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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Night Bells at Maple Bridge

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Zhang Ji's “Mooring at Maple Bridge at Night.” 月落乌啼霜满天，江枫渔火对愁眠；姑苏城外寒山寺，夜半钟声到客船。 The moon sets, crows cry, frost fills the sky; river maples and fishing lights face a sorrowful sleeper; outside Gusu stands Hanshan Temple, whose midnight bells reach the traveler's boat. A traveler's boat moors at Maple Bridge for the night: the moon sets, crows cry and frost fills the sky; river maples and fishing lights keep a sleepless traveler company, while Hanshan Temple's midnight bells cross the river to reach the boat. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Chinese-Style Folk

A Lantern by the Fence, a Traveler's Dream

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Ye Shaoweng's “Writing of What I Saw at Night.” Wutong leaves, river winds, and a small lamp by the fence awaken homesickness in a traveler; still far from home, the traveler recognizes its warmth in the faint light of children searching for insects. Male and female voices perform the same lyrics separately.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

A Lone Sail Beside the Sun

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Draws on Li Bai’s “Gazing at Mount Tianmen.” “天门中断楚江开，碧水东流至此回；两岸青山相对出，孤帆一片日边来。” The Chu River cleaves Mount Tianmen down the middle, the clear blue-green waters flowing east swirl back here; green mountains rise facing each other on either bank, and a lone sail comes from beside the sun. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

A Light Boat Among the Clouds

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Li Bai’s “早发白帝城” (Departing Baidi City at Dawn). “朝辞白帝彩云间，千里江陵一日还；两岸猿声啼不尽，轻舟已过万重山。” At dawn I leave Baidi amid colored clouds; a thousand li to Jiangling, returned in a single day. Before the apes on either bank have ceased their cries, the light boat has passed ten thousand mountains. Pardoned and heading east, the traveler leaves Baidi City in the early morning, riding a light boat swiftly downstream beneath colored clouds. Apes call along the way, and Jiangling, a thousand li distant, is reached in one day. Male and female vocal versions use the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Distant Sail, Endless River

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Draws on Li Bai's “Seeing Meng Haoran Off to Guangling at Yellow Crane Tower.” 故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州；孤帆远影碧空尽，唯见长江天际流。 An old friend leaves Yellow Crane Tower behind in the west, bound for Yangzhou amid the misty blossoms of the third month; the distant shape of a lone sail vanishes into the blue sky, leaving only the Yangtze flowing along the horizon. Amid the third month's mist and blossoms, a friend is seen off eastward to Yangzhou. The sail recedes and merges into the blue sky, leaving only the Yangtze flowing toward the horizon. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Setting Sun on the Ancient Road

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Draws on Ma Zhiyuan's 《天净沙·秋思》 (Tune: Tianjingsha · Autumn Thoughts). 枯藤老树昏鸦，小桥流水人家，古道西风瘦马；夕阳西下，断肠人在天涯。 (Withered vines, old trees, crows at dusk; a little bridge, flowing water, homes; an ancient road, a west wind, a gaunt horse; the setting sun sinks westward, a heartbroken traveler at the world's edge.) Nine groups of images, sketched in plain strokes, form a scene of autumn countryside in the evening sun. A traveler leads a gaunt horse along the ancient road, with the lamplight of homes set against heartbreak far from home. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

A Libation to the Moon at Red Cliff

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Su Shi's “To the Tune of Nian Nu Jiao · Remembering the Past at Red Cliff.” 大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物；乱石穿空，惊涛拍岸，卷起千堆雪；羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭；人生如梦，一尊还酹江月。 The great river flows east, its waves washing away the illustrious figures of all ages; jagged rocks pierce the sky, mighty waves strike the shore, rolling up a thousand heaps of snow; with feather fan and silk headcloth, amid talk and laughter, enemy ships turn to ash and smoke; life is like a dream, and I pour a cup in offering to the river moon. A bold song of remembrance by the river at Red Cliff: surging waves, heroes, all dissolving into ash and smoke, and a rueful laugh as wine is offered to the moon. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Fishing Alone on a Cold River in the Snow

