by Zenchiku Konparu (1405 - c1470)
Translation by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969)
The flower that has fallen dreams that...
Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)
Makino and Brother The flower that has fallen dreams that Spring is done, There are white clouds to cover The green hillside . . .
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Arthur Waley, The The Hōka priests, in: The Nō Plays of Japan, 1921, p.168
Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Zenchiku Konparu (1405 - c1470), appears in The Hōka priests = Hōka-zō [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 Phyllis Campbell (1891 - 1974), "Autumn song", subtitle: "From the Noh play "The Hoka Priests" by Zenchiku Ujinobu (trans. Arthur Waley)", copyright © 2018 [ voice and piano ], Wirripang Pty Ltd [sung text not yet checked]
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