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Taipei. A young Taiwanese man has written seven hundred love letters to his girlfriend over the past two years — trying to get her to marry him. His persistence finally brought him results. A newspaper reported yesterday the girl has become engaged to the postman who delivered all of those letters.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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)
- by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Other Engagements", 2008 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ], from Five True Remarkable Occurrences, no. 5, confirmed with composer's website [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "D'autres fiançailles", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-19
Line count: 7
Word count: 51
Taipei. Un jeune Taïwanais a écrit sept cents lettres d'amour à sa petite amie ces deux dernières années -- en essayant de la convaincre de l'épouser. Son insistance finalement lui a apporté des résultats. Un journal rapportait hier que la fille s'est fiancée avec le facteur qui lui avait apporté toutes ces lettres.
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- Translation from English to French (Français) copyright © 2019 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 52