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。
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) , first published 1922 ; composed by Benjamin Burrows, Constant Lambert.
Researcher for this page: Fang-Yu Lin
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 6
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 hearts aches to-night - this hour.
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Authorship:
- by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971), first published 1922 [author's text not yet checked 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: 6
Word count: 46