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Shirley Created Music For Chinese Classical Poem--019: Looking At the Moon and Thinking of One Far Away -- Wang Yue Huai Yuan

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Hi, friends, today I would like to introduce a new Chinese classical poem Wang Yue Hua Yuan --Looking At The Moon And Thinking Of One Far AwayBy Tang Dynasty(A.D.618 - 907)poet Zhang Jiuling( A.D.673 - A.D.740). Zhang Jiuling was a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations in A.D.734, and be a prime minister in the prophase of Tang Dynasty. He was honest and dared to speak something true, also he insisted to use the talent people to be officials... So, he had a good reputation as a "virtuous prime minister then.

He is one of the transition poets between prophase Tang Dynasty and Flourishing Tang Dynasty. He affected many later poets, such as Li Bai, Du Fu and so on... :-)

This poem was written when he was demote. It expresses the feelings that he missed his family or lover. The wonderful part of this poem is that he expressed the feelings to miss someone via the way to imagine how his family or lover was thinking of him, instead of saying how he miss her directly. :-)

I do enjoy the writing way and I have written, sung and played a piece of music for the poem and you and hope you enjoy it. :-)

MAIN MEANING OF THE POEMLISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SING THE POEM:

Looking At the Moon and Thinking of One Far Away

A bright moon is rising over the sea,
both of us are looking at her   
from far away sides at the same time.
I know you are sad for the night is too long,
to stay up for thinking of me for a white night

You has turned off the candle,
for you love the bright moonlight.
You is covering a coat
for you have felt the wet of dew.
You realize that you can not hold some moonlight to me,
so you decide to go back to sleep
and to wish us to meet each other in a sweet dream...


Attaching: A Version By Hubei Education College:

Look At the Moon and Think Of One Far Away

The moon, grown full now over the sea,
Brightening the whole of heaven,
Brings to separated hearts
The long thoughtfulness of night....
It is no darker though I blow out my candle.
It is no warmer though I put on my coat.
So I leave my message with the moon
And turn to my bed, hoping for dreams.


NEW WORDS>LISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SING THE POEM

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CHINESE CHARACTERS AND PRONUNCIATION

-- wngyu竪 hu叩i yun

綣箙蘊-- Zhng Jl鱈ng
     
羌隙-- hishng shng m鱈ngyu竪
紊羔掩ゆ-- tiny叩 g嘆ng csh鱈
篋堺ュ-- q鱈ngr辿n yun y叩oy竪
腴紊莎欠御-- j狸ngx朝 q xings朝

-- miechu lian guang man
羯-- piyi jue luzi
-- bukan yingshou zen
-- huanqin meng jiaqi

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--Shirley
Written and Recorded On Sun, Jan 22, 2006