I awake light-hearted this morning of spring, Everywhere round me the singing of birds -- But now I remember the night, the storm, And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "A spring morning", 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), "春曉"
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
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Word count: 30
Lätt om hjärtat vaknar jag en morgon om våren, runt omkring mig sjunga fåglarna. Men då minns jag natten och stormen och tänker på hur många blommor som skövlats.
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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), "A spring morning", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Meng Haoran (689 - 740), "春曉"
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), "En vårmorgon", 1948 [ voice and piano ], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 14 [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: 29