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by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917)
Translation by James Whitall (1888 - 1954)

The shoreless sea
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Oh dragon, 
you who rule the shoreless sea of death, 
steal away my loved one 
while, bending over her in passionate musing, 
I drink in her breath, 
bear her away on your ghostly ship, 
and take me with her 
so we may sail together always, 
drunk with love. 

Text Authorship:

  • by James Whitall (1888 - 1954), "The shoreless sea", appears in Chinese Lyrics from The Book of Jade, first published 1918 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in French (Français) by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917) [text unavailable]
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Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Li Hongzhang (1823 - 1901) [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The shoreless sea", 1964 [ tenor and piano ], from Three Chinese Love Lyrics for Tenors, no. 3, Southern/Texas [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-02-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 48

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