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I förrummet mot väster väntar jag på månen. I dörren, till hälften öppen, välkomnar jag vinden. Blommornas skuggor på väggen rör sig. Jag anar att det är min älskade som kommer.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Cui Ying Ying (flourished 8th century) [text unavailable]
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- by Erik Fritiof Fordell (1917 - 1981), "Månsken i femtonde natten" [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Henry H. Hart SWE ; composed by John Woods Duke.
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kuutamo viidentenätoista yönä", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-27
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Läntisessä eteishuoneessa odotan kuuta. Puoliksi avoimesta ovesta toivotan tuulen tervetulleeksi. Kukkien varjot seinällä liikahtelevat. Aavistan, että rakastettuni on tulossa.
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- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Cui Ying Ying (flourished 8th century) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-27
Line count: 5
Word count: 19