David Wilson, tenor
Robert Blake and Izumi Kashiwagi, piano
Recorded live by Jonathan Keijser
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Alfred Newman Recital Hall (University of Southern California)
花 非 花 [huā fēi huā]
(Text: 白居易 [Bai Juyi])
Flower or Not Flower
(Translation: Mei Zhong)
花 非 花， 雾 非 雾；
[huā fēi huā, wù fēi wù;]
Flower or not flower, mist or not mist;
夜 半 来， 天 明 去。
[yèbàn lái, tiān míng qù.]
she comes at midnight, leaves at daybreak.
来 如 春 梦 不 多 时，
[Lái rú chūnmèng bù duōshí,]
She comes as a short spring dream,
去 似 朝 雲 無 覓 處。
[qù sì cháo yún wú mì chŭ.]
and disappears as a morning cloud.
