Three Chinese Love Songs
1988
Performance forces:
sop — vla, pno
Length:
0:08
Languages:
Notes:
I. Blue Flower
jing xiarn xiarn (na ge) lan xiarn xiarn,
lan (ge) ying ying (di) tsai,
seng ha yi ge lan hua hua,
sis i di ngai si rarn
Golden thread and blue thread,
They are so pretty,
Just like the beaufirul girl,
Her name is Blue Flower.
II. At the Hillside Where Horses Are Running
pao ma (liu liu di) san sang,
yi duo (liu liu di) yun (yo),
duan duan (liu liu di) zao zai,
kang ding (liu liu di) tseng (yo).
At the hillside where horses are running,
Right above it is the beautiful cloud,
Which shine over
The city of Kang-Ding.
li jia (liu liu di) dai jie,
ren tsai (liu liu di) hao (yo),
zang jia (liu liu di) dai guo,
kan san (liu liu di) ta (yo).
So pretty is
The girl from Lee’s family,
So much in love with her is
The boy from Zang’s family.
III. The Stream Flows
(ei) yue liang tsu lai liang wang wang,
siang qi wo di a guo zai sheng san,
Guo siang yue liang tian sang zuo,
San xia xiao huo tang sui qing you you.
The rising moon shines brightly,
It reminds me of my love in the mountains.
Like the moon, you walk in the sky,
As the crystal stream flows down the mountain.
Yue liang tsu lai zao ban po,
Wang jian yue liang
Xiang qi wo di a guo,
The rising moon shines brightly,
It reminds me of my love in the mountains
Yi zeng qing feng tsui sang po,
guo a, ni ke ting jian a mei jiao a guo?
A clear breeze blows up the hill,
My love, do you hear I am calling you?