The moon, grown full now over the sea, Brightening the whole of heaven, Brings to separated hearts The long thoughtfulness of night.... It is no darker though I blow out my candle. It is no warmer though I put on my coat. So I leave my message with the moon And turn to my bed, hoping for dreams.
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Looking at the moon and thinking of one far away", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Zhang Jiuling (673?5 - 740), "望月怀远"
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 ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-27
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Word count: 58
Fullmånen över sjön gör hela himlen ljus och skänker hjärtan skilda från varandra en lång och tankfull natt. Det blir ej mörkare för att jag släcker ljuset. Så lämnar jag mitt brev åt månen och går till sängs och väntar goda drömmar.
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Text Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965), appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Looking at the moon and thinking of one far away", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Zhang Jiuling (673?5 - 740), "望月怀远"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sven-Erik Bäck (b. 1919), "Fullmånen", 1945 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anna-Greta Rooth (1901 - 1993), "Fullmånen" [ voice and piano ], from Fyra kinesiska sånger, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hilding Rosenberg (1892 - 1985), "Fullmånen", 1950 [ voice and piano ], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42