[Luo Tianyi 洛天依] Orchid Pavilion [兰亭序]

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兰亭临帖 行书如行云流水 lan2 ting2 lin2 tie3 xing2 shu1 ru2 xing2 yun2 liu2 shui3 Practicing calligraphy at the Orchid Pavilion, the semi-cursive script resembling sailing clouds and flowing water 月下门推 心细如你脚步碎 yue4 xia4 men2 tui1 xin1 xi4 ru2 ni3 jiao3 bu4 sui4 Under the moon the door yielded to a gentle push, your thoughtfulness reflected in your fragile footsteps 忙不迭 千年碑易拓 却难拓你的美 mang2 bu4 die2 qian1 nian2 bei1 yi4 tuo4 que4 nan2 tuo4 ni3 de mei3 In haste, the one-thousand-year tablet is easy to copy, yet your beauty is not 真迹绝 真心能给谁 zhen1 ji1 jue2 zhen1 xin1 neng2 gei3 shui2 If the original script were gone, to whom would I give my heart? 牧笛横吹 黄酒小菜又几碟 mu4 di2 heng2 chui1 huang2 jiu3 xiao3 cai4 you4 ji2 die2 I was playing the flute over the rice wine and several dishes 夕阳余晖 如你的羞怯似醉 xi1 yang2 yu2 hui1 ru2 ni3 de xiu1 qie4 si4 zui4 The sun's setting rays were like your blushes as if drunk 摹本易写 而墨香不退与你共留余味 mo4 ben3 yi3 xie3 er2 mo4 xiang1 bu2 tui4 yu3 ni3 gong4 liu2 yu2 wei4 A copy is easy to make, and the fragrance of the ink did not fade away, like the remnants of your scent 一行朱砂 到底圈了谁 yi4 hang2 zhu1 sha1 dao4 di3 quan1 le shui2 A stripe of cinnabar, whose name after all did it circle? CHORUS: 无关风月 我题序等你回 wu2 guan1 feng1 yue4 wo3 ti2 xu4 deng3 ni3 hui2 No matter when, I write the preface while awaiting your return 悬笔一绝 那岸边浪千叠 xuan2 bi3 yi4 jue2 na4 an4 bian1 lang4 qian1 die2 Holding the brush with my arm in mid-air, I completed the character, the waves piled up against the shore 情字何解 怎落笔都不对 qing2 zi4 he2 jie33 zen3 luo4 bi3 dou1 bu2 dui4 But how could I understand the character "love"? Whatever stroke I started with always seemed wrong 而我独缺 你一生的了解 er2 wo3 du2 que1 ni3 yi4 sheng1 de liao3 jie3 because the one thing I lack, is the understanding of your life CHORUS 弹指岁月 倾城顷刻间烟灭 tan2 zhi3 sui4 yue4 qing1 cheng2 qin3 ke4 jian1 yan1 mie4 Years passed in a snap of fingers, beauty vanished in an instant 青石板街 回眸一笑你婉约 qing1 shi2 ban3 jie1 hui2 mou2 yi2 xiao4 ni3 wan3 yue1 On the bluestone alley, you glanced back and smiled with grace and restraint 恨了没 你摇头轻叹谁让你蹙着眉 hen4 le mei2 ni3 yao2 tou2 qing1 tan4 shui2 rang4 ni3 cu4 zhe mei2 Have you regretted or not? You shook your head and sighed. Who put a frown on your face? 而深闺 徒留胭脂味 er2 shen1 gui1 tu2 liu2 yan1 zhi1 wei4 And deep in the lady's chamber, the smell of the rouge lingered in vain 人雁南飞 转身一瞥你噙泪 ren2 yan4 nan2 fei1 zhuan3 shen1 yi4 pie3 ni3 qin2 lei4 As geese flew south in a v-pattern, I turned around and caught a glimpse of your tears 掬一把月 手揽回忆怎么睡 ju1 yi4 ba3 yue4 shou3 lan3 hui2 yi4 zen3 me shui4 Holding a handful of moonlight in my hands, how could I sleep with those memories? 又怎么会 心事密缝绣花鞋针针怨对 you4 zen3 me hui4 xin1 shi4 mi4 feng2 xiu4 hua1 xie2 zhen1 zhen1 yuan4 dui4 And how could the matters of your heart be so tightly sewn into the embroidered shoes, with every pair of stitches so filled with resentment? 若花怨蝶 你会怨着谁 ruo4 hua1 yuan4 die2 ni3 hui4 yuan4 zhe shui2 If the flower resented the butterfly, whom would you resent? CHORUS 无关风月 我题序等你回 wu2 guan1 feng1 yue4 wo3 ti2 xu4 deng3 ni3 hui2 No matter when, I write the preface while awaiting your return 悬笔一绝 那岸边浪千叠 xuan2 bi3 yi4 jue2 na4 an4 bian1 lang4 qian1 die2 Holding the brush with my arm in mid-air, I completed the character, the waves piled up against the shore 情字何解 怎落笔都不对 qing2 zi4 he2 jie33 zen3 luo4 bi3 dou1 bu2 dui4 But how could I understand the character "love"? Whatever stroke I started with always seemed wrong 而我独缺 你一生的了解 er2 wo3 du2 que1 ni3 yi4 sheng1 de liao3 jie3 because the one thing I lack, is the understanding of your life CHORUS 无关风月 我题序等你回 wu2 guan1 feng1 yue4 wo3 ti2 xu4 deng3 ni3 hui2 No matter when, I write the preface while awaiting your return 手书无愧 无惧人间是非 shou3 shu1 wu2 kui4 wu2 ju4 ren2 jian1 shi4 fei1 These handwritten words have no qualms, not afraid of the rights and wrongs of the human world 雨打蕉叶 又潇潇了几夜 yu3 da3 jiao1 ye4 you4 xiao1 xiao1 le ji3 ye4 The rain has been striking the banana leaves, the whistling and pattering having lasted for several nights 我等春雷 来提醒你爱谁 wo3 deng3 chun1 lei2 lai2 ti2 xing3 ni3 ai4 shui2 I await the spring thunder to remind you who you really love