桑陌曉輪 · Dawn Wheels on the Mulberry Road

A pipa-led 古風 farewell song set on a mulberry-lined post road at first light. The cart wheel, dust on a traveler's robe, and pale dawn air carry the parting without turning it into a grand scene.

Theme: farewell journeys Lead instrument: pipa, with sparse guqin and xiao Vocal setting: female silk-and-ink timbre, restrained chamber texture

[引子] 曉色上桑陌 微塵著客衣 一輪聲未遠 人在短亭西

[主歌一] 青驢辭故里 古道入朝暉 籬外桑陰薄 車聲碾落暉

袖藏昨夜字 不敢向人啼 回首煙村小 柴門半掩扉

[副歌] 願君行路穩 莫問幾時歸 桑葉知離恨 隨風過馬蹄

長亭一杯盡 曉雁向南飛 此身同曙色 送影到天涯

[主歌二] 留者臨歧立 羅巾拂露微 車轍連芳草 晨光照別衣

遠樹藏孤驛 寒煙沒短堤 欲寄平安語 雲邊少信旗

[副歌] 願君行路穩 莫問幾時歸 桑葉知離恨 隨風過馬蹄

長亭一杯盡 曉雁向南飛 此身同曙色 送影到天涯

[尾聲] 輪聲入遠陌 塵定日初暉 桑下無人語 空枝拂客衣