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by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Translation © by Dr Huaixing Wang
I saw you toss the kites on high
Language: English
Our translations: CHI
I saw you toss the kites on high And blow the birds about the sky; And all around I heard you pass, Like ladies' skirts across the grass -- O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all -- O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song! O you that are so strong and cold, O blower, are you young or old? Are you a beast of field and tree, Or just a stronger child than me? O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!
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First published in Magazine of Art, July 1884Text Authorship:
- by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The wind", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885 [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 Frederic Field Bullard (1864 - 1904), "The wind", published 1910 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henry A. Clark , "The wind", published 1966 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mary E. Covert , "The wind", published 1954 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Thomas Crawford , "The wind", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Songs with Music from "A Child's Garden of Verses", no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Natalie Burlin Curtis (1875 - 1921), "The wind", published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses" [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Henry Louis) Reginald De Koven (1859 - 1920), "The wind", published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from The Stevenson Song-Book [sung text not yet checked]
- by Keith Fowler , "The wind", published 1926 [ unison chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Wallace Gilchrist (1846 - 1916), "The wind", published 1928-30 [ unaccompanied voice ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Caroline Susan Theodora Grosvenor (1858 - 1940?), "The Wind", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Six songs from "A Child's Garden of Verses" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), "The wind", published 1920 [ unaccompanied voice ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mabel Wood Hill (1870 - 1954), "The Wind", published c1902 [ voice and piano ], from Seven songs of Stevenson, no. 2, Cincinnati: J. Church Co. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Edward Jager (b. 1939), "The wind" [ soprano and piano or woodwinds or chamber orchestra ], from A Child's Garden of Verses [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Basil Hugh Longmire (1902 - 1986), "A windy day", published 1970 [ unison chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger Nixon (1921 - 2009), "The wind", published 1962 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marvin Radnor , "The wind", published 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "The Wind", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from The Twins' Tune Book, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edith Swepstone (flourished 1887-1915), "The wind", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Robert Louis Stevenson's Songs for Children, no. 3, London : J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mabel Nightingale Woodward (1876 - 1911), "The wind", published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Songs, no. 2, Birmingham : Press of the Birmingham Printers [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-12-08
Line count: 18
Word count: 128
看见你把风筝抛高/ 并吹飞天上的小鸟；
Language: Chinese (中文) after the English
看见你把风筝抛高 并吹飞天上的小鸟； 听到你在周围经过， 像女裙将青草跨越—— 哦，风，终日不停吹过， 哦，风，唱出好响的歌！ 看到你做事不一样， 但总是将自己隐藏。 感到督促，听到呼唤， 根本不能将你看见—— 哦，风，终日不停吹过， 哦，风，唱出好响的歌！ 哦，如此冷酷和坚强， 风神，年轻还是年长？ 是兽在树上和田野， 或孩子只比我强些？ 哦，风，终日不停吹过， 哦，风，唱出好响的歌！
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Translations of title(s):
"A windy day" = "刮风天"
"The wind" = "风"
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Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894), "The wind", appears in A Child's Garden of Verses, first published 1885
This text was added to the website: 2024-02-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 18