Daih Fwz Doengh / The Vow Beneath the Wings / 翼下之誓
[Style of Music] Zhuang Mountain Covenant Chant (盟誓调) × slow gong resonance mode × ancient choral progression (Tempo: 50 BPM; solemn, ritual tone; overlapping male-female dialogue chant) [Instrumentation] Main Vocals: dual chant — Hanvueng (bass-baritone) & Boux Vuengz (baritone-tenor) Female Chorus: echoes of the “winged vow,” sustained drone Instruments: Niutuiqin for ancestral hum (low, bowed) Bronze drum for vow beats (triplet pattern: 3–3–4) Bawu and Hulusi in soft descending intervals Reed flute ensemble forming the vow’s cadence motif Percussive stones marking the fall of feathers [Sound Design Notes] Tempo: 50 BPM Mode: F Aeolian → D Mixolydian Dynamics: gradual layering crescendo to Bridge, dissolve into unison whisper Reverb tail: 10.3 s Surround mix: Heaven voice rear-top, Earth voice front-bottom; echo panning L→R 0.5s delay
Daih Fwz Doengh / The Vow Beneath the Wings / 翼下之誓
[Style of Music] Zhuang Mountain Covenant Chant (盟誓调) × slow gong resonance mode × ancient choral progression (Tempo: 50 BPM; solemn, ritual tone; overlapping male-female dialogue chant) [Instrumentation] Main Vocals: dual chant — Hanvueng (bass-baritone) & Boux Vuengz (baritone-tenor) Female Chorus: echoes of the “winged vow,” sustained drone Instruments: Niutuiqin for ancestral hum (low, bowed) Bronze drum for vow beats (triplet pattern: 3–3–4) Bawu and Hulusi in soft descending intervals Reed flute ensemble forming the vow’s cadence motif Percussive stones marking the fall of feathers [Sound Design Notes] Tempo: 50 BPM Mode: F Aeolian → D Mixolydian Dynamics: gradual layering crescendo to Bridge, dissolve into unison whisper Reverb tail: 10.3 s Surround mix: Heaven voice rear-top, Earth voice front-bottom; echo panning L→R 0.5s delay
Lyrics
🕊️ “Hanvueng: Daih Fwz Doengh / The Vow Beneath the Wings / 翼下之誓”
🔗 Wikipedia: 韩雾翁 / Hanvueng (Zhuang Epic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanvueng
Act I – Scene IV: “Daih Fwz Doengh / The Vow Beneath the Wings / 翼下之誓”
Verse 1
天光覆翼，地影藏心，
祖王跪于风声里，
鹅王垂目如泪，
光中开誓之门。
“Daih fwz doengh saeq…”
“The vow was born beneath the wings.”
Verse 2
天曰：以歌为律，
地曰：以血为名，
光与声共立，
名与命共生。
“Fwz han vuengz fai…”
“Thus heaven spoke, and the earth agreed.”
Chorus 1
羽落为印，风响为约，
歌为桥，泪为河，
誓成于天，记存于人。
“Doengh faengh ndaemh fai!”
“The vow endures within the breath.”
Verse 3
祖王抬头望翼，
问曰：此誓可改？
鹅王应曰：可断可亡，
唯不可忘。
“Boux vuengz ndaemh fwz…”
“No light may erase remembrance.”
Verse 4
风绕羽成光纹，
声穿山化回音，
天心静，地心燃，
誓中藏神与人。
“Doengh faengh ndaemh saeq…”
“The vow holds both silence and fire.”
Chorus 2
光如刃，词如花，
羽舞祭台下，
人立天下誓，
天印人之华。
“Hanvueng dai faengh!”
“Heaven sealed the bloom of man.”
Bridge
三声鼓，三滴泪，
三羽坠，三界合，
一誓定天人之途，
一光开生死之门。
“Fwz Boux Vuengz faengh…”
“The threefold vow was made.”
Chorus 3
羽声重叠，风息无声，
祖王之影化山，
鹅王之泪成雨，
天地在誓中重生。
“Doengh faengh fwz raeq!”
“All things were bound in vow.”
Chorus 4
天鸣，地唱，
羽落，光亮，
誓之名化为族之魂，
永存人心，久照天光。
“Hanvueng fai raeq fwz!”
“The vow became the soul of all tribes.”
Outro
翼收光，风息声，
祖王起立，手覆羽痕，
天之誓，地之情，
此后长在人间生。
“Daih fwz doengh faengh — Boux vuengz ndaemh fai.”
“Beneath the wings, the vow was sung, and man became keeper of heaven’s song.”
Lighting & Visual Cue
Start: dim bronze → soft white
Feather-projection arc with dynamic shimmer (Node: feather_ring_loop.mov)
Bridge: triple light flash in sync with bronze drum beats (symbolizing “Three Vows”)
Outro: feather ring contracts into single golden beam, fading into darkness
Sound Design Notes
Tempo: 50 BPM
Mode: F Aeolian → D Mixolydian
Dynamics: gradual layering crescendo to Bridge, dissolve into unison whisper
Reverb tail: 10.3 s
Surround mix: Heaven voice rear-top, Earth voice front-bottom; echo panning L→R 0.5s delay
🕊️ End of Act I – Scene IV: “Daih Fwz Doengh / The Vow Beneath the Wings / 翼下之誓”
“Where vow and wind entwine, the soul of humankind was born.”
Stage Design
A glowing sky-bridge of white feathers arches over the stage.
Hanvueng stands aloft upon it; Boux Vuengz kneels beneath, hands pressed to the earth.
Every time a vow is sung, a feather drops, glowing before vanishing into mist.
Behind them, a great circular glyph — the Seal of Heaven — rotates slowly in light.