possibly by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917)
Le pavillon de porcelaine
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文)
Au milieu du petit lac artificiel, s'élève un pavillon de porcelaine verte et blanche; on y arrive par un pont de jade, qui se voûte comme le dos d'un tigre. Dans ce pavillon, quelques amis, vêtus de robes claires, boivent ensemble des tasses de vin tiede. Ils causent gaiement, ou tracent des vers, en repoussant leurs chapeaux en arrière, en relevant un peu leurs manches, Et, dans le lac, où le petit pont, renversé, semble un croissant de jade, quelques amis, vêtus de robes claires, boivent, la tête en bas dans un pavillon de porcelaine.
Authorship:
- by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917), "Le pavillon de porcelaine", appears in Le livre de jade, 1867 edition, in 5. Le vin, no. 5, first published 1867 [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) possibly by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Der Pavillon aus Porzellan", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Altmann, Hans Ebert, Lothar Hundertmark, as Mark Lothar, Artur Immisch, Franz Ippisch, Julius Röntgen.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Anna Hegeler, Gustav Mahler.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928); composed by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Max Fleischer) , appears in Der Porzellanpavillon: Nachdichtungen Chinesischer Lyrik von Max Fleisher, first published 1927 [an adaptation]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-16
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