by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Laurel Rasplica Rodd
when the warm mists veil
Language: Japanese (日本語) after the Japanese (日本語)
when the warm mists veil
all and buds swell while yet the
spring snows drift downward
even in the hibernal
village crystal blossoms fall
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In Laurel Rasplica Rodd and Mary Catherine Henkenius, Kokinshu: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern, Boston, MA : Cheng & Tsui, 1996
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [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 Shih-Hui Chen (b. 1962), no title, 1992 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from 66 Times, the Voice of Pines and Cedars, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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