The Ruins of Sou-Taï | Bushes have sprung up in the ruins of the palace

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by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Les Ruines de Sou‑Taï

Language: French (Français) after the Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG

Des arbustes ont poussé dans les ruines du palais.
A présent, la lune de Si-kiang est la seule danseuse
qui évolue dans les salles où glissaient tant de jolies femmes.

Confirmed with Franz Toussaint, La flûte de jade, Paris : H. Piazza, 1922, p.48

Text Authorship:

by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Les Ruines de Sou-Taï", appears in La flûte de jade [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
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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):

by Karel Goeyvaerts , "Les Ruines de Sou-Taï", 1949 [ voice and piano ], from La flûte de Jade, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Ruins of Sou-Taï", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The Ruins of Sou‑Taï

Language: English after the French (Français)

Bushes have sprung up in the ruins of the palace. 
At present, the moon of Si-kiang is the only dancer
that performs in the halls where so many pretty women used to glide.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), "Les Ruines de Sou-Taï", appears in La flûte de jade
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Based on:

a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2026-04-29
Line count: 3
Word count: 33