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床前明月光， 疑是地上霜。 举头望明月， 低头思故乡。
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- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "静夜思" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Gottfried von Einem, Ernst Křenek, Léonard Pieter Joseph Michielsen, James Simon, Anton von Webern.
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- ENG English (Jasmine Wiese) , "Thoughts on a Quiet Night", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Fan Yang
Text added to the website: 2008-07-29 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-08-11 10:18:04
Line count: 4
Word count: 4
At the foot of my bed, moonlight, Or maybe frost on the ground. [I] raise my head to the bright moon, I bow my head, homesick.
Translator's note:
Line 4: Literally: thinking of my hometown
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- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "静夜思"
Text added to the website: 2020-01-07 00:00:00
Last modified: 2020-01-07 16:13:09
Line count: 4
Word count: 26