by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
雙燕離
Language: Chinese (中文)
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雙燕復雙燕， 雙飛令人羨。 玉樓珠閣不獨棲， 金窗繡戶長相見。 柏梁失火去， 因入吳王宮。 吳宮又焚蕩， 雛盡巢亦空。 憔悴一身在， 孀雌憶故雄。 雙飛難再得， 傷我寸心中。
Confirmed with Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.), Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems), Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985. 163.1690.
Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "雙燕離" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955) , "La fidélité", appears in La flûte de jade ; composed by Marie Marjori Hajary.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Shigeyoshi Obata) , "A Pair of Swallows"
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