À la porte Occidentale de la ville, rient des jeunes filles onduleuses et légères comme de nuages de printemps. Mais je dédaigne leur charme. Puisque, dans sa robe blanche, et sous son voile épais mon amie est plus gracieuse. À la porte Orientale de la ville, rêvent des jeunes filles éclatantes et jolies comme des fleurs de printemps. Mais je dédaigne leurs parfums, puisque, dans sa robe blanche et sous son volie épais, mon amie est plus odorante !
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Note: the original Chinese poem is attributed to Tsao Chang Ling, an 18th century author, but a similar translation by Thalasso attributes its original Chinese poem to an anonymous ancient poet included in the Chi-King.Text Authorship:
- by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955), appears in La flûte de jade, Paris, Éd. H. Piazza, first published 1920 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tsao Chang Ling (1719 - 1763) [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 Julián Bautista (1901 - 1961), "Mon amie", op. 2 no. 3 (1921) [ voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884 - 1964), "Mon amie", published 1929 [ medium voice and piano ], from La flûte de jade, no. 1, Paris, Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Delune (1876 - 1940), "Mon amie", 1922, published 1924 [ medium voice, piano, flute ad libitum ], from Le Collier des offrandes, six poèmes lyriques d'après des poésies chinoises, no. 5, Paris, Éditions Hérelle, Fortemps, & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2014-06-08
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