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Liu Zongyuan's “River Snow.” 千山鸟飞绝，万径人踪灭；孤舟蓑笠翁，独钓寒江雪。 Across a thousand mountains, no birds fly; along ten thousand paths, no human footprints remain; in a lone boat, an old man in a straw cape and hat fishes alone on a cold river in the snow. Heaven and earth are white, with neither birds nor people in sight; only the old man in his lone boat fishes the cold river—a song of steadfastness in utter solitude. Male and female vocal versions use the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Green Willows on the Spring Embankment

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Bai Juyi's “A Spring Walk by Qiantang Lake.” 孤山寺北贾亭西，水面初平云脚低；几处早莺争暖树，谁家新燕啄春泥。乱花渐欲迷人眼，浅草才能没马蹄；最爱湖东行不足，绿杨阴里白沙堤。 North of Gushan Temple and west of Jia's Pavilion, the lake has just risen level with its banks beneath low-hanging clouds; early orioles vie for sun-warmed trees, and whose newly arrived swallows peck at spring mud? A profusion of flowers begins to dazzle the eyes, and the short grass barely covers the horses' hooves; I love the lake's eastern shore and can never walk it enough, along White Sand Causeway in the shade of green willows. West Lake in early spring: orioles compete for warm trees, swallows peck at spring mud, flowers abound and grass is still short; the beloved eastern shore invites endless walks along White Sand Causeway beneath green willows. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

The River Flows Without End

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Du Fu's “Climbing the Heights.” “风急天高猿啸哀，渚清沙白鸟飞回；无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来。万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台；艰难苦恨繁霜鬓，潦倒新停浊酒杯。” The wind is fierce, the sky high, and apes cry mournfully; above clear islets and white sand, birds wheel. Boundless leaves fall rustling, the endless Yangtze rolls on. Far from home, grieving autumn, ever a wanderer; in a lifetime plagued by illness, I climb the terrace alone. Hardship and bitter sorrow thicken the frost at my temples; worn down and destitute, I have lately set aside my cup of cloudy wine. Climbing a high terrace alone at the Double Ninth Festival: fierce winds and mournful apes, falling leaves and the Yangtze, wandering far from home, and illness forcing an end to drinking form a somber lament for autumn. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

A Letter in the City’s Spring

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Du Fu’s “春望” (Spring View). “国破山河在，城春草木深；感时花溅泪，恨别鸟惊心。烽火连三月，家书抵万金；白头搔更短，浑欲不胜簪。” The nation lies shattered, yet mountains and rivers remain; spring fills the city with thick grass and trees; grieving the times, flowers draw tears, and the pain of separation makes birdsong startle the heart. Beacon fires have burned for three months, a letter from home is worth ten thousand in gold; scratching my white hair leaves it thinner still, barely able to hold a hairpin. The capital is ruined while mountains and rivers endure, and deep grass fills the city in spring; flowers bring tears and birdsong startles the heart; war has continued for three months, and one letter from home is worth more than ten thousand in gold; white hair grows thinner with each scratch, until it can hardly hold a hairpin. The anguish and longing of gazing upon spring in a time of turmoil. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

The Milky Way Falls from the Ninth Heaven

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Li Bai’s “望庐山瀑布” (Viewing the Waterfall at Mount Lu). “日照香炉生紫烟，遥看瀑布挂前川；飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。” Sunlight on Incense Burner Peak raises purple mist; from afar, the waterfall hangs before the river. Its torrent plunges three thousand feet straight down, as though the Silver River had fallen from the highest heavens. Purple mist at Incense Burner Peak, white silk hanging before the river, a torrent plunging three thousand feet, the Milky Way falling from the highest heavens—a song of magnificent wonder at a waterfall. Male and female vocal versions use the same lyrics.

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