漆匣出霁闸 · The Lacquered Case at the Rain-Cleared Sluice
霁雨初收古闸寒
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An original farewell song set beside a rain-cleared canal sluice before dawn. A lacquered book chest leaves the old study with a traveler; konghou carries the wet-string shimmer, while sparse guqin and low xiao keep the moving water and the unsaid goodbye close. The arrangement opens quietly at the sluice, broadens at the refrain, then settles back into the far-off gate.
Listen before sunrise, while reading, or on a quiet walk. The refrain turns departure into a promise carried by water: