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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Sharing the Moon Across a Thousand Miles

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Su Shi’s “水调歌头·明月几时有” (Prelude to Water Melody: When Did the Bright Moon Appear). “明月几时有，把酒问青天；不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年。” When did the bright moon appear? Raising my wine, I ask the blue heavens; I wonder what year tonight is in the heavenly palaces. “我欲乘风归去，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒；起舞弄清影，何似在人间。” I wish to ride the wind back there, yet fear the jeweled towers and jade halls, where the heights would be unbearably cold; dancing with my clear shadow, how could heaven compare with life on earth? “转朱阁，低绮户，照无眠；人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。” The moon rounds the vermilion pavilion, sinks beside the ornate window, and shines on the sleepless; people know sorrow and joy, parting and reunion, while the moon dims and brightens, waxes and wanes—perfection in these things has always been elusive. “但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。” May we live long, sharing the moon’s beauty though a thousand miles apart. The openhearted spirit and deep affection of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the bingchen year, drinking joyfully until dawn, becoming very drunk and thinking of Ziyou. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Winter Ridges Show Their Hardy Pines

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Tao Yuanming's 《四时》 (The Four Seasons). 春水满四泽，夏云多奇峰；秋月扬明晖，冬岭秀寒松。Spring waters fill the marshes on every side，summer clouds form wondrous peaks；the autumn moon spreads its bright radiance，winter ridges display cold-hardy pines. Spring，summer，autumn，and winter each reveal their beauty：spring waters flood the marshes，summer clouds form peaks，the autumn moon casts its glow，and a lone pine stands on a winter ridge；no season steals another's scenery，each gives its all when its turn comes，and one full cycle is a lifetime. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Never Such Cold All Spring

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Shen Wei's “Bodhisattva Barbarian · Fallen Blossoms Trail Away, the Layered Shade Grows Sparse.” 落花迤逦层阴少，青梅竞弄枝头小；红色雨和烟，行人江那边。好花都过了，满地空芳草；落日醉醒问，一春无此寒。 Fallen blossoms trail away and the layered shade thins, tiny green plums vie upon the branches; red mingles with rain and mist, the traveler is across the river. All the lovely flowers have passed, only fragrant grass covers the ground; waking from drunkenness at sunset I ask, has this spring ever been so cold? Beside the river at spring's end: blossoms fall like rain and mist, green plums have just formed, and the traveler is far across the river; the lovely flowers have all faded and fragrant grass covers the ground, as someone wakes from drunkenness beneath the setting sun and asks—never in all this spring has it been so cold. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Endless Dusk over a Level Sea

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Meng Haoran's “Thoughts on the River in Early Cold.” 木落雁南度，北风江上寒；我家襄水曲，遥隔楚云端。乡泪客中尽，孤帆天际看；迷津欲有问，平海夕漫漫。 Leaves fall and geese cross south; the north wind chills the river. My home lies at a bend of the Xiang River, far beyond the clouds of Chu. Away from home, my homesick tears run dry; I watch a lone sail at the horizon. Lost at the crossing, I wish to ask the way; dusk stretches endlessly over the level waters. On the river in early cold: geese fly south while the traveler drifts north, home at the Xiang River's bend lies beyond Chu's clouds, homesick tears run dry and a lone sail recedes. Lost at the crossing with no one to ask, there is only dusk spreading over river and sea. Male and female vocal versions share the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

The Frosty Moon, Clear as Water

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Feng Yansi's “Pusaman: Autumn Grass Grows Along the Winding Corridor and Distant Steps.” 回廊远砌生秋草，梦魂千里青门道；鹦鹉怨长更，碧笼金锁横。罗帏中夜起，霜月清如水；玉露不成圆，宝筝悲断弦。 Autumn grass grows along the winding corridor and distant steps, the dreaming soul travels a thousand miles to the road by Qing Gate; a parrot laments the long night watches, a golden lock bars its green cage. Rising at midnight within gauze curtains, the frosty moon is clear as water; jade-like dew cannot form a perfect sphere, the precious zither mourns its broken strings. An autumn night in the secluded women's quarters: night after night, the dreaming soul runs back to the road by Qing Gate where parting took place, a parrot locked in a golden cage laments the long night watches, dew refuses to round into beads, and zither strings break—far more than dew remains unfulfilled. Male and female versions use the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Ten Thousand Trees at Baling

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Drawn from Wu Rong's “Ode to the Willow.” 自与莺为地，不教花作媒；细应和雨断，轻只爱风裁。好拂锦步障，莫遮铜雀台；灞陵千万树，日暮别离回。 It makes its home with orioles, asking no flowers to serve as matchmakers; so slender it might break beneath the rain, so light it loves only the wind's tailoring. Gladly brush the brocade screens, do not obscure Bronze Sparrow Terrace; countless trees at Baling, returning from farewells at dusk. The willow serves as a self-portrait: living beside orioles without flowers as matchmakers, so slender that rain can snap it, so light that it leaves its trimming to the wind; preferring to brush ordinary screens rather than aspire to the lofty Bronze Sparrow Terrace; countless willows at Baling stand in ranks to see travelers off year after year, and at dusk those bidding farewell disperse, while only the willows feel no regret. Male and female versions use the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Lying Drunk Among the Flowers

