by Chi P'o (flourished 9th century)
Translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935)
Bright in the void the mirror moon...
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
Bright in the void the mirror moon appears, To the hushed music of the heavenly spheres, Full orbed, while autumn wealth beneath her lies, On her eternal journey through the skies. Oh may we ever walk within the light Nor lose the true path in the eclipse of night! Oh let us mount where rays of glory beam And purge our grossness in the Silver Stream!
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Text Authorship:
- by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935), "Thoughts by moonlight" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Chi P'o (flourished 9th century) [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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The Silver Stream", 1939, published 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Ten Songs from the Chinese, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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