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by Wang-Chang-Ling (698 - 765)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

Die jungen Mädchen von einst
 (Sung text for setting by C. von Franckenstein)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Von einst die jungen Mädchen ruhen sich
In blühendem Gebüsch und plaudern leise.

„Man sagt”, so flüstern sie, „wir seien alt,
Und unsre Haare seien weiß geworden,
Und unsre Gesichter seien nicht 
Mehr süß und strahlend wie der junge Mond.
Was wissen wir davon? Kann man selber sich 
Denn sehn? Die also sprechen, tun es aus Schmähsucht.? Freundinnen, nicht unter uns -- 
Nur in dem Spiegel herrscht der böse Winter,
Der weißen Schnee auf unsre Haare schüttet
Nur in dem Spiegel herrscht der böse Winter!.

Composition:

    Set to music by Clemens von Franckenstein (1875 - 1942), "Die jungen Mädchen von einst", op. 44 (Fünf Gesänge aus der Chinesischen Flöte) no. 3, published 1921?

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die jungen Mädchen von einst", appears in Die chinesische Flöte

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang-Chang-Ling (698 - 765) [text unavailable]
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