Rendition 1 · Male vocal
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Classical Chinese-style Ballad · AI music creation
A Lifetime of Solitary Fragrance
Ku Wuji · AI Music · 4 reads
Inspired by Cao Zu’s “Mo Shan Xi · Plum Blossoms.” 洗妆真态，不作铅花御；竹外一枝斜，想佳人，天寒日暮。 With makeup washed away, its true beauty shows, needing no lead-white powder; a branch leans beyond the bamboo, recalling a beautiful woman as the day turns cold and dusk falls. 黄昏院落无处著清香，风细细，雪垂垂，何况江头路。 In the courtyard at dusk, its pure fragrance has nowhere to settle; the wind is faint, the snow hangs heavy—how much more so on the riverside road. 月边疏影，梦到消魂处；梅子欲黄时，又须作廉纤细雨。 Sparse shadows beside the moon lead dreams to a place of soul-piercing longing; when the plums are about to yellow, fine, lingering rain must fall again. 孤芳一世，供断有情愁，消瘦损，东阳也，试问花知否？ A lifetime of solitary fragrance brings endless sorrow to tender hearts; wasting away like the poet Shen Yue of Dongyang—tell me, do the blossoms know? Male and female voices sing the same lyrics.
The courtyard at dusk, the delicate fragrance has nowhere to go
风细细，雪垂垂，何况江头路 — The wind is faint, the snow hangs heavy, how much more so on the riverside road
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Cao Zu ·《Suddenly by a Mountain Stream · Plum Blossoms》
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
This plum tree wears no powder or rouge
An unadorned face has an attitude of its own
Wash away the colors of makeup
Its true form proves more enduring
A branch slants out beyond the bamboo grove
Like a beautiful woman's backward glance
[Pre-Chorus]
The weather has turned cold so early
And the sun sets in such haste
[Chorus]
The courtyard at dusk, the delicate fragrance has nowhere to go
风细细，雪垂垂，何况江头路 — The wind is faint, the snow hangs heavy, how much more so on the riverside road
Beside the moon, sparse shadows stand stark and slender
Enraptured in dreams I wake to emptiness
It blooms alone for a lifetime
Bringing forth countless sorrows in loving hearts
[Verse 2]
A delicate fragrance circles the courtyard three times
Unable to find a doorway that offers shelter
It is colder on the road beside the river
Even wind and snow torment it twice as hard
Yet it still bloomed
Blooming in a wilderness where no one looks
[Pre-Chorus]
The moon has risen to the middle of the sky
Sparse shadows slant across, slender as ever
[Chorus]
The courtyard at dusk, the delicate fragrance has nowhere to go
风细细，雪垂垂，何况江头路 — The wind is faint, the snow hangs heavy, how much more so on the riverside road
Beside the moon, sparse shadows stand stark and slender
Enraptured in dreams I wake to emptiness
It blooms alone for a lifetime
Bringing forth countless sorrows in loving hearts
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
When the plums begin to turn yellow
Another fine rain weeps and tells its sorrow
The blossoms have fallen, green plums have formed
Sorrow, too, bears fruit and ripens
That is how time is
Rising and falling, wave after wave
[Bridge]
Someone wastes away for it
So thin that the sash hangs another span looser
A solitary blossom has bloomed a lifetime
Bearing all the sorrows of those who love
But what of the flower itself
Does anyone spare a thought for where it will end up
Dongyang is not the only one wasting away
There is also the loneliness watching blossoms beneath the tree
[Verse 4]
I ask whether it knows
The suffering these people endured for it
The wind gives its branches a shake
It counts as an answer, and as evasion too
The flowers never speak
Yet its fragrance says everything for it
[Final Chorus]
The courtyard at dusk, the delicate fragrance has nowhere to go
风细细，雪垂垂，何况江头路 — The wind is faint, the snow hangs heavy, how much more so on the riverside road
Beside the moon, sparse shadows stand stark and slender
Enraptured in dreams I wake to emptiness
It blooms alone for a lifetime
Bringing forth countless sorrows in loving hearts
[Outro]
Snow is falling again
Beyond the bamboo, one branch still leans toward dusk
Classical poetic imagery and original lyrics · AI music creation
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A Lifetime of Solitary Fragrance
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Rendition 1 · Female vocal
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