Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars," - John Adamstranslation in German
- HUNG
CHIANG
CH'ING
- HUNG
CHIANG
CH'ING
Peking
watches
the
stars,
Peking
beobachtet
die
Sterne,
Nanking
slips
naked.
Nanking
liegt
nackt
da.
Murderers
stretch
out
in
doorways
in
Shanghai.
Mörder
strecken
sich
in
den
Türeingängen
von
Shanghai.
Chungking's
old-fashioned
armory
lies
undefended.
Chungkings
altmodisches
Waffenlager
liegt
unverteidigt.
Yenan
rests
like
a
wise
virgin.
Yenan
ruht
wie
eine
weise
Jungfrau.
All
the
coasts
are
clear,
Alle
Küsten
sind
frei,
And
all
the
oceans
still
as
we
ride
eastwards.
Und
alle
Ozeane
still,
während
wir
nach
Osten
reiten.
- MAO
- MAO
As
we
ride
eastwards
to
Peking
Während
wir
ostwärts
nach
Peking
reiten
I
shut
my
eyes
and,
listening
Schließe
ich
meine
Augen
und,
lauschend
Hard,
hear
the
old
harmonium
Angestrengt,
höre
das
alte
Harmonium
We
left
behind,
I-I-I
dream
Das
wir
zurückließen,
ich-ich-ich
träume
That
shoals
of
small
transparent
fish
Dass
Schwärme
kleiner
durchsichtiger
Fische
Race
down
a
shallow
river.
Einen
flachen
Fluss
hinabrasen.
- CHOU
- CHOU
...to
Peking
...nach
Peking
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1
Disappointment Lake
2 Tundra
3 Hoodoo Zephyr
4 El Dorado: Part II. Soledades
5 El Dorado: Part I. A Dream of Gold
6 Day Chorus
7 Aria of the Falling Body
8 Rambo
9 Lollapalooza
10 Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been a Violent Man - "
11 Your Honor My Client is a Young Black Man
12 Hagar Chorus
13 Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"
14 Fearful Symmetries
15 Grand Pianola Music: On the Great Divide
16 Grand Pianola Music: Part IB
17 Grand Pianola Music: Part IA
18 Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"
19 Molqi: "Give These Orders"
20 Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
21 The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"
22 Chorus of Exiled Jews
23 Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
24 Eros Piano
25 Night Chorus
26 The Wound Dresser
27 Slonimsky's Earbox
28 Harmonielehre: Part III Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
29 Harmonium: Negative Love
30 Harmonium: Because I Could Not Stop for Death
31 Harmonium: Wild Nights
32 John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Standchen: The Little Serenade
33 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel
34 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
35 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
36 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
37 Chamber Symphony: Roadrunner
38 Chamber Symphony: Aria with Walking Bass
39 Chamber Symphony: Mongrel Airs
40 Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
41 Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows
42 Violin Concerto: I. = 78
43 Harmonielehre: Part II The Anfortas Wound
44 Harmonielehre: Part I
45 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
46 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
47 Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
48 A Sermon on Romance
49 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera
50 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She's So Fine
51 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
52 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
53 Finale
54 One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
55 Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
56 Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
57 Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind
58 Leila's song: Alone - Again or at Last
59 Song About the Bad Boys and the News
60 Song About The On-Site Altercation
61 Tiffany's Solo
62 Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
63 Consuelo's Dream
64 Este Pais/This Country
65 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
66 Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
67 Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 3
68 Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 2
69 Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 1
70 Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
71 Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
72 Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
73 Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
74 Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky'
75 Act I, Scene 1: (Beginning)
76 The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
77 Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
78 Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
79 Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
80 Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
81 Act II, Scene 2: (Beginning)
82 Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
83 Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
84 Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
85 Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
86 Act III: "You Won at Poker."
87 Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
88 Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
89 Act III: "I Can keep Still,"
90 Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
91 Act III: "When I Woke up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a
92 Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
93 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
94 Common Tones in Simple Time
95 Christian Zeal and Activity
2 Tundra
3 Hoodoo Zephyr
4 El Dorado: Part II. Soledades
5 El Dorado: Part I. A Dream of Gold
6 Day Chorus
7 Aria of the Falling Body
8 Rambo
9 Lollapalooza
10 Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been a Violent Man - "
11 Your Honor My Client is a Young Black Man
12 Hagar Chorus
13 Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"
14 Fearful Symmetries
15 Grand Pianola Music: On the Great Divide
16 Grand Pianola Music: Part IB
17 Grand Pianola Music: Part IA
18 Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"
19 Molqi: "Give These Orders"
20 Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
21 The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"
22 Chorus of Exiled Jews
23 Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
24 Eros Piano
25 Night Chorus
26 The Wound Dresser
27 Slonimsky's Earbox
28 Harmonielehre: Part III Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
29 Harmonium: Negative Love
30 Harmonium: Because I Could Not Stop for Death
31 Harmonium: Wild Nights
32 John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Standchen: The Little Serenade
33 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel
34 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
35 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
36 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
37 Chamber Symphony: Roadrunner
38 Chamber Symphony: Aria with Walking Bass
39 Chamber Symphony: Mongrel Airs
40 Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
41 Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows
42 Violin Concerto: I. = 78
43 Harmonielehre: Part II The Anfortas Wound
44 Harmonielehre: Part I
45 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
46 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
47 Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
48 A Sermon on Romance
49 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera
50 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She's So Fine
51 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
52 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
53 Finale
54 One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
55 Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
56 Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
57 Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind
58 Leila's song: Alone - Again or at Last
59 Song About the Bad Boys and the News
60 Song About The On-Site Altercation
61 Tiffany's Solo
62 Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
63 Consuelo's Dream
64 Este Pais/This Country
65 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
66 Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
67 Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 3
68 Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 2
69 Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 1
70 Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
71 Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
72 Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
73 Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
74 Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky'
75 Act I, Scene 1: (Beginning)
76 The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
77 Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
78 Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
79 Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
80 Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
81 Act II, Scene 2: (Beginning)
82 Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
83 Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
84 Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
85 Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
86 Act III: "You Won at Poker."
87 Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
88 Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
89 Act III: "I Can keep Still,"
90 Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
91 Act III: "When I Woke up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a
92 Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
93 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
94 Common Tones in Simple Time
95 Christian Zeal and Activity
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