经闭关自守, 无事
militaristic changgeuk fusion/martial industrial ballad, operatic male pansori voice, a capella, conch shell + waterphone + blåshorn textures, heartbreak, ritualistic, TR-909 gentle march pulse
经闭关自守, 无事
militaristic changgeuk fusion/martial industrial ballad, operatic male pansori voice, a capella, conch shell + waterphone + blåshorn textures, heartbreak, ritualistic, TR-909 gentle march pulse
Lyrics
Use enharmonic synemmenon aeolian mode for all harmonic elements
Voice: forlorn pleurnichard bass-baritone (Darren White style and colour) with prominent han (한) squillo, forza and microtonal bends, melismatic microtonal modal phrasing with gentle vibrato, bends on final syllables, zero rapping, slow, deliberate shirabyoshi phrasing, doubled characters indicate melisma in one breath
Inspiration song: Anathema - "Deep"
lyrics in chinese, standard mandarin pronunciation + korean
apply sidechain compression
Fade-in, a capella low hum on tonal center, slow melisma
嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯...
(嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯嗯)
Intro -- 16 bars instrumental
Verse 1
去了漱石枕流.
将会枯木逢春?
独来独往此世.
不过琐人隐逸.
Hanja reading:
거료수석침류.
장회고목봉춘?
독래독왕차세.
불과쇄인은일.
Chorus
* 掩卷独坐日日,
* 不可自得其乐.
* 去了远离尘嚣,
* 看破红尘不了.
Hanja reading:
* 엄권독좌일일.
* 불가자득기악.
* 거료원리진효.
* 간파홍진불료.
Instrumental -- 16 bars
Verse 2
君曰舍己从人.
闭目塞听易呢?
高人隐逸只忍.
与世无争还能?
Hanja reading:
군왈사기종인.
폐목색청역니?
고인은일지인.
여세무쟁환능?
Chorus
Instrumental -- 16 bars
Verse 3
与世隔绝, 而活.
云深不知处君.
隐遁山林无用,
若不看破红尘.
Hanja reading:
여세격절, 이활.
운심불지처군.
은둔산림무용,
약불간파홍진.
Final Chorus - layered voicing
* 掩卷独坐日日,
* 엄권독좌일일.
* 不可自得其乐.
* 불가자득기악.
* 去了远离尘嚣,
* 거료원리진효.
* 看破红尘不了.
* 간파홍진불료.
Instrumental variation -- 16 bars
Outro
Drum breakdown, kick-bass rolls
山水聚光灯无.
闭关修炼何益?
无妻无家无君,
弱不禁风, 无已.
おおお…おおお…
(おおお…おおお…)
산수취광등무.
폐관수련하익?
무처무가무군,
약불금풍, 무이.
おおお…おおお…
(おおお…おおお…)
end
Translation with notes###
### After (I went into) seclusion, nothing happened
**Verse 1**
Gone now, to rinse stones, pillow on streams.
Will dead wood ever meet the spring?
Alone I come, alone I go, in this world—
Merely a petty recluse among men.
**Chorus**
Closing the book, sitting alone day by day,
Impossible to find joy by oneself.
Gone, far away from worldly clamor,
Yet still unable to see through the dust of life.
**Verse 2**
You say: abandon the self, follow others—
Is it so easy to shut eyes, to block ears?
The lofty man, the hermit, only endures;
Without contention, can he still live so?
**Verse 3**
Cut off from the world—yet still alive.
Clouds deepen: I know not where you are.
Retreating to forests and mountains is useless,
Unless one truly sees through the mortal dust.
**Final Chorus**
Closing the book, sitting alone day by day,
Impossible to find joy by oneself.
Gone, far away from worldly clamor,
Yet still unable to see through the dust of life.
**Outro**
Mountains, waters—no spotlights shine.
What use is closed-door cultivation?
No wife, no home, no you—
So frail, I cannot withstand the wind.
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✨ A few notes on the rendering:
* spotlights - baseball stardom and fame
* “红尘” (red dust/worldly life)
* poems builds on idioms related to cultivation and isolation
* korean lines echo the chinese lines, they are meaningless in korean. They consititute what is known as "sino-xenic" reading, that is the korean way of reading chinese characters.