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Classical Chinese-style Ballad · AI music creation
This Sorrow Endures
Ku Wuji · AI Music · 3 reads
Inspired by Bai Juyi's “长恨歌” (Song of Everlasting Sorrow). “杨家有女初长成，回眸一笑百媚生” — a daughter of the Yang family has just come of age; one backward glance and smile reveal a hundred charms; “春寒赐浴华清池，三千宠爱在一身” — in the spring chill she is granted a bath at Huaqing Pool, and the favor bestowed on three thousand is hers alone. “渔阳鼙鼓惊破霓裳，宛转蛾眉马前死” — the war drums of Yuyang shatter the Rainbow Skirt dance, and the graceful beauty dies before the horses; “蜀江蜀山朝暮情，孤灯挑尽未成眠” — amid the rivers and mountains of Shu, longing fills morning and evening; the wick of a lone lamp is trimmed to its end, yet sleep will not come. “方士上穷碧落下黄泉，海上仙山见太真，梨花一枝春带雨” — a Daoist adept searches the heavens above and the underworld below, finding Taizhen on an immortal mountain at sea, like a branch of pear blossom wet with spring rain; “钿合金钗寄深情，七月七日长生殿，在天比翼在地连理” — an inlaid box and golden hairpin convey deep devotion: on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Hall of Long Life, they vow to be birds flying wing to wing in heaven and entwined branches on earth — “天长地久有时尽，此恨绵绵无绝期” — even enduring heaven and earth will someday end, but this sorrow stretches on without end. Male and female vocals sing the same lyrics.
In heaven, may we be birds flying wing to wing
On earth, may we lean together like interwoven branches
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Bai Juyi ·《The Song of Everlasting Sorrow》
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
The Yang family had a daughter
Raised in secluded chambers, unknown to anyone
Her natural beauty could not be hidden
One day she was chosen to enter the palace
That moment of looking back with a smile
All the beauties of the six palaces became superfluous
[Pre-Chorus]
春寒赐浴华清池 — In spring's chill, she was granted a bath in Huaqing Pool
温泉水滑洗出凝脂 (The silken hot-spring water bathes skin as smooth and pale as congealed cream)
[Chorus]
In heaven, may we be birds flying wing to wing
On earth, may we lean together like interwoven branches
Even enduring heaven and earth will one day end
This sorrow stretches on with no end in sight
Midnight whispers in the Hall of Eternal Life
Only two hearts know that vow
[Verse 2]
The war drums of Yuyang came shaking the earth
Shattering the melody of “Rainbow Skirts and Feathered Robes”
A vast army heads southwest
The six armies refused to go farther west
宛转蛾眉马前死 — The lovely woman with mothlike brows dies in anguish before the horses
Floral ornaments lie scattered on the ground, with no one to pick them up
[Pre-Chorus]
君王掩面救不得 — The sovereign covers his face, powerless to save her
Looking back, blood and tears flow together
[Chorus]
In heaven, may we be birds flying wing to wing
On earth, may we lean together like interwoven branches
Even enduring heaven and earth will one day end
This sorrow stretches on with no end in sight
Midnight whispers in the Hall of Eternal Life
Only two hearts know that vow
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
The rivers of Shu are jade-green, the mountains of Shu are verdant
The affection of the sage sovereign, morning and evening
行宫见月伤心色 — At the traveling palace，the moon's light brings grief
The heartbroken sigh of hearing bells in the night rain
归来池苑都依旧 — Returning, he finds the pools and gardens just as before
The sight brings tears falling to the ground
[Bridge]
There is a Taoist who can commune with souls
Search heaven and earth for every trace of her
Nowhere to be found in heaven or the underworld
An immortal isle at sea lies beyond mist and rain
That immortal maiden in the pavilion
Snow-white skin and flowerlike beauty, it is surely her
玉容寂寞泪阑干 — Her jade-like face is forlorn, tears streaming across it
Like a branch of pear blossoms wet with rain
[Verse 4]
She asks the messenger to bring back old keepsakes
A gold hairpin and an inlaid box bring word of longing
钗留一股合一扇 (Keeping one prong of the hairpin and one half of the inlaid box)
As long as the heart is as steadfast as a gold hair ornament
In heaven or on earth, we will meet again
The words of parting were spoken so softly
[Final Chorus]
In heaven, may we be birds flying wing to wing
On earth, may we lean together like interwoven branches
Even enduring heaven and earth will one day end
This sorrow stretches on with no end in sight
Midnight whispers in the Hall of Eternal Life
Only two hearts know that vow
[Outro]
The Hall of Everlasting Life on the night of Qixi
Sorrow outlasts heaven and earth, with even less hope of an end
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This Sorrow Endures
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Rendition 1 · Female vocal
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