by Tu Fu (712 - 770)
Translation © by Vikram Seth (b. 1952)
旅夜书怀
Language: Chinese (中文)
细草微风岸 危墙独夜舟 星垂平野阔 月涌大江流 名岂文章著 官应老病休 飘飘何所似 天地一沙鸥
Authorship:
- by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "旅夜书怀" [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Vikram Seth (b. 1952) , "Thoughts while Travelling at Night", copyright © ; composed by Alec Roth.
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Thoughts while Travelling at Night
Language: English  after the Chinese (中文)
Light breeze on the fine grass [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Vikram Seth (b. 1952), "Thoughts while Travelling at Night", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "旅夜书怀"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alec Roth (b. 1948), "Thoughts while Travelling at Night", first performed 2006 [tenor, violin, harp and guitar], from Songs in Time of War, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
- by Alec Roth (b. 1948), "Thoughts while Travelling at Night", first performed 2006 [tenor, violin, harp and guitar], from Songs in Time of War, no. 12, confirmed with a CD booklet [ sung text verified 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2017-12-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 47