by Li Duan (743 - 782)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)
聽箏
Language: Chinese (中文)
鳴箏金粟柱， 素手玉房前。 欲得周郎顧， 時時誤拂絃。
Text Authorship:
- by Li Duan (743 - 782), "聽箏" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968) , "On hearing her play the harp", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 ; composed by Edmund Duncan Rubbra.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959) ; composed by Georges Auric.
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- ENG English (Herbert Allen Giles) , "Music hath charms", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898
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Music hath charms
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
Hark to the rapturous melody! Her white arm o'er the lute she flings ... To break her lover's reverie She strikes a discord on the strings.
Confirmed with Chinese Poetry in English Verse by Herbert Giles, London: Bernard Quaritch; Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., 1898, p. 152.
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Text Authorship:
- by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "Music hath charms", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Duan (743 - 782), "聽箏"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 26