tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37534556200655782752012-02-16T00:31:03.247-08:00ancient chinese poems - su shi-noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753455620065578275.post-91110725309272288692009-03-07T19:15:00.000-08:002011-05-18T22:56:19.415-07:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">但願人長久/水調歌頭 Prelude to the melody of water</span><br /><br />isisip: 但願人長久/水調歌頭 "Prelude to the melody of water" is a famous poem written by an ancient Chinese poet Su Shi 蘇軾. I love it so much so I modified it a little bit and fit it into my original song "the unfinished story". Now I got one mandarin song :)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pNHhRzFAnP0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pNHhRzFAnP0&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Buy "Prelude to the melody of water" (the unfinished story) MP3: $1.99 USD<br /><form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"><br /><input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="TPK4C3H55MCWS"><br /><input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/WEBSCR-640-20110429-1/en_GB/i/btn/btn_cart_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online."><br /><img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/WEBSCR-640-20110429-1/en_GB/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1"><br /></form><br /><br /><br />The original poem:<br /><br />明月幾時有，把酒問青天？<br />不知天上宮闕，今夕是何年。<br />我欲乘風歸去，唯恐瓊樓玉宇，高處不勝寒。<br />起舞弄清影，何似在人間。<br />轉朱閣，低綺戶。照無眠。<br />不應有恨，何事長向別時圓？<br />人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺，此事古難全。<br />但願人長久，千里共嬋娟。<br /><br />English translation of the poem:<br /><br />With a wine cup in my hand,<br />I wonder when the moon first appeared.<br />I wonder what year it is now high above in heaven.<br />I long to ride with the wind,<br />but I fear the jaded terrace,<br />too serene and chilly to reside.<br />I dance with my lone shadow,<br />and I doubt if it is down on earth.<br /><br />The moon moves round the court,<br />shining through the window.<br />A sleepless night...<br />The moon should not dislike people,<br />but why is there always a full moon when people are apart?<br />People have happiness and sadness, people be together and people be apart,<br />The moon also has phases, wax and wane.<br />It has been like this for ages.<br />Hope we will live longer and be healthy,<br />even if we are thousands of miles apart from each other,<br />we can still see the moon at the same time together.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3753455620065578275-9111072530927228869?l=sushipoem.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>-noreply@blogger.com