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Fang Gan’s “A Spring Day.” Spring comes and goes as though on schedule; as the sun rises high, sleep deepens at the time of its return. Fine rain urges reed shoots to grow, while the east wind dyes the willow strands. Thick fog must already have swallowed the sea’s colors, and light frost still cuts at flowering branches. At this moment a rustic wanderer grows drunk on blossoms, and, lying drunk among them, surely knows nothing of it. Spring arrives as promised: drizzle quickens the shoots and the east wind colors the willows. Despite thick fog and light frost, the wanderer lies drunk among the flowers, utterly unaware. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Misled by the Dream of a Marquisate

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Gao E's “To the Tune of Qingyu'an: Wisps of Coiling Incense Thicker Than Mist.” “丝丝香篆浓于雾，织就绿阴红雨；乳燕飞来傍莲幕，杨花欲雪，梨云如梦，又是清明暮。屏山遮断相思路，子规啼到无声处；鳞瞑羽迷谁与诉——好段东风，好轮明月，尽教封侯误。” Wisps of coiling incense, thicker than mist, weave green shade and a red rain of petals; young swallows fly beside lotus-patterned curtains, willow catkins seem about to turn to snow, pear blossoms cloud like dreams, and once again Qingming draws toward dusk. The folding screen cuts off longing's path, cuckoos cry until their voices fail; with fish silent and birds lost, bearing no letters, to whom can this sorrow be told—a lovely stretch of east wind, a lovely bright moon, all squandered for the pursuit of a marquisate. Incense mist and red petals at Qingming: a screen cuts off longing, letters cease, and the fine breeze and moonlight are wasted on a distant future of noble advancement. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Tender Sunshine on Young Lotuses

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Yang Wanli's “Little Pond.” “泉眼无声惜细流，树阴照水爱晴柔；小荷才露尖尖角，早有蜻蜓立上头。” (The spring's eye silently cherishes its slender flow, tree shade falls upon the water, loving the gentle sunshine; a young lotus has barely shown its pointed tip, and already a dragonfly stands upon it.) The tiny universe of a little pond: the spring's eye releases water sparingly, tree shade reflects the sunny gentleness, a young lotus has just shown its pointed tip, and a dragonfly already stands upon it—small things have their own completeness, their own freedom. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Clear Notes of Dew Dripping from Bamboo

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Meng Haoran's “At the South Pavilion on a Summer Day, Thinking of Xin Da.” 山光忽西落，池月渐东上；散发乘夕凉，开轩卧闲敞。荷风送香气，竹露滴清响；欲取鸣琴弹，恨无知音赏。感此怀故人，中宵劳梦想。 The mountain light suddenly sinks in the west, the moon over the pond slowly rises in the east; with hair unbound, I enjoy the evening cool, opening the windows to recline in spacious ease. A lotus breeze brings fragrance, dew dripping from bamboo makes clear sounds; I wish to take up my qin and play, but regret there is no kindred listener to appreciate it. Moved by this, I long for my old friend, yearning in dreams through the night. The coolness and solitude of the South Pavilion on a summer night: lotus fragrance and bamboo dew are lovely, but when I reach for the qin, no kindred listener is there; I can only wait, half dreaming, for an old friend to hear the melody through. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

A Red Like No Other

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Yang Wanli’s “Leaving Jingci Temple at Dawn to See Lin Zifang Off.” 毕竟西湖六月中，风光不与四时同；接天莲叶无穷碧，映日荷花别样红。 After all, West Lake in the sixth month has scenery unlike any other season; lotus leaves stretch to the sky in endless green, and sunlit lotus blossoms glow an extraordinary red. Leaving Jingci Temple at dawn to see a friend off on a distant journey: lotus leaves fill the lake with green reaching to the sky, while the blossoms shine an extraordinary red in the sun—a lakeful of splendor becomes a farewell gift, warming the sorrow of parting. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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Classical Chinese-style Ballad

Fragrance at Ease

Ku Wuji · AI Music

Inspired by Qin Guan's “Seeking Coolness.” 携杖来追柳外凉，画桥南畔倚胡床；月明船笛参差起，风定池莲自在香。 Staff in hand, I seek coolness beyond the willows, reclining on a folding seat south of the painted bridge; beneath the bright moon, boat flutes rise here and there, and when the wind stills, pond lotuses freely release their fragrance. Seeking coolness on a summer night: leaning on a staff, I go out to find the breeze beyond the willows and lie down on a folding seat south of the painted bridge; boat flutes sound here and there in the moonlight, and once the wind stops, the fragrance of pond lotuses spreads freely. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.

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