our translations: ENG
Dans les jardins du palais, la brise caresse les jeunes fleurs des lotus. Etendu parmi les coussins de soie qui diaprent la terrasse, l'Empereur se repose. Li-Si, la belle favorite, danse, plus légère que la première écharpe de brume, plus brillante que la première étoile. Elle vient de se coucher près du souverain. Ses paupières battent, ses hanches ondulent. Maintenant, elle baisse les yeux sous le regard impérial.
Composition:
- Set to music by Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "Li-Si", published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 5, Genève, Éd. A. Henn, also set in English
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Li-Si", appears in La flûte de jade
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Li-Si", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-19
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