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Thursday, September 9, 2021

Autumn Thoughts By The Dresser - Variation V

Another inspiration as I listened to the flute rendition (music starts at 1:48) of Autumn Thoughts By The Dresser

1 秋前雨夜妝台怨 A rainy night before autumn, fretting at the dresser,
2 長江東水月無緣 The long river flowing east but a fated moonless night.
3 隨日盡散雲烟夢 Dreams are like fading mists when the coming morning comes,
4 紅塵誓約抝風攣 Vows made in the mundane world can even bend the wind.

2 The Yangtze River is also known as the long river. All rivers in China flow towards the east because of geographical features of the land.

4 This line has two interpretations - Vows so strong that even winds can be bent by their sheer will or that they so frequently broken that winds bend under their sheer weight.

Tuesday, 31 August 2021



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