A hundred mountains and no bird,
A thousand paths without a footprint;
A little boat, a bamboo cloak,
An old man fishing in the cold river-snow.
I also set this to music a while back, a translation by Witter Bynner of a Chinese poem; it goes well with the Niedecker poem that I just set to music in my favorite key of Db Major.
I gave the Niedecker poem melancholy cast, with a bit of a Duke Ellington vibe.
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Would you post some of these settings?
I will try.
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