Longing for the Spring Breeze Wang Chun Feng, 望春风

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Performed the Cleveland Chinese Music Ensemble of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, featuring guest vocalist Sandra Emmeline, for the 20th annual First Night Akron celebration, Thursday, December 31, 2015.

Personnel:
● Sandra Emmeline - voice (guest artist)
● Jay Xiao - xiao
● Qin Haochen - sheng
● David Badagnani - erhu
● Yan Ping Ye - pipa
● Yang Jin - zhongruan (guest artist)
● Rob Hassing - percussion
● Courtney Lambert - percussion

Location: Doric Room, 4th floor, Greystone Hall, Akron, Ohio, United States


《望春风》
Longing for the Spring Breeze

独夜无伴守灯下
In the lonely night, without company under the lamplight,
清风对面吹
A gentle breeze blows across my face.
十七八 未出嫁
Seventeen going on eighteen and still unmarried,
见着少年家
My eyes fall on a young man.
果然标致面肉白
Really handsome, and with a face so fair,
谁家人子弟
Whose family is he from?
想欲问伊惊歹势
I would like to ask him but am in such a fright,
心内弹琵琶
My heart fluttering like the plucking of a pipa.

想欲郎君作尪婿
Though I wish to make this playboy my husband,
意爱在心内
I keep my love inside.
待何时 君来采
Waiting for the time this gentleman comes to pluck
青春花当开
My flower of youth when it is in full bloom.
忽听外头有人来
Suddenly, I hear someone coming,
开门该看觅
And open the door to see who's there.
月老笑阮戇大獃
But the Yuelao [god of marriage] just laughed at me for being such a fool,
予风骗不知
Not realizing that I had been deceived by the breeze.

曲：邓雨贤/鄧雨賢
Music by Teng Yu-hsien (Hakka: Then Yí-hièn; Hokkien: Tēng Ú-hiân; 1906-1944), a Hakka musician from Taiwan Hakka musician
词：李临秋/李臨秋
Lyrics by Lee Lim-chhiu (Wade-Giles: Lee Lin-chiu; 1909-1979), a Taiwanese songwriter

The first recording was by the Taiwanese popular singer Sun-Sun 純純 (born Lau Chheng-hiong 劉清香, 1914-1943), and released in 1933 on 78-rpm record by Columbia Records, during the time of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan.