Smutek

Žil v Liangu král kdys, vznešený a mocný,
palác jeho býval otevřen vždy hostům...,
u dvora pak velcí kvetli básníkové.

Minulo již tisíc roků, ba snad více,
jedna věž tam zbývá jenom v zříceninách,
jako stopa teskná dávné velikosti.

Ticho vládne kolem, rostliny tam bují,
smutku dech tam vstává, tisíc mil se šíří v dál.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

a text in Chinese by Gao Shi (707-765) [text unavailable] ENG

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Pavel Haas (1899-1944) , "Smutek", op. 4 no. 1 (1921) [baritone or contralto and piano], from Tři čínské písně, no. 1.

by Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946) , "Desolation", published 1919 [voice and piano], from Songs from the Chinese Poets: Set II, no. 3.
by Gena Branscombe (1881-1977) , "There was a King of Liang", from A Lute of Jade, no. 3.
by Emerson Whithorne (1884-1958) , "The King of Liang", op. 18 no. 1.

Date added to the website: 2007-06-05.

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