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by Li Tsring-Tchao (flourished 11th century CE)
Translation by George Soulié de Morant (1878 - 1955)

Une jonchée de fleurs de pêcher
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Des nénuphars rouges, le parfum se mourait.
L’air léger de l’automne pénétrait à travers les perles de jade du rideau
A la lueur des flambeaux dans le bateau des orchidées
Qui donc, des nuages, m’envoyait de tels messages d’amour?
C’était le temps où les cygnes sauvages reviennent
La lune emplissait le pavillon vers l’ouest 
Les fleurs par nature, voltigent et s’éparpillent
L’eau repandue, par nature, coule vers le même point et se rassemble
Ceux qui sont d’une même espèce pensent l’un à l’autre.
Mais, hélas! nous sommes séparés et je suis devenue trop habile à la tristesse
Cette amour, rien ne pourra le faire fondre et disparaitre.
Il avait été un moment sous mes sourcils; il pèse maintenant sur mon cœur.

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Text Authorship:

  • by George Soulié de Morant (1878 - 1955), "Une jonchée de fleurs de pêcher", appears in Florilège des poèmes Song, 960-1277 après J.-C., first published 1923 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Tsring-Tchao (flourished 11th century CE) [text unavailable]
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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 Rodolphe Théophile Cahen d'Anvers, marquis de Torre Alfina , as Armand Bolsène, "Une jonchée de fleurs de pêcher", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Poèmes chinois de l'époque Song, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-12-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 121

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