by Lady Sarashina (1008 - ?)
Translation © by Ivan Morris (1925 - 1976)
Two poems to Polly
Language: English  after the Japanese (日本語)
Available translation(s): FRE
When the tolling of the temple bell [ ... ]
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Authorship:
- by Ivan Morris (1925 - 1976), appears in As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Japanese (日本語) by Lady Sarashina (1008 - ?) [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 Peter Eötvös (b. 1944), "Two poems to Polly", 1998 [cello and voice], note: the text is recited by the cellist [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Deux poèmes à Polly", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website: 2009-04-22
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Word count: 100