Chinese Yueju Opera: A begger's Song 2

Cast:XU Ming(徐铭)
Male role:FAN School(范派)

In Tang dynasty, a high official's son called ZHENG Yuanhe crashed on a a beautiful prostitude called LI Yaxian.He soon spent all the money on her and became poor.He made a living by begging.His father thought it was a disgrace to the house,beat him up to nearly and threw him out in wilderness.Fortunately he was brought back to life by two beggers. LI Yaxian the prostitude found him, took him home and urged him to study hard.But he indulged in her beauty and especially had a fancy on her eyes.In order to let him think more of her beauty she stabbed her eyes blinded resolutely.ZHENG was shocked and studied hard for her and finally became sucessful in career.

The lyric is:
卑田院的下司 An inferior begger in Beitian courtyard
刘九儿宗枝 called LIU Jiuer
落魄书生拜为师 teached me
传与我这莲花棍儿添风姿 how to play the stick for begging
抱柱杖走尽了烟花市 I have carried this stick travelling through all the brothels
挥笔写就了龙蛇字 Writing calligraphy
把摇缒唱一曲鹧鸪词 and sang a begger's song
平平仄 仄平平 仄仄平平 仄平平oblique tones (in classical Chinese pronunciation)
三步一曲七步诗 Singing and composing poems
哪像个风流浪子 I'm really like a begger talent
到是个丐帮才子 instead of a flirting scholar
莲花莲个莲花落吆喝
平仄 平仄 仄仄仄 仄平 仄平 仄仄平oblique tones (in classical Chinese pronunciation)
过往客人听我道啊 Everyone please listen to me
嗨呀嗨仔莲花落
叫化的格调有低亦有高 Beggers are classified into different grades
莲个莲花落吆喝
有钱时我也曾长街驰马着锦袍 When I was rich I wear brocaded robe and rode horse along the street
四书五经读朝朝 Read and write about sages and the virtuous
为只为留春院中春光好 Just for a beauty in a brothel
醉卧花丛不觉晓 I was self-indulgent everyday
吳浓软语甜如蜜 Southern dialect was so sweet and soft
魂销西湖六吊桥 I can't bear to part with such a life with such an enchantment
莲个莲花落吆喝
嘻嘻~窈窕淑女 君子好逑也 Gentle woman,gentle man would like to pursue
偷香窃玉暗渡鹊桥 I met with her secretly
谁知道 鹊桥未渡上断桥 Who knows Misfortune came so early
金山空银山倒 Mountains of gold is all spent out
银钱用完了鸨儿着了恼 The procuress was angy
娘儿姐儿翻脸了花儿朵儿不见了 Girls all hide away from me
马儿被当了 书童被卖了 I pledged my horse and sold my private school disciple
妻儿气走了 爹娘上吊了 My wife left with child and anger.My parents were angry to death
没奈何一根竹棒一只瓢 having no way out,I
穷途末路去唱莲花调 had no choice but to be begger
莲花莲个莲花落依吆喝

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Music

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• China
• Chinese
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• Yueju
• opera
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• 徐铭
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