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• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Shi Jing (or Schi-King) - Classic of Poetry - Book of Songs -- Book of Odes -- Chinesische Liederbuch, Zhou Dynasty 周 (1045 BCE–256 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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• Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Dolanský (1857 - 1910) ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969) , "By the willows", appears in The Book of Songs, first published 1937 ; composed by Emma Lou Diemer.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Cramer , "Abendklage", appears in Schi-King, oder Chinesische Lieder, gesammelt von Confucius ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• LAT Latin (Alexandre de Lacharme, Père) , appears in Confucii Chi-King sive Liber Carminum

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