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Classical Chinese-style Ballad · AI music creation
Plum Blossoms and Snow, Pure Together
Ku Wuji · AI Music · 3 reads
Inspired by Wang Xu’s “踏莎行·雪中看梅花” (Treading the Grass: Viewing Plum Blossoms in Snow). “两种风流，一家制作；雪花全似梅花萼。细看不是雪无香，天风吹得香零落。虽是一般，惟高一着；雪花不似梅花薄。梅花散彩向空山，雪花随意穿帘幕。” Two kinds of grace, fashioned by one maker; snowflakes look just like plum blossoms. Look closely: it is not that snow lacks fragrance, but that the wind has scattered it. Though alike, one has the advantage; snowflakes are less delicate than plum blossoms. Plum blossoms spread their colors toward empty mountains, while snowflakes pass freely through curtains. The comparison ends with each finding its place: one scatters its splendor into the empty mountains, the other drifts freely through curtains to glimpse everyday human life. Male and female vocal versions use the same lyrics.
Two kinds of grace, one production
Snowflakes look just like plum blossoms' calyxes
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Wang Xu ·《Ta Suo Xing · Viewing Plum Blossoms in the Snow》
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Heaven made snow and plum blossoms on the same day
Two cast from the same mold, brought forth together
From far away, they look equally white
So white that you and I cannot be told apart
A gust of wind blows through
Their fragrance speaks for each of them
[Pre-Chorus]
It turns out snow is not without fragrance
Its fragrance has been thinned by the winds of heaven
[Chorus]
Two kinds of grace, one production
Snowflakes look just like plum blossoms' calyxes
Only a closer look reveals what it is
The wind from the sky scatters the fragrance
The plum scatters its splendor，into deserted mountain ravines
Snowflakes drift freely through the curtain
[Verse 2]
All the same white
The plum blossom，after all，has an added depth of soul
Its petals are thin enough for light to shine through
Yet they withstand the weight of wind and snow
Snow melts as soon as it touches the ground
The flowers have faded but their fragrance still glimmers
[Pre-Chorus]
Some favor the plum blossom's proud solitude
Some say the freedom of snow is lovely too
[Chorus]
Two kinds of grace, one production
Snowflakes look just like plum blossoms' calyxes
Only a closer look reveals what it is
The wind from the sky scatters the fragrance
The plum scatters its splendor，into deserted mountain ravines
Snowflakes drift freely through the curtain
[Instrumental]
[Verse 3]
Plum blossoms bloom in the empty mountains
Scattering color over the whole mountainside
Snowflakes keep slipping behind the curtains
Taking a look at the warmth of human life along the way
One chose the mountains
The other yearned for a warm nest beneath the eaves
[Bridge]
There is really no need to vie for first place
Heaven and earth have always had room enough
The mountains have their own tranquility
The eaves have joys of their own
Plum blossoms need not envy snow its flight
Snow need not envy that faint trace of fragrance
Everyone has their own way of living
Each has their own harvest
[Verse 4]
The next day, the snow stopped
Sunlight polished the mountain and courtyard together
No one is superior to anyone else
Neither is lonelier than the other
Heaven made two kinds of white
And created two different journeys of wandering
[Final Chorus]
Two kinds of grace, one production
Snowflakes look just like plum blossoms' calyxes
Only a closer look reveals what it is
The wind from the sky scatters the fragrance
The plum scatters its splendor，into deserted mountain ravines
Snowflakes drift freely through the curtain
[Outro]
When the wind rises again
One returns to the mountains, one goes behind the curtains to sit at ease
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Plum Blossoms and Snow, Pure Together
Ku Wuji · AI Music
Rendition 1 · Female vocal
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