Rendition 1 · Male vocal
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Nowhere for the Migrating Goose to Land
Ku Wuji · AI Music · 3 reads
Inspired by Yang Yanzheng's 《水调歌头·把酒对斜日》 (Prelude to Water Melody: Raising Wine to the Setting Sun). Raising wine to the setting sun, silently questioning the west wind; the evening clouds stain the lotus blossoms with rouge. Across the vast dusk river, sorrow at parting fills ten thousand measures; migrating geese have nowhere to land, and a person lingers between drunkenness and waking. Having traveled countless miles, living as a temporary guest, I still think of chrysanthemums along the garden paths; who are the heroes of the Central Plains? Lend me a boat on the Five Lakes to become a fisherman, yet I turn again toward my homeland—do not dismiss this feeling in haste. Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.
Looking out across a thousand qing of river at dusk
The sorrow of parting weighs ten thousand measures
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Yang Yanzheng ·《Shui Diao Ge Tou · Raising Wine toward the Slanting Sun》
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I raise my cup toward the setting sun
With no words to say, I ask the west wind
Ask about this past year
How many more things it has blown beyond all trace
It refuses to answer me
It only blows the hem of my clothes loose
[Pre-Chorus]
The sunset clouds look like spilled rouge
All of it used to dye the lotus blossoms
[Chorus]
Looking out across a thousand qing of river at dusk
The sorrow of parting weighs ten thousand measures
A migrating wild goose flies overhead
Heaven and earth are so vast, yet there is nowhere for it
At one corner of the railing is the sky
Leaning somewhere between drunkenness and waking
[Verse 2]
The places I have traveled over these years
Together, they add up to countless thousands of miles
South of the great river and north of it
Both coming and going happen far too fast
One traveling bag, one person
A whole life like a lantern left in someone's keeping
[Pre-Chorus]
Life is only a temporary stay
Yet I always dream of the chrysanthemums beside the fence
[Chorus]
Looking out across a thousand qing of river at dusk
The sorrow of parting weighs ten thousand measures
A migrating wild goose flies overhead
Heaven and earth are so vast, yet there is nowhere for it
At one corner of the railing is the sky
Leaning somewhere between drunkenness and waking
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Someone urges me to stop thinking about it
What Central Plains, what glorious deeds
Yet late at night I hear
The cries of refugees from the north
Then I can no longer pretend not to hear
Hot blood surges up again
[Bridge]
Who is the hero of the Central Plains
Who can restore the old land to wholeness
If such a day should truly come
Lend me a little covered boat upon the Five Lakes
I will go and become a fisherman
Keeping a fishing lamp company until dawn
But when I set down the fishing rod
I cannot help looking back toward the old city again
[Verse 4]
So these thoughts weighing on my heart
Leave it in my heart to simmer slowly into something stronger
By this cup of wine
The slanting sun sinks another inch of red
Tomorrow, after I sober up
Still I must go on questioning the west wind
[Final Chorus]
Looking out across a thousand qing of river at dusk
The sorrow of parting weighs ten thousand measures
A migrating wild goose flies overhead
Heaven and earth are so vast, yet there is nowhere for it
At one corner of the railing is the sky
Leaning somewhere between drunkenness and waking
[Outro]
The river flows slowly at dusk
The migrating goose has flown so far and still has not settled
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Nowhere for the Migrating Goose to Land
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Rendition 1 · Female vocal
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