The sand below the border-mountain lies like snow, And the moon like frost beyond the city-wall, And someone somewhere, playing a flute, Has made the soldiers homesick all night long.
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "On hearing a flute at night from the Wall of Shouxiang", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Yi (748 - 829), "夜上受降城聞笛"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 30
Sanden under gränsberget ligger vit som snö och månen som frost över stadens mur, och någonstädes spelar en ensam flöjt som gör soldaterna hemsjuka hela natten.
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Text Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965), appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "On hearing a flute at night from the Wall of Shouxiang", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Yi (748 - 829), "夜上受降城聞笛"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hilding Rosenberg (1892 - 1985), "Lyssnande till en nattlig flöjt från Shouhsiang-muren", 1945 [ voice and piano ], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 26