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但願人長久/水調歌頭 Prelude to the melody of water - Chinese song - Chinese music

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Uploaded by on Mar 7, 2009

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. 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 :)
Thanks for watching.
MP3 available at
http://www.pianomusicdownload.blogspot.com

(C) 2009 Isisip

The original poem:

明月幾時有,把酒問青天?
不知天上宮闕,今夕是何年。
我欲乘風歸去,唯恐瓊樓玉宇,高處不勝寒。
起舞弄清影,何似在人間。
轉朱閣,低綺戶。照無眠。
不應有恨,何事長向別時圓?
人有悲歡離合,月有陰晴圓缺,此事古難全。
但願人長久,千里共嬋娟。

English translation of the poem:

With a wine cup in my hand,
I wonder when the moon first appeared.
I wonder what year it is now high above in heaven.
I long to ride with the wind,
but I fear the jaded terrace,
too serene and chilly to reside.
I dance with my lone shadow,
and I doubt if it is down on earth.

The moon moves round the court,
shining through the window.
A sleepless night...
The moon should not dislike people,
but why is there always a full moon when people are apart?
People have happiness and sadness, people be together and people be apart,
The moon also has phases, wax and wane.
It has been like this for ages.
Hope we will live longer and be healthy,
even if we are thousands of miles apart from each other,
we can still see the moon at the same time together.

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  • this should be the new national anthem or something

  • Sounds of heaven sang by an angel

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  • wonderful

  • super

  • i could listen to this all day :)

  • made me wanna cry. people come can go. all seems to inevitably elapse and fade with time, wish the beauty will last.

  • always have a weakness for chinees people .. I respect them HIGHLY .. love those people .. there culture .. everything .. they can be a proud country .. love them .. with all my heart .. and you miss, do sure great proud to your country .. loveley !

  • 很好的曲子. 聽起來, 有不同的感覺!

  • You're good at playing piano and at singing..you will be famous.. I love your voice! <3

  • I can't tell you how much I loved this. I don't speak Chinese but I am fascinated my the music of Asia. I love it, especially chinese and Japanese music and arts. Keep up the good work. We all love your music!!!

  • Beautiful lyrics! :D

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