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You ask what my soul does away in the sky, I inwardly smile but I cannot reply; Like the peach-blossom carried away by the stream, I soar to a world of which you cannot dream.
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- by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "The poet", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959) , first published 1907 ENG GER ; composed by Georges Auric, Ferdinand Barlow.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Der Poet", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ENG ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-02-08
Line count: 4
Word count: 35
Du fragst, was meine Seele denn am Himmel mache. Ich bleibe stumm, allein dass ich im Herzen lache. So wie die Pfirsichblüte mit dem Strome zieht, entschweb ich in ein Reich, das deinen Träumen flieht.
Authorship
- by Bertram Kottmann , "Der Poet", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "The poet", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Der Poet", 2014 [medium voice or high voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2014-02-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 35