feihong Posted August 4, 2019 at 04:26 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 at 04:26 PM Folk singer Guan Wenzhuo describes a journey steeped in sadness and small but striking observations. Not a lot of concrete details emerge, but the narrator does visit a small village at the foot of a mountain, where he stays for a while to heal his emotional wounds and enjoy the night sky. This is part of the Grand Chinese Lyrics Project. Chinese title: 西山的歌 Artist: 关文卓 Listen: https://artist.douban.com/m/guanwenzhuo/tracks?play=tScpp1&pl=pS2jz96ang&pz=1 Type of lyrics: First-person story Genre: Folk Difficulty: Medium? Very simple grammatically, and only one semi-rare character (炊). Lyrics 风儿吹 吹起涟漪 风儿吹 我的眼泪 树叶摇 沙沙响 挥挥手 疲惫的身影 简单的歌 青山脚下 小小村落 为我疗伤 路漫漫 走走停停 哪一段风景 还会铭记 相知的人啊 伤了的心 多少离愁 随炊烟飘去 简单的歌 青山脚下 小小村落 为我疗伤 简单的歌 唱给谁听 西山朦胧 月色迷离 简单的歌 青山脚下 小小村落 为我疗伤 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feihong Posted August 4, 2019 at 05:51 PM Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 at 05:51 PM Translation: https://www.notion.so/chicagochinese/b454995825f24a4384c922c3ca650d8f?v=ab603cd54ab742c08011bf2a70fe6e0c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcdefg Posted August 4, 2019 at 11:58 PM Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 at 11:58 PM Thanks for doing this. Didn't expect to like these songs, but most of them I do. This one appeals. I like its simplicity. 简单的歌。 It's easier than your last one ("secular life.") I have several friends who are originally from the mountains of South Yunnan. A few times after dinner (at a big round table -- 8 or 10 people -- lots of food -- 白酒 flowing) they start singing rural mountain songs. Some are in 方言, some are mostly 普通话。The basic format is usually the same. A man or woman stands up on one side of the table (on one side of the mountain) and sings loudly declaring his love for a certain 美女 or 帅哥 who lives in the same village. He sings while he's working in the fields or forest. Out of sight (on the other side of the mountain/on the other side of the table) the person being sung about hears and answers back. A simple dialogue develops, "You are so beautiful and virtuous" he sings to her. She replies to him "You are so strong and hard working." And so on. Very simple stuff, but charming. It's not unusual for the woman to kind of start swaying as she sings, affecting a coquettish look. And the man who is courting her with song will gesture with his hands, even though they both are still pretending to not be able to see each other, separated by part of the mountain or by a deep valley. All of us at the table clap and toast them. Laughter all round. The people doing the singing are usually a mature couple, married with half-grown kids. But it's a mock return to youth and to the village. They revive those days because they are cherished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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