Qin zhong yin shi shou wu xian 秦中吟十首 五弦

by Bai Juyi 白居易 (772–846)

Dynasty: Tang 唐 (618–907)

Notes: Alternative title: 五弦琴 This poem includes one or more characters that are incompatible with the database. They are marked by placeholders. You can find the characters in question under the following Unicodes: F[1] = [U+24CD9]

Included in: Peng Dingqiu 彭定求 (ed.). Quan Tang shi 全唐詩 (Complete Tang Poems) Beijing: Zhonghua shuju, 1985. 425.4676.

Translations

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清歌且罷唱,紅袂亦停舞。 趙叟抱五弦,宛轉當胸撫。 大聲F1若散,颯颯風和雨。 小聲細欲絕,切切鬼神語。 又如鵲報喜,轉作猿啼苦。 十指無定音,顛倒宮徵羽。 坐客聞此聲,形神若無主。 行客聞此聲,駐足不能舉。 嗟嗟俗人耳,好今不好古。 所以綠窗琴,日日生塵土。