by Taigu Ryōkan (1758 - 1831)
Translation by Jakob Fischer (flourished c1937)
Thoughts sweet and gentle
Language: English after the Japanese (日本語)
Oft at morning and at night My eyes rest on the far dim island of Sado, And thoughts, sweet and gentle, Of my fond departed mother Fly hither to me.
Text Authorship:
- by Jakob Fischer (flourished c1937) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Taigu Ryōkan (1758 - 1831) [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 Florence Marga Richter (1926 - 2020), "Thoughts sweet and gentle", 2002 [ voice and piano ], from Dew-Drops on a Lotus Leaf: 1 Prologue, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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