The wine is soft and tender,
I recall everything after drinking.
——Monologue
The red cassia boat, sailing in the moonlit river. The magnolia oars, paddling into the lucid water.
Drifted afar as my mind goes. Love and devotion, my heart is longing for.
The hour is late. The water laps against the boat.
The shepherd boy comes in sight, so tiny on the faraway shore.
I drink a cup of tea, rushing bitterly down the throat.
I taste a bite, the fish is salty and all.
The boater is a toothless and old bird.
Smoking water pipes, full of cursing words.
To the west of the village, thirteen miles from here.
Like me wasting away, the time of thirteen years.
The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
So small the world really is.
The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
So vast the universe really is.
Where the mountains end, there is a gale of sighs.
Saying, no one comes back. Away the hope flies.
Drink some more tea. Less you shall speak.
The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
So small the world really is.
The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
So vast the universe really is.
The bell strikes in the empty hall. Seven echoes the mountains call.
Behind the clouds, the moon hides its shape. Petals on the wind, like thousands of snowflakes.
As the night wears on, into loneliness the boat stalls.
Those I know from the old days. Time has hidden their trace.
Thousands of fledglings, in a cage earth and sky draws.
For you and for me, freedom is a long-lost cause.
[00:05.86]The wine is soft and tender,
[00:06.95]I recall everything after drinking.
[00:07.43]——Monologue
[00:08.15]The red cassia boat, sailing in the moonlit river. The magnolia oars, paddling into the lucid water.
[00:42.90]Drifted afar as my mind goes. Love and devotion, my heart is longing for.
[01:35.04]The hour is late. The water laps against the boat.
[01:45.83]The shepherd boy comes in sight, so tiny on the faraway shore.
[01:56.58]I drink a cup of tea, rushing bitterly down the throat.
[02:06.14]I taste a bite, the fish is salty and all.
[02:23.36]The boater is a toothless and old bird.
[02:33.60]Smoking water pipes, full of cursing words.
[02:44.33]To the west of the village, thirteen miles from here.
[02:53.54]Like me wasting away, the time of thirteen years.
[03:07.28]The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
[03:14.72]So small the world really is.
[03:22.75]The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
[03:30.10]So vast the universe really is.
[03:44.47]Where the mountains end, there is a gale of sighs.
[03:55.06]Saying, no one comes back. Away the hope flies.
[04:20.53]Drink some more tea. Less you shall speak.
[04:32.03]The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
[04:39.47]So small the world really is.
[04:46.44]The heaven and the three realms. The heaven and the three realms.
[04:54.56]So vast the universe really is.
[05:12.65]The bell strikes in the empty hall. Seven echoes the mountains call.
[05:21.93]Behind the clouds, the moon hides its shape. Petals on the wind, like thousands of snowflakes.
[05:34.60]As the night wears on, into loneliness the boat stalls.
[05:45.90]Those I know from the old days. Time has hidden their trace.
[05:58.01]Thousands of fledglings, in a cage earth and sky draws.
[06:11.18]For you and for me, freedom is a long-lost cause.