by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
Translation by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961)
Die allerersten Blüten
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Japanese (日本語)
Our translations: ENG
Froh sprudeln durch die Ritzen nun des Eises, Das vor dem Lenz zergeht, die weissen Wellen Des Giessbachs auf: die ersten weissen Blüten Des lieben Frühlings möchten sie uns sein.
Text Authorship:
- by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die allerersten Blüten", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Minamoto no Masazumi (flourished 9th - 10th century), no title, appears in Kokin Wakashū - 古今和歌集, no. 12
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 ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The very first blossoms", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 30
Avril parait. Brisant la glace de leur...
Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Avril parait. Brisant la glace de leur écorce, bondissent joyeux dans le ruisselet des flots écumeux: Ils veulent être les premières fleurs blanches du joyeux Printemps.
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Text Authorship:
- by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die allerersten Blüten", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Minamoto no Masazumi (flourished 9th - 10th century), no title, appears in Kokin Wakashū - 古今和歌集, no. 12
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Utsyo Chakraborty (b. 2001), "Poésie Lyrique de Japan" [ soprano, piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), "Mazatsumi", 1913, published 1913 [ voice and piano ], from Три стихотворения из японской лирики (Tri stikhotvorenija iz japonskoj liriki), no. 2, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 26