Leaning alone in the close bamboos, I am playing my lute and humming a song Too softly for anyone to hear -- Except my comrade, the bright moon.
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "In a retreat among bamboos", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang Wei (701 - 761), "竹里馆"
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Tillbakalutad i det täta bambusnåret spelar jag på min luta och nynnar en sång, så sakta att ingen kan höra den utom min vän, den bleka månen.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hilding Rosenberg (1892 - 1985), "I bambusnåret", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965), "I bambusnåret", appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944
Based on:
- a text in English by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "In a retreat among bamboos", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang Wei (701 - 761), "竹里馆"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-09-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 28