Oct 7, 2007

LISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SING THE POEM OCT 7, 2007
LISTEN TO THE TEXT JUNE 10,2006

The more things I have learned, the more shortages that I have realized in my art and music learning and creating works.

Today, I wanted to create a new picture for the classical poem, but, after hearing the music that I had created for it and my singing one year ago, I felt the quality was bad no matter the music or my singing. So, even though time was 9:00pm already, I re-wrote the music and re-recorded it. I was a little bit tired for I have worked for over 10 hours, so, I did not satisfy with my own work yet. I will re-sing it in the coming time and I will create a new picture for this poem later...

Just hope my effort here will be a little bit help to you to learn Chinese culture and Chinese language.

I like this poem for it has written out the profile of the bamboo in a garden -- as a gentleman with a beautiful personality.

I have introduced some poems by the same poet and I have made some links for you and hope they are help to you to review them... :-)

No. 3: Chinese Classical Poem 0072 & Shirley Created Music-0062: Wang Dongting -- Look at Dongting Lake

No. 2: Chinese Classical Poem--0043 & Shirley Created Music-0032: Ting Zhu -- Bamboo

No.1: Chinese Classical Poem--0024: Zhuzhi Ci -- Bamboo Branch Lyrics

MAIN MEANING OF THE PEOM   
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Dews have cleaned down the rouge on your knots,
wind is waving your branches as green jade,
showing you natural body and beautiful qualities.
You are gentle and soft as a gentleman,
with a strong vitality
You can grow up anyplace...
  
NEW WORDS:

Note: Please hit any Chinese character that you need helped, to see its Chinese pinyin, pronunciation, meaning and follow me to read it.


CHINESE CHARACTER AND PRONUNCIATION

庭竹 -- ting zhu

刘禹锡 (唐) -- liu Yuxi (Tang)

露涤铅华节 -- lu ti qianhua jie，
风摇青玉枝 -- feng yao qingyu zi。
依依似夫子 -- yiyi si fuzi，
无地不相宜 -- wu di bu xianyi。

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If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are welcomed.

Shirley Zhang
Re-Written, Re-edited and Re-recorded on Sun, Oct 7, 2007