Whole River Red (满江红), recorded January 5, 2023.    Artwork by @kaleob-elkins.

A guqin tune from the Meian Qinpu 梅庵琴譜 (1931) with lyrics from a poem by Tang dynasty poet, Li Bai.  Recorded on an AKG C214 in my bedroom.  

秋風清　秋月明
落葉聚還散　寒鴉棲復驚
相親相見知何日　此時此夜難為情
入我相思門　知我相思苦
長相思兮長相憶　短相思兮無窮極
早知如此絆人心　何如當初莫相識

Clear, the autumn wind,
autumn moon, bright.
Fallen leaves gather and scatter;
jackdaws roost and then are startled.
When shall we meet and stay close?
Love is hard, tonight, this moment.
Entering the gate of yearning,
I came to know its bitterness.
Yearning, if long, is a long memory—
even when short, it’s still without end.
This entanglement in the heart—
if we’d known that beforehand,
we might as well have never met.

whole river red #2

關山月

wahun da

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