Stopping at a friend's farm-house | Preparing me chicken and rice, old friend

Translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968)

過故人莊

Language: Chinese (中文)

故人具雞黍，
邀我至田家。
綠樹村邊合，
青山郭外斜。
開軒面場圃，
把酒話桑麻。
待到重陽日，
還來就菊花。

Text Authorship:

by Meng Haoran (689 - 740), "過故人莊" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) , appears in Jadeberget, kinesisk lyrik från Tangdynastin 618-906 , first published 1944, copyright © ; composed by Hilding Rosenberg.

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ENG English (Witter Bynner) , "Stopping at a friend's farm-house", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929

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Word count: 8

Stopping at a friend's farm‑house

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

Preparing me chicken and rice, old friend,
You entertain me at your farm.
We watch the green trees that circle your village
And the pale blue of outlying mountains.
We open your window over garden and field,
To talk mulberry and hemp with our cups in our hands.
...Wait till the Mountain Holiday --
I am coming again in chrysanthemum time.

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Text Authorship:

by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Stopping at a friend's farm-house", 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 Meng Haoran (689 - 740), "過故人莊"
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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: 2009-07-28
Line count: 8
Word count: 60