空山春雨 · Spring Rain on the Empty Mountain

An original 古風 song for day ten — a spring shower descends on deserted mountain peaks: bamboo drips jade-green, moss blooms on cold stone steps, a lone oriole shatters the silver mist with a single call, and then the rain lifts, leaving only stone reflecting sky. Dizi (竹笛) leads for the first time in a nature theme, its hollow-bamboo voice inseparable from the rainfall itself. Five-character verse (五言) with seven-character chorus; literary Chinese throughout. Theme: nature & seasons (round 3).

[引子] 雲垂青嵐潤 風細竹林幽 一聲笛起處 萬壑應空流

[主歌一] 苔逕無人跡 春泥著屐輕 雨絲穿翠幔 點滴石階聲 松根含夜露 溪面起朝煙 山門半掩處 香冷不知年

[副歌] 空山雨來何處尋，竹間滴翠入幽林 一鳥啼破銀霧裏，聲聲落盡幾重陰 空山雨去無蹤跡，只留苔石映天心

[主歌二] 嫩筍穿泥出 細草沾頭新 溪橋橫落葉 雨腳漫橋身 雲深人不見 鳥過自留聲 笛聲問山色 山色答無聲

[副歌] 空山雨來何處尋，竹間滴翠入幽林 一鳥啼破銀霧裏，聲聲落盡幾重陰 空山雨去無蹤跡，只留苔石映天心

[尾聲] 雨歇山如洗 雲收翠更深 一笛天際遠 不辨水與林