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36 song texts, 112 settings, 47 placeholders, and 36 translations (with modifications to 187 texts and 139 settings) have been added as follows:

    2026-05-04
    • Le Prisonnier de guerre (Pauline Duchambge) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • Herzog Ulrich der Verbannte (Emilie Zumsteeg) (Text: Wilhelm Hauff) [x]
    • ama no sumu (Text: Ono no Komachi)
    • Der erste December (Emilie Zumsteeg) [x]
    • Trost (Emilie Zumsteeg) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Gustav Schwab) [x]
    • Červení voli (Elena Petrová) (Text: Lumír Čivrný after Federico García Lorca) [x]
    • Translation: If a perfect work must please everyone  ENG (after François I, King: Quatrain (Si un œuvre parfait doit chacun contenter))
    • La Novice (Antoine-Gabriel Jars (attribution uncertain)) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • After War (Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann) (Text: Isa Craig)
    • Gone for ever (Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann) (Text: Christina Georgina Rossetti)
    • L'Espoir (Louis Kelterborn, Gabrielle Lange-Clairny) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • Mon seul amour ! embrasse-moi (Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • Le Calvaire (Marie Antoinette Elisabeth Mennessier-Nodier) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • A total of 29 settings were added.
    • A total of 14 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 29 texts were modified.
    • A total of 38 settings were modified.
    2026-05-03
    • My Mother (Frances M. Lynch) (Text: Eliza Westbury) [x]
    • Wing Meadows (Margaret Marie Dare) (Text: W. H. Shewing) [x]
    • Butterfly (Claire Liddell) (Text: J. C. Mathieson.) [x]
    • A Scottish Carol (Claire Liddell) (Text: J. C. Mathieson.) [x]
    • Some May Doubt (Claire Liddell) (Text: J. C. Mathieson.) [x]
    • Country Girl (Claire Liddell) (Text: George Mackay Brown)
    • If The Bright Lady I Adore (Margaret Marie Dare, as Marie Dare) (Text: W. H. Shewing) [x]
    • The whistle that the wee herd made (Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser) (Text: Charles Murray) [x]
    • Roads (Peter Maxwell Davies, Claire Liddell) (Text: George Mackay Brown)
    • Firmament (Frances M. Lynch) (Text: Margaret Cavendish) [x]
    • En los pinares de Júcar (Geraldine Thomson Mucha) (Text: Luis de Góngora y Argote)
    • Forsaken (Margaret Marie Dare) (Text: John Drinkwater)
    • To people who have gardens (Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser) (Text: Agnes Mure Mackenzie) [x]
    • The Voice of the Mountains (Helen Hopekirk) (Text: Barclay Ritchie) [x]
    • The Song of Glen Dun (Helen Hopekirk) (Text: Agnes Shakespeare Higginson , as Moira O'Neill) [x]
    • Slumber Song (Helen Hopekirk) [x]
    • In Absence (Margaret Marie Dare, as Marie Dare) (Text: Edward Shanks) [x]
    • Translation: Your eyes open up for me like a dark paradise  ENG (after Henri Cazalis: Tes yeux s'ouvrent pour moi comme un paradis noir)
    • The Grey Geese (Margaret Marie Dare, as Marie Dare) (Text: C. Ethel Evans) [x]
    • To The Sea (Margaret Marie Dare) (Text: Cecil M C Barker) [x]
    • Na osice listí vadne (Jana Bařinková) (Text: Volkslieder )
    • Why Do We Sing? (Claire Liddell) (Text: J. C. Mathieson.) [x]
    • The Beachcomber (Claire Liddell) (Text: George Mackay Brown) [x]
    • The Superposition of State (Frances M. Lynch) *
    • Old fisherman with guitar (Claire Liddell) (Text: George Mackay Brown)
    • I saw no Way — The Heavens were stitched — (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, Leo Smit) (Text: Emily Dickinson)
    • Translation: At Haying Time  ENG (after Francis Jammes: Au temps des foins (C'est demain la fête au village, une musette))
    • Night (Margaret Marie Dare) (Text: W. H. Shewing) [x]
    • Fisherman’s Bride (Claire Liddell) (Text: George Mackay Brown) *
    • Mary's Song (Margaret Marie Dare) (Text: Marion Angus) [x]
    • Notre Dame d'Amour (Pauline Duchambge) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • Tristesse amère (Joseph Matthias Hubert Beltjens, Edmond de Coussemaker, Pauline Duchambge, Charles de Dufort, A. Lejey-Miland) (Text: Marceline Desbordes-Valmore)
    • A total of 40 settings were added.
    • A total of 32 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 49 texts were modified.
    • A total of 42 settings were modified.
