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by Liu Changqing (709 - 780)
Translation by Manfred Hausmann (1898 - 1986)

Wenn deine Hand die sieben Saiten leise
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Wenn deine Hand die sieben Saiten leise
und klagend schwingen läßt,
ist mir, als hörte ich des Nordwinds Weise
in einer Föhre Eisgeäst.
Das Lied mit seinen alten Traurigkeiten,
ich liebe es so sehr.
Die Menschen aber dieser neuen Zeiten
verstehen seinen Sinn nicht mehr.

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Confirmed with Manfred Hausmann, Hinter dem Perlenvorhang, S.-FischerVerlag, Frankfurt a. M.


Text Authorship:

  • by Manfred Hausmann (1898 - 1986), "Lautenlied", appears in Hinter dem Perlenvorhang [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Liu Changqing (709 - 780) [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 Neithard Bethke (b. 1942 ), "Melodie", op. 20, Heft 2 no. 21, published 2019 [ soprano, traverso, and clavicembalo ], from Meine kleine Bambusflöte, no. 21, Kassel : Verlag Merseburger [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-05-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

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