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| Song title | |||
| "白石溪" Pinyin: Báishí Xī English: White Stone Creek | |||
| Original Upload Date | |||
| January 27, 2016 | |||
| Singer | |||
| Luo Tianyi and Yuezheng Ling | |||
| Producer(s) | |||
| Sodatune: Chunbai (music, arrange) Guozhi Liangcai (lyrics) MOTH (illustration) Irecorder (mixing) A Cha (erhu) Xidousha (video editor) Digger (tuning) | |||
| Views | |||
| 2,000,000+ (BB), 43,000+ (YT) | |||
| Links | |||
| bilibili Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast | |||
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Description
The first song in the 大司徒 series. |
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Alternate Versions
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| Remake |
| Upload date: May 24, 2023 |
| Featuring: Luo Tianyi and Yuezheng Ling |
| Producer(s): Chunbai (music) Guozhi Liangcai (lyrics) Cáo yǔ (arrange) MOTH (illustration) GuimianP (tuning), Lu erhu (erhu) Irecorder (mixing) 凌月尘 (movie) |
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Lyrics
| Singer | Luo Tianyi | Yuezheng Ling | Together |
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
| 微露點滴 沾衿落袖 | wēi lù diǎndī zhānjīn luò xiù | Beads of dew soaked our sleeves |
| 麗日綽約 輕解蓮舟 | lì rì chuòyuē qīng jiě liánzhōu | The day’s bright as we released our boat |
| 蒹葭榮茂 燕雀啁啾 | jiānjiā róng mào yànquè zhāojiū | Thick reeds flourished, while finches chirped |
| 白石溪畔 斜陽逐流 | báishí xī pàn xiéyáng zhú liú | By White Stone Creek, the setting sun chased its flow |
| 可嫌金風玉露 兼程久 | kě xián jīn fēng yùlù jiānchéng jiǔ | Unfortunate that it took so long for us to meet[1] |
| 靈犀心念 便相謀 | língxī xīn niàn biàn xiāng móu | Since our hearts are bound, we shall act as one |
| 前路崎嶇躞蹀攀援 亦同守 | qián lù qíqū xièdié pānyuán yì tóng shǒu | Treading lightly and climbing high on the difficult road ahead, we’ll stay by each other’s side |
| 共你百年暮昏 到白晝 | gòng nǐ bǎinián mù hūn dào báizhòu | I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn for a hundred years |
| 依山臨水 景看舊 | yī shān lín shuǐ jǐng kàn jiù | By the mountains and waters, watching the scenery till we tire |
| 而你美勝山水萬籌 盡入一人眸 | ér nǐ měi shèng shānshuǐ wàn chóu jǐn rù yīrén móu | While your beauty far surpasses the scenery's, only one person sees it |
| 琴瑟願與 共沐春秋 | qínsè yuàn yǔ gòng mù chūnqiū | Like zithers in harmony, we relished the seasons together |
| 㶈溪潺潺 炊煙悠悠 | yíng xī chánchán chuīyān yōuyōu | The clear stream ambled on, the chimney smoke lazily wafted |
| 敢請東風 玉成雙偶 | gǎn qǐng dōngfēng yùchéng shuāng ǒu | I appealed to the eastern wind, grant us our union |
| 遙遞佳信 知否知否 | yáo dì jiā xìn zhī fǒu zhī fǒu | As I send out my letter from afar, do you know, do you know? |
| 爲理雲鬓 爲簪銀鉤 | wèi lǐ yúnbìn wèi zān yín gōu | Hair fixed and fastened with a silver pin |
| 明月可鑒 情深亦壽 | míngyuè kě jiàn qíng shēn yì shòu | The bright moon shall witness, this love is as deep as the moon is old |
| 此生相依 人間白首 | cǐshēng xiāng yī rénjiān bái shǒu | In this life we’ll count on each other, till our hair whitens |
| 千金不易 清茶淡粥 | qiānjīn bùyì qīngchá dàn zhōu | Not for a thousand gold I’ll trade a simple life with you |
| 前緣既斷 便再無求 | qián yuán jì duàn biàn zài wú qiú | Since the severance of our ties, there’s nothing else I yearn for |
| 雲泥之異 難越鴻溝 | yúnní zhī yì nán yuè hónggōu | The gap between heaven and earth proved too wide to cross |
| 相思不掃 久積彌厚 | xiāngsī bù sǎo jiǔjī mí hòu | My longings I neglected to sweep away, while it piled thicker by the day |
| 他年君歸 我葬南丘 | tā nián jūn guī wǒ zàng nánqiū | And when you finally return, I may be already buried under the southern hill |
| 逢春枯木忽生 花飛柳 | féng chūn kūmù hū shēng huā fēi liǔ | Spring arrived with barren boughs suddenly coming back to life and spreading drifting willow seeds |
| 紛紛綿綿 結作愁 | fēnfēn miánmián jié zuò chóu | Sprinkled in the air like woven sorrows |
