橘園初寒 · First Chill in the Orange Grove

A late-autumn nature song set in a quiet orange grove at first chill. Xiao carries the cold dawn air, with sparse guqin, light pipa and a faint sheng breath around the vocal line; the scene turns on green branches, yellow fruit, a well rope and the small brightness that remains when the season grows cold.

[引子] 霜未滿林，橘先黃 井繩曳曉，寒入裳 一葉下，秋聲小 半庭香，近石牆

[主歌一] 籬疏犬不吠 露重壓青枝 汲水人初去 空甕照曉暉 風過南山口 微聞落果時 誰將三徑色 收作一襟詩

[副歌] 橘兮橘兮抱寒光 金丸點點在青霜 莫問歸鴻天外路 一園清氣滿衣裳 橘兮橘兮守故鄉 井上寒聲入短牆 待到小窗燈欲起 香隨夜露入清觴

[主歌二] 苔徑無人掃 井欄生薄霜 山雀啄殘露 黃葉護微陽 簷雨昨宵歇 瓦聲猶自涼 手拂垂枝處 冷香沾素裳

[副歌] 橘兮橘兮抱寒光 金丸點點在青霜 莫問歸鴻天外路 一園清氣滿衣裳 橘兮橘兮守故鄉 井上寒聲入短牆 待到小窗燈欲起 香隨夜露入清觴

[尾聲] 井繩不語，霜華微明 一橘在手，滿袖秋聲 園門半掩，寒星未央 餘香隨袖，歸入夢鄉