by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
春夜洛城闻笛
Language: Chinese (中文)
Our translations: ENG
谁家玉笛暗飞声， 散入春风满洛城。 此夜曲中闻折柳， 何人不起故园情！
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "春夜洛城闻笛" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Jules Schürmann (1873 - 1927) , from Chineesche verzen, first published 1916 ; composed by Marie Cornélie Cathérine Reynvaan.
- Also set in English, a translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971) , "On hearing the flute at Lo-Cheng one spring night", appears in Li Po, the Chinese poet, done into English verse ; composed by Phyllis Campbell.
- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by E Tikkanen ; composed by Sulho Veikko Juhani Ranta.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955) , "Les deux flûtes" [an adaptation] ; composed by René Bernier, Therèse Brenet, Marius-François Gaillard, Pierre Paubon, Manuel M. Ponce, Rosalie Marie Wertheim.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917) , "La flûte mystérieuse", appears in Le livre de jade, 1867 edition, in 7. Les poëtes, no. 4, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1867 ; composed by Gabriel-André Fabre.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928) ; composed by Emil Anner, Helmut Barbe, Kurt Brüggemann, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Wilhelm Rettich, Helmut Riethmüller.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Die geheimnisvolle Flöte", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Altmann, Gottfried von Einem, Maria Herz, Artur Immisch, Sigurd von Koch, Leonard Pieter Joseph Michielsen, Krzysztof Penderecki, Julius Röntgen, James Martin Simon, Emil Sjögren, Ernst Toch, Rudolf Wagner-Régeny, Anton von Webern, Egon Joseph Wellesz, Georg Wolfsohn.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Richard Fedor Leopold Dehmel (1863 - 1920) , "Die ferne Laute" ; composed by Josef Schelb.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Fleischer (1880 - 1941) , "Geheimnisvolles Zwiegespräch zweier Flöten", appears in Der Porzellanpavillon: Nachdichtungen Chinesischer Lyrik von Max Fleisher, first published 1927 ; composed by Philipp Schoeller.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Geilinger (1884 - 1948) , "Die geheimnisvolle Flöte" ; composed by Benno Ammann.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ethan Fan) , "Flute tune heard in Luoyang’s spring night", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Fan Yang
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
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Word count: 4
The flow'rs of evening poured their...
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
The flow'rs of evening poured their fragrance into the dusk. A distant voice like the zephyrs' tender breath sang to me Through the dark and trembling leaves. From out the brush I plucked a twig of willow And my song, as if in answer, filled the blossoming night. And then, when evening robes the earth with darkness, The birds hear a flute even as their own voice.
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Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "春夜洛城闻笛"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Hans Adler (b. 1928), no title, copyright © 1977 [ mixed chorus ], from Three poems from the Chinese flute, no. 1, Hinshaw Music [sung text not yet checked]
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2025-04-30
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Word count: 67