    2026-05-02
    • Adânca mare... (Text: Mihai Eminescu)
    • Translation: La dama d'André  CAT (after Louise de Vilmorin: La Dame d'André (André ne connaît pas la dame))
    • [No title] (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Chung Chul) [x]
    • Mein Herz II (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Hans Carl Artmann) [x]
    • Flammenzeichen (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Sophie Scholl)
    • Translation: Violí  CAT (after Louise de Vilmorin: Violon (Couple amoureux aux accents méconnus))
    • Singurătate (Text: Mihai Eminescu)
    • Translation: Ich möchte das Herz mir ausreißen  GER (Text: Jürg Thomas Stenzl after Bona Kim)
    • Ex animo amare (Dorothée Hahne)
    • Translation: Llibertat  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Liberté (Sur mes cahiers d’écolier))
    • Einsamkeit (Violeta Ileana Dinescu) (Text: Elisabeth Pauline Ottilie Luise zu Wied, Prinzessin , as Carmen Sylva after Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • Translation: El meu cadàver és suau com un guant  CAT (after Louise de Vilmorin: Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant (Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant))
    • Translation: Cantant les criades s'abalancen  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: En chantant les servantes s’élancent)
    • Noch II (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Rose Ausländer) [x]
    • [No title] (Text: Laozi) [x]
    • Translation: L'amenaça sota el cel rogent  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Un feu sans tache (La menace sous le ciel rouge))
    • Translation: De totes les primaveres del món  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Bientôt (De tous les printemps du monde))
    • dreissig speichen eine nabe (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Joachim Heintz after Laozi) ⊗
    • 내 마암/ 베어내어 (Younghi Pagh-Paan)
    • Translation: Flors  CAT (after Louise de Vilmorin: Fleurs (Fleurs promises, fleurs tenues dans tes bras))
    • À la fin du rêve (Emily Millard) [x]
    • Translation: Tu la meva pacient la meva paciència la meva parenta  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Patience (Toi ma patiente ma patience ma parente))
    • Den Müttern (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Ernst Toller) [x]
    • Mit meinem Schatten (Dorothée Hahne) (Text: Hilde Palm, née Löwenstein , as Hilde Domin) *
    • Translation: A l'herba  CAT (after Louise de Vilmorin: Dans l'herbe (Je ne peux plus rien dire))
    • Translation: El cuervo  SPA (Text: Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: El cuervo  SPA (Text: Leopoldo Díaz after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • [No title] (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Yang-Eop Choe) [x]
    • Meerestiefe (Violeta Ileana Dinescu) (Text: Elisabeth Pauline Ottilie Luise zu Wied, Prinzessin , as Carmen Sylva after Mihai Eminescu) [x]
    • All that's bright must fade (Agnes Marie Jacobina Zimmermann) (Text: Thomas Moore)
    • Translation: El dia em sorprèn i la nit em fa por  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Un loup (Le jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur))
    • [No title] (Text: Laozi) [x]
    • Noch... (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Rose Ausländer)
    • Translation: Ell roba  CAT (after Louise de Vilmorin: Il vole (En allant se coucher le soleil))
    • leer ist dao (Younghi Pagh-Paan) (Text: Joachim Heintz after Laozi) ⊗
    • Translation: Rient del cel i dels planetes  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Première marche la voix d'un autre (Riant du ciel et des planètes))
    • Je voudrais m’arracher le coeur (Text: Bona Kim)
    • Translation: Tan profund com el silenci  CAT (after Eugène Émile Paul Grindel: Aussi bas que le silence (Aussi bas que le silence))
    • A total of 24 settings were added.
    • A total of 38 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 55 texts were modified.
    • A total of 26 settings were modified.
    2026-05-01
    • Translation: Градът в морето  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: Химн  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • anyone who looks hard knows (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Lauren Peat) *
    • Translation: Dehors la vie s'est évanouie  FRE (after Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff: In der Nacht (Das Leben draußen ist verrauschet))
    • Grand Lac (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Lauren Peat) [x]
    • And then the sound of marching armies ‘woke (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Emily Pauline Johnson)
    • Translation: Сватбен звън звъни навън —  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Moonset (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Emily Pauline Johnson)
    • beneath throat, breath (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Yaya Yao) *
    • Translation: Страната на сънищата  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: Crépuscule printanier  FRE (after Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff: In der stillen Pracht)
    • Translation: Погребален скръбен звън  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: Гарванът  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: Мирний сън прокуди вън  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Boundless (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Katerina Gimon)
    • The Sleepy Song (Sherryl Sewepagaham) (Text: Volkslieder )
    • Air (Katerina Gimon) [x]
    • Believe (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Katerina Gimon)
    • Translation: Les cloches de mai sonnent à peine  FRE (after Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff: Der Schalk (Läuten kaum die Maienglocken))
    • [No title] [x]
    • Believe (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Katerina Gimon)
    • Fire-Flowers (Katerina Gimon) (Text: Emily Pauline Johnson)
    • Towards the Light (Emily Millard) (Text: Emily Carr) [x]
    • Translation: Qui t’a créée, ô belle forêt  FRE (after Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff: Der Jäger Abschied (Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald))
    • Translation: Юлалюм  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Nitohtamok askîy (Sherryl Sewepagaham) (Text: Volkslieder )
    • Without Voice (Katerina Gimon)
    • Translation: The Red Rose  ENG (after Franz Toussaint: La rose rouge (L'épouse d'un guerrier est assise près de sa fenêtre))
    • Träden (Tebogo Monnakgotla) (Text: Göran Sonnevi) *
    • Translation: Елдорадо  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: Ленора  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • Translation: Чуй, сред полунощний сън  BLG (Text: Georgi Mihaylov after Edgar Allan Poe)
    • [No title] [x]
    • [No title] (Adriana Hölszky) [x]
    • Route d'hiver (Eiram Enna) (Text: Anonymous after Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin) [x]
    • A total of 19 settings were added.
    • A total of 35 texts, translations, and placeholders were added.
    • A total of 54 texts were modified.
    • A total of 33 settings were modified.

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