Chinese-style lyrical ballad
Waking from a Dream by the Spring River
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Zhu Shuzhen's “Jiangchengzi · Enjoying Spring,” with new lyrics about waking to find a river of spring water still between us.
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Chinese-style lyrical ballad
An Idle Oar on the Five Lakes
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Yang Yanzheng's “Prelude to Water Melody: Raising Wine to the Setting Sun,” these newly written lyrics tell of finding a home for the rest of one's life aboard a boat.
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Chinese-Style Folk
Asking the Sails on the River at Dusk
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Liu Yong’s “Eight Beats of Ganzhou: Facing the Evening Rain Falling over River and Sky,” these new lyrics ask which little boat is sailing back to you.
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Chinese-style lyrical ballad
A Little Heart Beneath the River of Stars
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Qin Guan’s “鹊桥仙” (Immortal at the Magpie Bridge), these entirely new lyrics tell how the River of Stars cannot keep a heart apart.
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Chinese-Style Folk
Autumn Light in the Cup
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Yan Shu’s “Po Zhen Zi,” these entirely new lyrics capture the moment while autumn’s light still lingers in the cup.
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Chinese-style lyrical ballad
Spring Left Behind in the Little Tower
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Li Yu’s “Yu Mei Ren,” these new lyrics tell of the little tower still hearing the spring wind.
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Chinese-Style Narrative
Autumn Shadows in a Farewell Cup
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Xin Qiji's “Magnolia Blossoms, Slow · At a Banquet Seeing Zhang Zhonggu Off to Govern Xingyuan,” with new lyrics expressing the wish that the carriage wheels might linger a moment longer.
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Chinese-style lyrical ballad
Reflections in Late Spring
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Wang Guowei’s 《蝶恋花 · 阅尽天涯离别苦》 (Butterflies in Love with Flowers · Having Known All the Sorrows of Parting Far from Home), these original lyrics tell of meeting beneath a lamp when spring is already waning.
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Chinese-Style Folk
An Autumn View from the Rocky Ridge
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Yuan Haowen's “Autumn Reflections,” these newly written lyrics tell of home just beyond the rocky ridge.
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Chinese-Style Rock
Singing Freely Through the Long Night
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Li Bai's “Bring in the Wine,” these entirely new lyrics sing this night into blazing warmth.
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Chinese-style lyrical ballad
Dawn's Chill on Half the Bed
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Nalan Xingde’s “Good Things Near · Wind Beyond the Curtain at the Fifth Watch,” this song uses the predawn wind at the curtain, a thin quilt covering half the bed, a waning moon and clear tears to portray sleeping alone after a careless farewell and the dawn chill of feelings left unspoken. Concise lines convey the pain of parting, with separate male and female solo performances.
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Chinese-Style Narrative
Autumn Lingers on the Fen River
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Inspired by Liu Che's “秋风辞” (Song of the Autumn Wind), these new lyrics ask the Fen River to flow a little more slowly.
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