長相思之一

長相思，
在長安。
絡緯秋啼金井闌，
微霜淒淒簟色寒。
孤燈不明思欲絕，
卷帷望月空長歎。
美人如花隔雲端，
上有青冥之長天，
下有淥水之波瀾。
天長路遠魂飛苦，
夢魂不到關山難。
長相思，
摧心肝。

by Li-Tai-Po (701-762) , "長相思之一"

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by Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) , "Granslos langtan", 1951 [voice and piano], from 14 kinesiska sånger, no. 10.

ENG English (Witter Bynner)

Date added to the website: 2009-07-28.

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Endless yearning I

"I am endlessly yearning
To be in Changan.
...Insects hum of autumn by the gold brim of the well;
A thin frost glistens like little mirrors on my cold mat;
The high lantern flickers; and. deeper grows my longing.
I lift the shade and, with many a sigh, gaze upon the moon,
Single as a flower, centred from the clouds.
Above, I see the blueness and deepness of sky.
Below, I see the greenness and the restlessness of water....
Heaven is high, earth wide; bitter between them flies my sorrow.
Can I dream through the gateway, over the mountain?
Endless longing
Breaks my heart."

by Witter Bynner (1881-1968) , "Endless yearning I", from The Jade Mountain, published 1920

a text in Chinese by Li-Tai-Po (701-762) , "長相思之一"

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Date added to the website: 2009-07-28.