by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)
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.
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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)
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
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