by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Translation by Dezső Kosztolányi (1885 - 1936)
Symphony in yellow
Language: English
An omnibus across the bridge Crawls like a yellow butterfly, And, here and there, a passer-by Shows like a restless little midge. Big barges full of yellow hay, Are moved against the shadowy wharf, And like a yellow silken scarf, The thick fog hangs along the quay. The yellow leaves begin to fade, And flutter from the temple elms, And at my feet the pale green Thames Lies like a rod of rippled jade.
First published in Centennial Magazine, 1889
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Symphony in yellow" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carey Blyton (1932 - 2002), "Symphony in yellow", published 1973 [ soprano, harp or soprano, and piano; or soprano, clarinet, harp or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920), "Symphony in yellow", op. 3 (Tone-Images) no. 2, A. 32 (c1912), published 1915 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi) , "Sárga szimfónia"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 74
Sárga szimfónia
Language: Hungarian (Magyar) after the English
Az omnibusz a hidra bú, mint sárga pille s szerteszét sürög-forog, jár-kél a nép, izeg-mozog, akár a szú. Bárkákat sárga széna föd, egyik-másik a révben áll s mint drága, selymes puha sál takarja a partot a köd. A szilfa sárga lombja zúg s a Templéről idelebeg. A haloványzöld Themze meg mint egy opálos, hosszú rúd.
Text Authorship:
- by Dezső Kosztolányi (1885 - 1936), "Sárga szimfónia" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), "Symphony in yellow"
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 ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 55