很久以前 | 柳樹垂在湖面上/ 很久以前

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Yen-Chiang Che

Long time ago

Language: English

Our translations: CHI ITA

On the lake where droop'd the willow
Long time ago,
Where the rock threw back the billow
Brighter than snow. 
Dwelt a maid beloved and cherish'd
By high and low,
But with autumn leaf she perished
Long time ago.
Rock and tree and flowing water
Long time ago,
Bird and bee and blossom taught her 
Love's spell to know.
While to my fond words she listen'd
Murmuring low,
Tenderly her blue eyes glisten'd
Long time ago.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , published 1837 by George Pope Morris, who adapted the words, and Charles Edward Horn, who arranged the music from an anonymous (original) minstrel tune [author's text not yet checked 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):

by Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), "Long time ago", 1950, first performed 1950 [voice and piano or orchestra], from Old American Songs, First Set, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

CHI Chinese (汉语 / 漢語) (Yen-Chiang Che) , title 1: "很久以前", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-06-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 76

很久以前

Language: Chinese (中文) after the English

柳樹垂在湖面上
很久以前
拋下岩石  激起巨大的浪花
彷彿比雪還要明亮
那兒住著一位少女  可愛又珍貴
大家都喜歡她
但與秋天的落葉一般  她去世了
在很久以前
岩石、大樹、和流動的水
很久以前
鳥兒、蜜蜂和花兒  都教導她
認識愛的魅力
當她聽著我愛的言語時
輕聲細訴
她溫柔地眨著藍色的雙眼
在很久以前

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , published 1837 by George Pope Morris, who adapted the words, and Charles Edward Horn, who arranged the music from an anonymous (original) minstrel tune
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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 20