Akahito [the poet's name] | Let’s go down to the gardens

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by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Akahito

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Descendons au jardin 
je voulais te montrer les fleurs blanches.
La neige tombe... 
Tout est-il fleurs ici, ou neige blanche ?

Text Authorship:

by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Betrachtung", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911
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Based on:

a text in Japanese (日本語) by Yamabe no Akahito (700 - 736), no title, appears in Man'yōshū - 万葉集, no. 1426, first published 757
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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 Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Akahito", 1913, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Три стихотворения из японской лирики (Tri stikhotvorenija iz japonskoj liriki), no. 1, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Akahito [the poet's name]", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-10
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Word count: 20

Akahito [the poet's name]

Language: English after the French (Français)

Let’s go down to the gardens 
I want to show you the white flowers.
The snow is falling… 
Is this all flowers, or white snow?

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961)
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Betrachtung", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Japanese (日本語) by Yamabe no Akahito (700 - 736), no title, appears in Man'yōshū - 万葉集, no. 1426, first published 757
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2024-02-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 25