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by Wang-Seng-Yu (465 - 522)
Translation by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945)

Tears
 (Sung text for setting by C. Griffes)
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Language: English  after the Chinese (中文) 
High o'er the hill the moon barque steers.
   The lantern lights depart.
Dead springs are stirring in my heart;
      And there are tears. . . .
But that which makes my grief more deep
Is that you know not when I weep.

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Tears", op. 10 no. 4 (1916), published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Five Poems of Ancient China and Japan / Five Poems of the Ancient Far East, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945), "Tears", appears in A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China, first published 1909

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang-Seng-Yu (465 - 522) [text unavailable]
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-10-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 42

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