by Ki no Tsurayuki (872 - 945)
Translation by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961)
花に鳴く鶯/ 水に住む蛙の声を聞けば
Language: Japanese (日本語)
花に鳴く鶯 水に住む蛙の声を聞けば 生きとし生けるもの いづれか 歌を詠まざりける
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Préface du Kokinshū
Language: French (Français) after the Japanese (日本語)
Si tu écoutes la chanson du rossignol dans les fleurs Ou du crapaud dans l'eau, Tu sauras que nul être ne peut vivre sans un jour chanter.
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- by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Ki no Tsurayuki (872 - 945)
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- by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961), "Préface du Kokinshū", op. 9 no. 1 (1923), published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Sept Haï-Kaïs, no. 1, Édition Jobert [sung text checked 1 time]
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