The five short songs which make up this work are all settings of translations of Chinese poetry from the Tang dynasty (618-906AD) and several of them are about the separation of the lover from her beloved. The vocal range usedis from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above.
| Arrangement | Voice |
| NumberOfPages | 12 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Contributors | Causton, Richard(Composer) |
| ISBN | 9780193356030 |