Старинное | В свой дом золотые ступени

by Cui Guofu (c678 - c755)

Translation by Yulian Konstantinovich Shchutsky (1897 - 1938)

古意

Language: Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG ENG ENG

凈掃黃金階，
飛霜皎如雪。
下簾彈箜篌，
不忍見秋月。

Text Authorship:

by Cui Guofu (c678 - c755), "古意" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Yulian Konstantinovich Shchutsky (1897 - 1938) , "Старинное" ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by S. Balatsky ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ryan Xie) , "Nostalgia", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Старинное

Language: Russian (Русский) after the Chinese (中文)

В свой дом золотые ступени
Я вымыла чисто; и всюду,
Как снег белеет, сияя,
Рассветный летающий иней...
При спущенной темной гардине
На лютне играю одна я,
И знаю: не в силах отсюда
Взглянуть я на месяц осенний.

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Text Authorship:

by Yulian Konstantinovich Shchutsky (1897 - 1938), "Старинное" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Cui Guofu (c678 - c755), "古意"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky (1895 - 1968), "Старинное", op. 18 (Три романси для високого голосу та ф-но на вірші старовіннйх китайських поетів) no. 1 [ medium voice and piano ], also set in Ukrainian (Українська) [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 37