腹有詩書氣自華（Radiance from Within) :Dedicated to Chinese Poet Su Shi
Style / Genre: Chinese classical fusion with modern strings and piano. Mood: Calm, wise, and uplifting — expressing Su Shi’s serenity, humor, and inner brilliance. (A quiet joy rising from simplicity; light blooming from the heart.) Instruments: Guqin, Guzheng, Erhu, Pipa, Xiao, Piano, and Violin.Soft percussion (konghou or drum brushes) for gentle rhythm. Male Bariton Vocal
腹有詩書氣自華（Radiance from Within) :Dedicated to Chinese Poet Su Shi
Style / Genre: Chinese classical fusion with modern strings and piano. Mood: Calm, wise, and uplifting — expressing Su Shi’s serenity, humor, and inner brilliance. (A quiet joy rising from simplicity; light blooming from the heart.) Instruments: Guqin, Guzheng, Erhu, Pipa, Xiao, Piano, and Violin.Soft percussion (konghou or drum brushes) for gentle rhythm. Male Bariton Vocal
Lyrics
Intro
竹影疏疏山月斜，一壺清酒對青花。
笑問浮生多少事，風過無痕留韻華。
Verse1
粗布衣裳裹年華，腹有詩書氣自嘉。
貧中自樂春常在，一盞清茶抵繁花。
Chorus
若得意，不過塵間客，笑把詔黃當紙鴉。
若失意，仍憑風月醉，淡雲流水是我家。
Final-Outro
胸藏詩書光未老，一笑風生氣自華。
English translation of the lyrics
Bamboo shadows lean beneath the moon,
a pot of wine beside blue porcelain gleams.
I ask the wind — how many dreams
can fade without a trace, yet still leave fragrance?
Coarse cloth wraps my fleeting years,
yet books and poems make the heart serene.
Joy abides in the quiet and plain,
one cup of tea outshines a thousand blooms.
If fortune smiles, I’m but a guest of dust,
laughing, I turn an imperial edict to paper cranes.
If fate declines, I drink with the moon and breeze
clouds and flowing water are my home.
Within my chest, the words still glow,
time cannot dim their grace.
With a smile, the wind begins to sing
true light rises from within.