繁星之夜 | 一朵云彩降自长天/ 打破山峰的额头；

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by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906)

Translation © by Dr Huaixing Wang

A starry night

Language: English

Our translations: CHI

A cloud fell down from the heavens,
  And broke on the mountain's brow;
It scattered the dusky fragments
  All over the vale below.

The moon and the stars were anxious
  To know what its fate might be;
So they rushed to the azure op'ning,
  And all peered down to see.

Text Authorship:

by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "A starry night", appears in Majors and Minors, first published 1895 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912), "A starry night", op. 17 (African Romances) no. 3, published 1897 [ high voice and piano ], London: Augener [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917 - 1995), "A starry night", published 1966 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Two Dunbar Lyrics [sung text not yet checked]

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

CHI Chinese (中文) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "繁星之夜", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 50

繁星之夜

Language: Chinese (中文) after the English

一朵云彩降自长天
   打破山峰的额头；
散落了昏暗的碎片
   遍及下方的山谷。

月亮和星星都急于
   知道自己的命运；
于是冲向蔚蓝开口，
   他们都低头确认。

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a text in English by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "A starry night", appears in Majors and Minors, first published 1895
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 8