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by Wang Changling (698 - c756)
Translation by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund

Lotosblatt und Frauenkleid
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Lotosblatt und Frauenkleid,
Lotosblüte, Mädchenblüte,
Weit im Teiche schwimmt dein Boot,
Und ich kann nicht unterscheiden
Mensch und Blume von euch beiden,
Weil ihr ineinander loht:
Lotosblatt und Frauenkleid,
Lotosblüte, Mädchenblüte ...

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Confirmed by Klabund, Chinesische Gedichte. Nachdichtungen, Projekt-Gutenberg


Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928), as Jucundus Fröhlich Klabund, "Lotos und Mädchen auf dem Teich", subtitle: "Wang-tschang-li", appears in Chinesische Gedichte [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang Changling (698 - c756) [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 Leopold Spinner (1906 - 1980), "Lotos und Mädchen", 1936 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Lieder, no. 2, Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-08-08
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Word count: 31

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