秋風清，秋月明， 落葉聚還散， 寒鴉棲復驚。 相思相見知何日， 此時此夜難為情。
Simplified form:
秋风清，秋月明。 落叶聚还散， 寒鸦栖复惊。 相思相见知何日， 此时此夜难为情。
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "三五七言（秋風詞）" [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971) , "Lines", appears in Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse, first published 1922 ; composed by Benjamin Burrows, Constant Lambert.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Heinrich von Manikowski, Willy Schneider (attribution uncertain).
- Also set in Slovenian (Slovenščina), a translation by Ferdo Kozak (1894 - 1957) ; composed by Lucijan Marija Škerjanc.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Clear Autumn Wind", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Fang-Yu Lin , Fan Yang
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-26
Line count: 5
Word count: 5
Cool is the autumn wind, clear the autumn moon, The blown leaves heap up and scatter again; A raven, cold-stricken, starts from his roost. Where are you, beloved? - When shall I see you once more? Ah, how my heart aches to-night - this hour!
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Text Authorship:
- by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971), "Lines", appears in Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse, first published 1922 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "三五七言（秋風詞）"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Lines", 1928 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951), "Lines written in autumn", 1926, published 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Poems of Li-Po, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 5
Word count: 43