High in the faint moonlight, wildgeese are soaring. Tartar chieftains are fleeing through the dark -- And we chase them, with horses lightly burdened And a burden of snow on our bows and our swords.
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Border songs III", 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 Lu Lun (739 - 799), "塞下曲四首之三"
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: 4
Word count: 34
Högt i det bleka månljuset ropa vildgässen. Tartariska hövdingar fly genom mörkret. Vi jaga dem burna av våra snabba härar med snöhöljda bågar och svärd. Låt festen begynna i det larmande lägret, låt hornen förkunna vår seger! Låt oss dricka och dansa i gyllene rustning! Låt våra trummor eka mot floder och berg!
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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), "Border songs III", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Lu Lun (739 - 799), "塞下曲四首之三"
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), "Gränssånger", 1948 [ voice and piano ], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 53