"I heard at night your long sighs And knew that you were thinking of me." As she spoke, the doors of Heaven opened, Our souls conversed and I saw her face. She set me a pillow to rest on; She brought me meat and drink. I stood beside her where she lay, But suddenly woke and she was not there. And none knew how my soul was torn, How the tears fell surging over my breast.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arthur Waley (1889 - 1969) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Shên-Yo (441 - 513) [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 Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Dreaming of a dead lady", op. 78 no. 3 (1971) [ voice and piano ], from Five Chinese Songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2013-02-11
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