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一 點 兒 也 不 差。 | 一 點 兒 也 不 差。 | ||
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{{Text|English|I am a white orchid, | {{Text|English|I am a white orchid, | ||
Take me and give me to her, | Take me and give me to her, | ||
Give it to her, give it to her. | Give it to her, give it to her. | ||
The people are as many as | The people are as many as | ||
the sand on the sea shore . | the sand on the sea-shore . | ||
But give me only to her, | But give me only to her, | ||
Give me to her, press me home. | Give me to her, press me home. | ||
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For this I was born, | For this I was born, | ||
To delight the fair maid. | To delight the fair maid. | ||
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{{Text|English|I am a white orchid, | |||
May someone pick the flower and give it to her, | |||
give it to her, give it to her. | |||
There’re hundreds of thousands of people there | |||
Just like the Sand of the Ganges | |||
I only wish to give it to her, | |||
Give it to her, give it to her to arrange¹. | |||
Don't put into her hair². | |||
Put the flowers by the side of the breast. | |||
The flowers looks like her | |||
She looks like the flower too | |||
It’s the way she was born³. | |||
It’s not bad at all. | |||
(Literal translation by 杨方 | |||
¹ as in flower arranging | |||
² lit. by the sideburns | |||
³ lit. it's hard wired )}} | |||
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- Editor: Tz-Yi Jiang (submitted 2013-02-04). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 77 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: White Orchid 我是一朵白蘭花
Composer: Louis K. Liu (劉克爾)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Secular, Art song
Language: Chinese
Instruments: Piano
First published:
Description:
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Original text and translations
Chinese text 我 是 一 朵 白 蘭 花, |
English text I am a white orchid, |
English text I am a white orchid, |