by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Émile Steinilber-Oberlin (1878 - 1951) and by Hidétaké Iwamura
L'invitation
Language: French (Français) after the Japanese (日本語)
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Pour vous
cette nuit
Mon Ami
la première fleur de prunier de l'île Kiousou
s'ouvrira.
Si vous voulez en connaître
les charmes secrets
à la troisième veille
Venez,
en chantant à la lune !
Confirmed with Oberlin, Steinilber & Iwamura, Hidetaké, Chansons des Geishas, Aux éditions G. Crès. Paris - 1926 p.21
Composé par une courtisane de Nagasaki.
Text Authorship:
- by Émile Steinilber-Oberlin (1878 - 1951), "L'invitation", appears in Chansons des Geishas, first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Hidétaké Iwamura , "L'invitation", appears in Chansons des Geishas, first published 1926 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Rodolphe Théophile Cahen d'Anvers, marquis de Torre Alfina (1869 - 1955), as Armand Bolsène, "L'invitation", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons des geishas, no. 20, Paris, Maurice Sénart [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2023-03-23
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