possibly by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
Translation by Judith Gautier (1845 - 1917)

Le pavillon de porcelaine
Language: French (Français)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Au milieu du petit lac artificiel,
s'élève un pavillon de porcelaine verte et blanche;
on y arrive par un pont de jade,
qui se voûte comme le dos d'un tigre.

Dans ce pavillon, quelques amis, vêtus de robes claires,
boivent ensemble des tasses de vin tiede.

Ils causent gaiement, ou tracent des vers,
en repoussant leurs chapeaux en arrière,
en relevant un peu leurs manches,

Et, dans le lac, où le petit pont, renversé,
semble un croissant de jade, quelques amis,
vêtus de robes claires, boivent, 
la tête en bas dans un pavillon de porcelaine.

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  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by (Stephanie) Hélène Swarth (1859 - 1941) , "Het porceleinen paviljoen" ; composed by Jacob Bonset.
  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Franz Toussaint (1879 - 1955) ; composed by Henk Badings.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Bethge (1876 - 1946) , "Der Pavillon aus Porzellan", appears in Die chinesische Flöte [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Altmann, Noriko Baba, Hans Ebert, Maria Herz, Lothar Hundertmark, as Mark Lothar, Artur Immisch, Franz Ippisch, Julius Röntgen.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Anna Hegeler, Gustav Mahler.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Alfred Henschke (1890 - 1928); composed by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.

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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-16
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