by Shami Mansei ( flourished circa 720 )
Translation by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982)
This world of ours
Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)
This world of ours, To what shall I compare it? To the white wake of a boat That rows away in the early dawn.
Text Authorship:
- by Kenneth Rexroth (1905 - 1982) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Shami Mansei ( flourished circa 720 ) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karólína Eiríksdóttir (b. 1951), "This world of ours", 1978 [ soprano, flute and violoncello ], from Six Poems From the Japanese, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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