by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation Singable translation by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969)
Self‑abandonment
Language: English after the Chinese (中文)
I sat drinking, and did not notice the dusk; till falling petals fill the folds of my dress. Drunken, I rose and walked to the moonlit stream. The birds were gone, and men were also few.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alice Ho (b. 1960), "Self-abandonment", 2009 [ soprano, flute, violin, violoncello and piano ], from Three Songs From Tang Dynasty, no. 1
Publisher: plangere Editions [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-27
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Word count: 36