Sailing for the sun | I took leave of you, old friend, at the

by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)

Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

黄鶴樓送孟浩然之廣陵

Language: Chinese (中文)

故人西辭黃鶴樓
煙花三月下揚州
孤帆遠影碧空盡
唯見長江天際流

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by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "黄鶴樓送孟浩然之廣陵" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Herbert Allen Giles (1845 - 1935) , "Gone" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by John Peterson.
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Sailing for the sun

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

I took leave of you, old friend, at the 
Yellow Crane Pavilion; 
In the mist and bloom of March, you went 
down to Yang-chou: 
A lonely sail, distant shades, extinguished by blue-- 
There, at the horizon, where river meets sky.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "黄鶴樓送孟浩然之廣陵"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by John Peterson (b. 1957), "Sailing for the sun", 2008 [ satb chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

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