| 隨風四散卻又輕易 染眉頭 | suí fēng sìsàn què yòu qīngyì rǎn méitóu | Scattered by the wind and catching on one's brows |
| 當時一雙鴛鴦 入深藕 | dāngshí yī shuāng yuānyāng rù shēn ǒu | Back then a pair of mandarin ducks swam into the tangles of lotus roots |
| 荷香繞水 樂同遊 | hé xiāng rào shuǐ lè tóng yóu | Encircled by the fragrance of water lilies, ecstatic in their excursion |
| 月下花前本來無酒 對看竟忘憂 | yuè xià huā qián běnlái wú jiǔ duì kàn jìng wàng yōu | By the moon and flowers, though without wine, they looked into each other’s eyes and forgot their worries |
| 何年何夕 兩相執手 | hé nián hé xī liǎng xiāng zhí shǒu | When again was it, when we both held our hands[2] |
| 蝕骨相思 風侵寒透 | shí gǔ xiāng sī fēng qīn hán tòu | This longing gnaws my bones, the wind chills my core |
| 仙人近側 怕倚小樓 | xiānrén jìn cè pà yǐ xiǎo lóu | Near deities, I fear to lean against the tower[3] |
| 金縷爲籠 歌樂成囚 | jīn lǚ wéi lóng gē yuè chéng qiú | Song and music became a prisoner of a cage of golden threads |
| 涼夜淒長 應怨更漏 | liángyè qī cháng yīng yuàn gēnglòu | This cold night stretches long and sorrowfully as I lament |
| 數得千枚 零落紅豆 | shǔ dé qiān méi língluò hóngdòu | I’ve counted a thousand scattered red beans[4] |
| 遺君一心 一心怎收 | wèi jūn yīxīn yīxīn zěn shōu | I wish to gift you a heart, but how can you receive it? |
| 杳渺音絕 餘我孤奏 | yǎo miǎo yīn jué yú wǒ gū zòu | Without a trace of your goings, you left me playing alone[5] |
| 何年何夕 共沐春秋 | hé nián hé xī gòng mù chūnqiū | When was it again, when we relished the seasons[6] |
| 銀漢邈邈 炊煙悠悠 | yínhàn miǎomiǎo chuīyān yōuyōu | The Milky Way is distant, chimney smoke lazily wafts |
| 敢請東風 小住暫留 | gǎn qǐng dōngfēng xiǎo zhù zàn liú | I appealed to the eastern wind, please accommodate a short stay |
| 托書天地 安否安否 | tuō shū tiāndì ān fǒu ān fǒu | To carry my letter for you out into the world, are you all right, are you all right? |
| 塵心如練 長懸銀鉤 | chén xīn rú liàn cháng xuán yín gōu | My mortal heart is like a piece of silk, long hooked to the crescent moon |
| 魚雁不聞 斯人難候 | yúyàn bù wén sī rén nán hòu | I have not received any letters from you, this wait is hard on me |
| 九霄一曲 人間白首 | jiǔxiāo yī qǔ rénjiān bái shǒu | Reverberating through nine tiers of heaven, a song of lasting love till old |
| 隔世相問 憶否憶否 | géshì xiāng wèn yì fǒu yì fǒu | Separated by worlds, I ask, do you remember, do you remember? |
English translation by sdxuehu, with edits by Perfecto Incognito
Translation Notes
The song is an alternate, tragic version of the story of The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, where Luo Tianyi's character is a mortal and Yuezheng Ling's character is an immortal. They fall in love but are forced to separate.
- ↑ The phrase 金風玉露 autumn wind and dew is closely associated with the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, in part due to Qin Guan's poem "Magpie Bridge Immortals" 鵲橋仙, since they reunite every autumn during Qixi. Here it is possible to interpret this as Tianyi and Ling's annual reunion and how long they must wait each year, but it doesn't fit into the tragic separation of the rest of the song nor the initial joy of this first part of the song.
- ↑ Alternatively, "When will it be when we can hold hands again?"
- ↑ May be a reference to lines cautioning against leaning against high floors out of longing in poems such as Fan Zhongyan's "To the Tune 'Screened by Su Curtain' - Nostalgia" or Ouyang Xiu's "Lyrics to the Melody of 'Walking on Grass.'" Deities are often imagine to dwell in high places, hence the singer is on a high floor.
- ↑ A solitary wife counting red beans to pass the time while she waits for her husband to return is a literary trope. Red beans often symbolize mutual longing.
- ↑ A reference to the zither line of the first chorus.
- ↑ Alternatively "When will it be when we can relish the seasons together?"
Discography
This song was featured on the following albums: