by Tu Fu (712 - 770)
Translation © by Vikram Seth (b. 1952)
春望
Language: Chinese (中文)
国破山河在 城春草木深 感时花溅泪 恨别鸟惊心 烽火连三月 家书抵万金 白头搔更短 浑欲不胜簪
Text Authorship:
- by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "春望" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in English, a translation by Vikram Seth (b. 1952) , "Spring Scene in Time of War", copyright © ; composed by Alec Roth.
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Spring Scene in Time of War
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
The state lies ruined; hills and streams survive [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Vikram Seth (b. 1952), "Spring Scene in Time of War", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "春望"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alec Roth (b. 1948), "Spring Scene in Time of War", first performed 2006 [tenor, violin, harp and guitar], from Songs in Time of War, no. 9, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 71