by Tu Fu (712 - 770)
Translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946)
春夜喜雨
Language: Chinese (中文)
Our translations: ENG
好雨知时节 当春乃发生 随风潜入夜 润物细无声 野径云俱黑 江船火独明 晓看红湿处 花重锦官城
Traditional characters:
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好雨知時節 當春乃發生 隨風潛入夜 潤物細無聲 野徑雲俱黑 江船火獨明 曉看紅濕處 花重錦官城
Text Authorship:
- by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "春夜喜雨" [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 Czech (Čeština), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Pavel Haas.
- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by (Stephanie) Hélène Swarth (1859 - 1941) , "De lenteregen", subtitle: "Thu-Fu", appears in De Chineesche fluit ; composed by Simon Pluister.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) ; composed by Hans Ebert, Sigurd von Koch.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Sigurd von Koch.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Qi Feng Wu) , "Joyful Rain in the Spring Evening", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2017-12-08
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Word count: 8
Der Frühlingsregen
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Chinese (中文)
Der holde, liebe Frühlingsregen weiß, Wann die Natur ihn sich ersehnt. Er naht, Und neues Leben blüht in seiner Spur. Er hat die Nacht gewählt zu seiner Ankunft, Er kam auf einem weichen, warmen Winde Und netzte alles sanft mit seinem Tau. Die Wolken lagen gestern abend dunkel Über dem Weg, der mich nach Hause führte, Einzelne Lichter blinken auf dem Strom. Nun in der Frühe leuchten alle Felder, Der Himmel lacht, und süßer Duft der Blumen Quillt wohlig aus den kaiserlichen Gärten.
Text Authorship:
- by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Chinese (中文) by Tu Fu (712 - 770), "春夜喜雨"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hans Ebert (1889 - 1952), "Der Frühlingsregen", op. 12 no. 4, published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Exotische Lieder. Ein Zyklus für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. Viertes Heft, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigurd von Koch (1879 - 1919), "Der Frühlingsregen", 1918 [ voice and piano ], from De vilda svanarna = Die wilden Schwäne, no. 1, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 83