旧苑荒台杨柳新， 菱歌清唱不胜春。 只今惟有西江月， 曾照吴王宫里人。
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Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "苏台览古"
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Researcher for this page: Fan Yang
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
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In the deserted garden among the crumbling walls The willows show green again, While the sweet notes of the waternut song Seem to lament the spring. Nothing remains but the moon above the river The moon that once shone on the fair faces That smiled in the king's palace of Wu.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951), "The ruin of the Ku-Su Palace", published 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs with Piano, no. 1, London : Chester
Text Authorship:
- by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971), first published 1922
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "苏台览古"
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Researcher for this page: Fan Yang
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-03
Line count: 7
Word count: 51