荷風初霽 · Lotus Wind After Rain

A summer lotus pond has just come through rain. Wet leaves hold their beads, a dragonfly touches the water, a returning boat disappears into the willows, and one sheng line rises by the bridge as if answering the birds after the storm.

Today’s theme is nature & seasons, round 7. The lead color is sheng, supported by guqin, light pipa, distant dizi, and a restrained female vocal in literary Chinese.

[引子] 雨收青蓋濕 風過碧塘深 一點蜻蜓影 先驚水上心

[主歌一] 小閣臨虛岸 疏簾掛晚陰 荷珠翻葉背 魚戲動微金 遠寺鐘初歇 歸舟入柳林 誰家採蓮女 笑語隔花深

[副歌] 荷風初霽起 清露滿衣襟 不問人間事 但聽水中音 一曲隨雲去 千香入暮岑 回看煙雨外 天地洗塵心

[主歌二] 霞影沈蓮浦 菱歌度淺潯 白鷺翻新雪 青蘋散舊霖 石橋苔色嫩 竹徑藕花侵 坐久忘歸路 涼光滿素衿

[副歌] 荷風初霽起 清露滿衣襟 不問人間事 但聽水中音 一曲隨雲去 千香入暮岑 回看煙雨外 天地洗塵心

[轉] 橋邊笙一縷 似答雨餘禽 世味隨波薄 閒情與葉沈 願留今夕色 藏在一蓬心

[尾聲] 燈淡漁村遠 香微露氣深 荷風猶不語 吹夢過前津