by Tschang-So-Su (1428 - 1473)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)
Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)
Our translations: ENG
La brise vient d'accourir. Cet arbre a des frissons de jeune fille amoureuse. Des poissons luisants sautent à la surface du lac. Des pétales de lotus vont à la dérive, avec des équipages de papillons. Je me demande si ma femme se doute que je ne suis pas à mes affaires. . .
Composition:
- Set to music by Armande de Polignac (1876 - 1962), "Ki-Fong", published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 6, Genève, Éd. A. Henn, also set in English
Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Ki Fong"
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tschang-So-Su (1428 - 1473) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Ki Fong", 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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Word count: 53