Chinese Kunqu Opera- Peony Pavilion-stroll in the garden

Cast:ZHANG Jiqing(张继青)

Du Liniang has a dream in which she meets a mysterious young scholar and promises to marry him. When she wakes up, she yearns for her lover and falls ill; after a while she dies of lovesickness. The young scholar in her dream was Liu Mengmei, who later made his way to the capital to take the imperial examination. He meets Du Liniang's soul in Plum in Blossom Nunnery and agrees to help her return to life by reuniting her soul with her body. They are successful and live happily ever after.through the romantic love story between Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, reflects the persistent aspiration for free love and exposes the evil of the feudal ethics

The lyric of this episode is:
不到花园 Never been into the garden
怎知春色如许？How I can see the enchanting spring like this?
原来姹紫嫣红开遍 Luxuriant flowers have bloomed all around
似这般都付与断井颓垣 the dilapidated well and wall
良辰美景奈何天 Such a beautiful scene on the bright day
便赏心乐事谁家院 Not every garden can be greatly satisfying to eyes
这般景致 Never heard from my parents
从未听爹娘谈起 about the view here
小姐你看 Mistress,you see over there
朝飞暮卷云霞翠轩 Brocade rosy clouds blaze on the high-eave green pillars in haze
雨丝风片烟波画船 Twisted strings of rain drops and wind envelop the decorated boat in mist
锦屏人太把这韶光看得贱 Held back in my home, only today I realize the preciousness of youth and love, and how I have wasted all those early years.
小姐你看这花都看了Mistress, you see the flowers are all in blossom
只有这牡丹还早呢 except the peony
遍青山啼红了杜鹃 Bloody-red azalea flowers extend the green hills
那荼蘼外烟丝醉软 Outside the brambles is the intoxicated vapor
那牡丹虽是花中魁 Peony is the queen of flowers
他春归怎占的先 however she never come the first to bloom in spring
小姐你看那鸟儿倒是一对一对的 Mistress,the birds are chirping in pairs
这蝴蝶也是一双一双的 butterflies are flying in pairs too
连这蜜蜂也是一家一家的 and also the bees are buzzling in groups
春香我们回去吧 Chunxiang,let's go back home

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Thank you so much for sharing THE PEONY PAVILLION - I'm a total fan of this monumental opera. And thanks for the English lyrics in the info box :-)!