The willows by the Eastern Gate Are deep in sheltering leaves. You said 'Before the night grows late,' – There's twittering in the eaves. The willows by the Eastern Gate All night in shadow are. You said 'Before the night grows late,' – There shines the morning star
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Confirmed with Lyrics from the Chinese by Helen Waddell, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913, page 15.
Authorship:
- by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), no title, subtitle: "He complains of a broken assignation.", appears in Lyrics from the Chinese, first published 1913 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , written 826 BCE [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 Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874 - 1949), "The willows by the Eastern Gate", op. 124 (Ten Songs in Two Sets of Five Each, Set I) no. 5 (1938) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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