Notes and references for 一蓑烟雨 (张新成)

Subbed this song last Sunday and only looking at it again today. I figured I should take note of my references so I can find them again...

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It's the promotional song for what appears to be a musical about... poetry?? Su Dongpo?? Even though I am, as gixininja puts it, "out of the pit", I'm still very happy to hear ZXC sing this! He gets to utilize his toolkit as a musical actor more fully, which I like. I know I'm biased because I just read the lyrics, but I love the operatic flair in the verses and the way it genuinely evokes a sense of there being an audience to hear a recitation.

I'm still very ??? at the song because I don't read Chinese poetry, don’t know anything about Su Dongpo’s life, and have no idea how to read poetic language, and was mostly Googling phrases and playing connect-the-dots. (Never mind preserving the structure and flow when I'm still chewing over everything.)

Notes

一山一水 一扁舟 / 一路烟尘 一世游 / 一俯一仰 一声笑 / 一轮明月 一江秋

Reference: 一字诗 (陈沆)—this poem is borrowed almost word-for-word, and sets up the structure of the entire song (made of the character for "one"): "一帆一桨一渔舟，一个渔翁一钓钩。 / 一俯一仰一场笑，一江明月一江秋。"

缘来缘去 / 一程去留浑无意

Notes: The overall feeling for me is that fate comes and goes like the flowing river that appears in the first verse, and there's nothing you can do about it. It's still unclear to me whose 去留 is to be 无意'd. 一程 makes it feel like a crucial stage in one's life, maybe?

谁怨谁怕 / 一蓑烟雨任平生

Reference: 定风波·莫听穿林打叶声 (苏轼): "竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，谁怕？一蓑烟雨任平生。"

几时归去 / 对 一张琴 / 一壶酒 一溪云

Reference: 行香子·述怀 (苏轼): "几时归去，作个闲人。对一张琴，一壶酒，一溪云。 "

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