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 LISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SING THE POEM OCT 1, 2007
LISTEN TO THE TEXT OCT 1,2007
 Via Google, a friend found the poem that I had translated in 2005 and my little web site. When I re-viewed what I had worked 2 years ago, I did feel that I should improve it as soon as possible. After all, then, I had not saved any new words into the database and I just started to create my own music to match it. Every thing was in the beginning...
So, today, I would like to re-work on it in my holiday, to re-record the text, music and singing for you once more.
This is a great send-off poem by Tang Dynasty poet Gao Shi, it is famous for its last two lines -- Mo Chou Qianlu Wu Zhiji, Tianxia Shuiren to Shi Jun -- Don't worry for not having a bosom friend on your traveling road ahead, who does not know you as a famous musician in the world?
I enjoy it for it was encouraging a friend who would go on his long and hard traveling road in a heavy snow with a very optimistic and positive life attitude...
As one of my favorite poems, I had translated it and had written a piece of music to match it at very early time, when I just found of the little web site...
For making a memory, I have made a link of my work earlier below, and hope you find that I have made a little bit progress now...:-)
Shirley Created Music For Chinese Classical Poem--011: Bie Dong Da -- A Farewell Song For Dong Da In Dec, 2005
I do hope the effort of mine will be a little bit help to you to learn Chinese culture and language.
MAIN MEANING OF THE PEOM
LISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SING THE POEM
 Thousand miles yellow clouds
are covering the white sunlight,
the north wind is carrying the flying snow flowers,
to send off the wild geese flying to the South.
Do not worry for not having a bosom friend
on your road ahead,
Who does not know you
as a famous musician in the world?
Another Translation By Beijing Star-light Translation Center:
A Farewell Poem to Dong Da
by Gao Shi
The sun in dimly white,
the 1000-Li clouds yellow,
The cold wind blows the wild geese in drifting snow.
Don’t worry about any bosom friend ahead of road;
All over the native land,
everyone knows you.
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 CHARACTERS AND PRONUNCIATION:
LISTEN TO SHIRLEY TO SING THE POEM
别董大
高适 ( 唐 )
千里黄云白日曛,
北风吹雁雪纷纷。
莫愁前路无知己,
天下谁人不识君。
 If you have any questions, comments and suggestions, please write to shirley@ebridge.cn , or shirleyz004@yahoo.com, You are welcomed.
Shirley Zhang
Written, Edited and Recorded On Sun, Dec 4, 2005
Re-Writte, Re-edited and Re-recorded on Mon, Oct 1, 2007
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