君問歸期未有期， 巴山夜雨漲秋池。 何當共剪西窗燭， 卻話巴山夜雨時。
Text Authorship:
- by Li Shangyin (c813 - c858), "夜雨寄北" [author's text checked 1 time 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968) , "Note on a Rainy Night to a Friend in the North", appears in The Jade Mountain, first published 1929 ; composed by John Beckwith.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 4
You ask me when I am coming. I do not know. I dream of your mountains and autumn pools brimming all night with the rain. Oh, when shall we be trimming wicks again, together in your western window? When shall I be hearing your voice again, all night in the rain?
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Text Authorship:
- by Witter Bynner (1881 - 1968), "Note on a Rainy Night to a Friend in the North", 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 Shangyin (c813 - c858), "夜雨寄北"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Beckwith (1927 - 2022), "On a rainy night", 1947 [ high voice and piano ], from Five Lyrics of the T'ang Dynasty, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 51