Die allerersten Blüten | Froh sprudeln durch die Ritzen nun des Eises

by Minamoto no Masazumi (flourished 9th - 10th century)

Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)

谷風に

Language: Japanese (日本語)

谷風に
とくる氷の
ひまことに
うち出る浪や
春のはつ花

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Kana form:

たにかせに
とくるこほりの
ひまことに
うちいつるなみや
はるのはつはな

Transliteration:

tanikaze ni
tokuru kôri no
himagoto ni
uchi-izuru nami ya
haru no hatsuhana

Text Authorship:

by Minamoto no Masazumi (flourished 9th - 10th century), no title, appears in Kokin Wakashū - 古今和歌集, no. 12 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Maurice Delage (1879 - 1961) ; composed by Utsyo Chakraborty, Igor Stravinsky.
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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandr Nikolayevich Brandt , appears in Японская лирика (Japonskaja lirika), first published 1912 ; composed by Igor Stravinsky.
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GER German (Deutsch) (Hans Bethge) , "Die allerersten Blüten", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

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Die allerersten Blüten

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Japanese (日本語)

Our translations: ENG

Froh sprudeln durch die Ritzen nun des Eises,
Das vor dem Lenz zergeht, die weissen Wellen
Des Giessbachs auf: die ersten weissen Blüten
Des lieben Frühlings möchten sie uns sein.

Text Authorship:

by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946), "Die allerersten Blüten", appears in Japanischer Frühling / Nachdichtungen Japanischer Lyrik [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Japanese (日本語) by Minamoto no Masazumi (flourished 9th - 10th century), no title, appears in Kokin Wakashū - 古今和歌集, no. 12
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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):

[ None yet in the database ]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-22
Line count: 4
Word count: 30