by Wang Wei (701 - 761)
Translation by Bohumil Mathesius (1888 - 1952)
竹里馆
Language: Chinese (中文)
Available translation(s): GER
独坐幽篁里， 弹琴复长啸。 深林人不知， 明月来相照。
Authorship
- by Wang Wei (701 - 761), "竹里馆" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Bohumil Mathesius (1888 - 1952) ; composed by Pavel Haas.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri Pierre Roché (1879 - 1959) ; composed by Georges Auric.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Pavel Haas.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944, copyright © ; composed by Hilding Rosenberg.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Witter Bynner) , "In a retreat among bamboos", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
- ENG English (Herbert Allen Giles) , "Overlooked", appears in Chinese Poetry in English Verse, first published 1898
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Bambushain", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Fan Yang
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 4
V bambusovém háji
Language: Czech (Čeština) after the Chinese (中文)
V bambusech nejsou lidé, v bambusech sedím sám. Tu na loutnu zahraju tiše, tu sobě zahvízdám. Kdo, řekněte lidé, kdo ví, kde v bambusech sedím sám, sám? Kde v bambusech sedím sám a na východ srpečku luny bambusem pozírám.
Authorship
Based on- a text in Chinese (中文) by Wang Wei (701 - 761), "竹里馆"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Pavel Haas (1899 - 1944), "V bambusovém háji", 1944, from Čtyři písně na slova čínské poezie, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Frieder Anders
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-05
Line count: 4
Word count: 39