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| Recording: 05.02 to 05.39 Da Hujia scroll title page <-- Scene 7 <-- --> Scene 9 | 首頁 |
| Scene 8: (As dawn approaches) the stars of the Milky Way thin out 星河寥落 |
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From 18 Songs of a Nomad Flute, here illustrating the qin melody
Da Hujia (Nomad Reed Pipe, Long Version)
Scroll painting and calligraphy by Bai Yunli based on a Song dynasty original;
poem by
Liu Shang
translated by Robert Rorex and Wen Fong
I remember the past, when I was an attractive but spoiled child at home.
From afar was obtained a rare bird, which I tamed.
Now, lost and abandoned, I think of my old home;
I regret that I did not release my bird to the forest.
The north wind whistles and the cold sun sets;
The lonely river of stars hangs above, until dawn comes again in the nomad sky.
Day and night I think of returning, but I cannot return;
My sorrowful heart, I think, must be like that bird in its cage.
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