by Sikong-Tu (834 - 903?8?)
Translation by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945)
Fair is the pine grove and the mountain...
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
Fair is the pine grove and the mountain stream That gathers to the valley far below, The black-winged junks on the dim sea reach, adream, The pale blue firmament o'er banks of snow. And her, more fair, more supple smooth than jade, Gleaming among the dark red woods I follow: Now lingering, now as a bird afraid Of pirate wings she seeks the haven hollow. Vague, and beyond the daylight of recall, Into the cloudland past my spirit flies, As though before the gold of autumn's fall, Before the glow of the moon-flooded skies.
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Authorship:
- by Launcelot Alfred Cranmer-Byng (1872 - 1945), "Fascination", appears in A Lute of Jade, being selections from the classical poets of China, first published 1909 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Sikong-Tu (834 - 903?8?) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gena Branscombe (1881 - 1977), "Fair is the pine grove", from A Lute of Jade, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-05
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