by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
Die Weide im Wind
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Japanese (日本語)
Die Sommerweide Zeigt ihren schlanken Stamm, Wenn der wehende Wind Durch ihre feinen Zweige fährt. Deine schlanken Füsse, meine Weide, Sah ich heute, Da der verliebte Wind Kosend durch deine Kleider fuhr.
Text Authorship:
- by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die Weide im Wind", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik, first published 1911 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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 Walter Hekster (b. 1937), "Die Weide im Wind", 1981, copyright © 1981 [ medium voice, clarinet and piano ], from Songs from the Japanese, no. 5, Amsterdam : Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894 - 1969), "Die Weide im Wind", 1957, from Japanischer Frühling, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Brandt , appears in Японская лирика (Japonskaja lirika), first published 1912 ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-22
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Word count: 32