月照苔砚 · Moonlight on the Moss-Green Inkstone

A moonlit-longing 古风 song set in a fifth-watch study behind a bamboo screen. Moonlight crosses a moss-dark inkstone while a single eave-drip measures the long night; the absent beloved is present only as an unanswered distance. Guzheng leads the chamber texture with sparse guqin resonance and a low xiao breath, leaving the vocal line quiet and clear.

[引子] 月入竹帷 砚水生寒 一痕淡墨 未成一字

[主歌一] 疏篁筛月过书栏 砚背苔痕拂未干 欲把长宵磨作句 檐声滴到五更残

[副歌] 月照苔砚，砚冷如秋 欲书无字，欲语还休 千山同色，君在何州 一池残墨，独守清愁

[主歌二] 砚边月痕随夜移 一寸清光一寸迟 欲问归期无处问 惟听檐滴过疏篱

[副歌] 月照苔砚，砚冷如秋 一缕檐声，滴入心头 同天共月，君隔重楼 墨未成字，夜已成愁

[桥段] 及至东方欲曙 月影渐薄如烟 忽知相思非墨 字未成，意先牵

[尾声] 月落砚中 露冷窗前 若君同见 共此清圆