by Li Yi (748 - 829)
江南曲
Language: Chinese (中文)
嫁得瞿塘賈， 朝朝誤妾期。 早知潮有信， 嫁與弄潮兒。
Text Authorship:
- by Li Yi (748 - 829), "江南曲" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968) , "A song of the Southern River", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 ; composed by Edmund Duncan Rubbra.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
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