GAZING AT SPRING
Xue Tao
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Flowers bloom
no one
to enjoy them with.
Flowers fall
no one
with whom to grieve
I wonder when love's
longings stir us most
When flowers bloom
or when flowers fall?
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translated by Jeanne Larsen
This is a work in progress.
薛涛
ca. 770–832
Chinese poet and courtesan of the Tang dynasty. She was one of the most renouned writers of Tang poetry.
~ Scored for Eastern Ensemble ~
Dent-de-Lion du Midi
Composer
Jeffri Lynn Carrington
Soprano
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