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by Ishii Rogetsu (1873 - 1928)
Translation by Peter Beilenson (1905 - 1962) and by Harry Behn (1898 - 1973)

A tree frog softly
Language: English  after the Japanese (日本語) 
A tree frog softly 
begins to trill as raindrops 
spatter the new leaves.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Peter Beilenson (1905 - 1962) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Harry Behn (1898 - 1973) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Japanese (日本語) by Ishii Rogetsu (1873 - 1928) [text unavailable]
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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 Ursula Mamlok (1923 - 2016), "A tree frog softly", 1967 [ soprano and flute ], from Haiku settings, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-07-28
Line count: 3
Word count: 13

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