by Zhang Hu
Translation © by François Cheng (b. 1929)
Papillon de nuit
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文)
Palais interdit: la lune se glisse entre les branches [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by François Cheng (b. 1929), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Zhang Hu [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 Philippe Hersant (b. 1948), "Papillon de nuit", 2002 [mixed chorus and piano], from Poèmes chinois, no. 5. [text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-06
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