June 12, 2008

angmo singing



putting bananas to shame.
shame on us all.
his pronouciation is so clear ey?
& for such a good cause too.
xx

awe...you feeling me?

Translation

The brush outlines a beautiful pattern, brush strokes becoming lighter

The peony on the bottle, simplest beauty, just like you

Whiffs of incense smoke bring your troubles to my heart

I pause halfway while painting

The glazing of the lady's portrait hides her charm

Your smile, to me, like a budding flower

But your beauty dissipates like smoke, to a place I can never reach

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you

From a thousand miles away, I gaze at the curling chimney smoke

The calligraphy beneath the bottle, elegance of the Han Dynasty

Our meeting I foreshadowed*

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you

The moonlight smudged away the remnants of our ending

Like legendary porcelain obsessed with itself, your eyes full of laughter

Those blue carp seem to come alive on the white bowl

While I am imitating the Song inscription I'm thinking of you

The eon of secrets you buried in the kiln

It's exquisiteness like an embroidery needle

The banana tree outside brought the sudden downpour, and in turn the copper rust on the door handle

My passing by Jiangnan brings me to you

You fade away into the deep abyss of the Chinese painting

Overview: This song makes use of the metaphor of porcelain to describe love and separation. Separation doesn't always have to be painful and sad, it can be inscribed for life in memories and in the heart, just like paintings on porcelain, glazed and fixed for eternities. The pain and the sadness can pass with time, but the beauty of the love will always stay. bifang.multiply.com

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