possibly by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

宴陶家亭子
Language: Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  ENG
曲巷幽人宅，
高门大士家。
池开照胆镜，
林吐破颜花。
绿水藏春日，
青轩袐晚霞。
若闻弦管妙，
金谷不能夸。

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  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by (Stephanie) Hélène Swarth (1859 - 1941) , "Het porceleinen paviljoen" ; composed by Jacob Bonset.
  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955) , "Le pavillon de porcelaine" ; composed by Henk Badings.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928); composed by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Der Pavillon aus Porzellan", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Altmann, Noriko Baba, Hans Ebert, Maria Herz, Lothar Hundertmark, as Mark Lothar, Artur Immisch, Franz Ippisch, Julius Röntgen.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Anna Hegeler, Gustav Mahler.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Feast at the Pavillion of the Tao Family", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Judith Gautier) , "Le pavillon de porcelaine", appears in Le livre de jade, 1867 edition, in 5. Le vin, no. 5, first published 1867 [an adaptation]


Researcher for this page: Corey Luis

This text was added to the website: 2004-01-16
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Le pavillon de porcelaine
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Our translations:  ENG
Au milieu du lac,
s'élève un pavillon de porcelaine blanche.
Pour y arriver, il faut franchir un petit pont de jade
qui a la courbe d'un tigre à l'affût.
Dans ce minuscule palais, des amis se réunissent.
Ils causent, ils boivent.
Sur l'eau verte, ils regardent onduler
les reflets des pivoines
qui ornent la balustrade de la terrasse.
Certains, les manches retroussées,
la calotte enfoncée jusqu'aux yeux,
écrivent des vers.
L'arc du pont ressemble au croissant de la lune.
Les reflets des pivoines
ressemblent à des jeunes filles qui dansent.

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, poésies chinoises, Paris, L'édition d'art H. Piazza, 1922, pages 147-148.


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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Porcelain Pavilion", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-11-06
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Word count: 90