Love Song of the West Sea (Daolang)

Since you left, I have no longer been gentle.

Waiting on this snowy mountain road for a long time, listening to the howling of the cold wind.

I can’t see the edge at a glance, and the wind cuts my face like a knife.

I can’t wait until the blue sky of the West Sea, and I can’t speak of this vast plateau.

But still Remember you promised me that you wouldn’t let me miss you,

But you followed the migratory bird returning south and flew so far.

Love is like a kite whose string is broken and cannot be pulled. Keep the promise you made.

I am waiting for the warm spring on the top of the snow-capped mountains,

Waiting for the lone wild goose to return after the ice and snow on the plateau melt.

Love No matter how hard it is to renew our relationship, we will never be able to return to our past.

The first two sentences, "Since you left, there will be no tenderness anymore" present a touching scene of lovers saying goodbye to the audience, and The protagonist's sad feelings after saying goodbye are also vividly expressed, that is, "Farewell to you, and also farewell to tenderness." The love in "my" heart has no object, and I will not show tender love to others, but in my heart I still have infinite "tenderness" for you, and I have a feeling of looking forward to your love returning. "Bye" is a very classic word that has many meanings. It not only expresses "farewell" to lovers and "farewell" to love, but also expresses a desire to look forward to the return of "tenderness". If "throw" is used, according to the interpretation of "active", when you leave, I also lose my tenderness, just like throwing away garbage, and the tenderness is gone. Is it necessary to "wait on this long road to the snowy mountain" later? If you follow the explanation of "losing something precious", you will be presented with a scene like this: the protagonist is lost, slovenly, and at a loss. He has a miserable and pitiful appearance, with no good intentions and no sympathy. Many people lament that Daolang's songs are obviously about broken love, but they are always written in such a "beautiful" way. Whether they are praying for "God's creations will care about you and don't let you change your appearance" or "Maybe I will never be able to leave in this life." Come into your life, but I have the courage to wait for you all my life" gives people this feeling. From this we think of the famous song "Butterfly Lovers". Such a tragic subject matter is written very poignantly, and its "beauty" is straight to the bone.

Next "Waiting on this snowy mountain road is long, still listening to the howling of the cold wind" "I can't see the edge at a glance, the wind is like a knife cutting my face" "I can't wait for the blue sky of the West Sea, I can't say this vastness plateau". Another picture was presented to us: the biting cold wind kept whistling around us, and a lonely figure looked towards the long snow-capped mountain road, but he could never see the end of the road, nor could he see you coming back. The figure is just a blur in the distance. Why does this cold winter seem so long? I have been very eager to see a patch of blue appear in the sky on the plateau of the West Sea (this should not be a real sea, it is said that the West Sea is another name for Qinghai). That will herald the arrival of spring, but There is always a vast expanse...

At the same time, this paragraph also explains that the background of the song is the West China Sea Plateau and snow-capped mountains.

"I still remember that you promised me that you would not let me lose you, but you followed the migratory bird returning south and flew so far. Love is like a kite with its string broken, unable to hold on to what you promised. promise". This describes the protagonist's deep yearning and concern for his lover after separation. When we parted, you said that you would keep in touch and would send letters back from time to time... But since the wild geese (in order to avoid duplication of context, I use "migratory birds" here, and "lone wild geese" below) returned south and you left, you I haven’t heard from you for a long time. How are you doing now? I want to "find you" not only because I miss you, but also because I miss you. But I still can't wait for your news. Has my love for you and me drifted away like a kite with a broken string? But we have an oath, do you still remember? The "won't let me miss you" here is just written upside down for the sake of rhyme. It seems wordy on the surface, but in fact it is handled very uniquely. "Love is like a kite with its string broken, and it can't hold the promise you made." Especially the "promise" that "can't hold" is another highlight in the lyrics, which corresponds to the previous "Farewell to tenderness".

Both use the analogy of "virtual objects becoming reality". The object of "pull" can only be an entity, but here it is "promise", which perfectly expresses the scene of a promise being "pulled" back but still gradually drifting away like a kite with a broken string. In "my" heart, the scene when you said you wouldn't let me miss you when we parted is still vivid in my mind. I have to work hard to "pull" you back, but have you gradually forgotten it? There is an active effort in "pull" here, which echoes the hope that love can return after the previous "farewell". So "Don't Be Gentle" and "La Nuoyan" are the essence of all the lyrics. Let’s talk about “lose” again here. If the previous “lose” is the second meaning, then it should echo “find” here, which is the search in the previous sentence “to lose you”. But the "you" here is physical, there is no "virtual object materialized", and it cannot correspond to the "virtual object materialized" metaphor of "Dui Wenwen", and the artistic conception is completely absent. So I think the change of "Don't be gentle" to "Lose gentleness" is a classic turned into a mess, which is intolerable.

"I am waiting hard for the warm spring on the top of the snow-capped mountains, waiting for the lone wild goose to return after the ice and snow on the plateau melt. It will be difficult for love to continue, and we will never be able to return to our past." This paragraph once again expresses " "I" have been eagerly looking forward to the return of my lover in the cold winter, and in "I"'s heart, I have always believed that "when spring comes and the ice and snow melt", "you" will definitely come back. During the long wait, there is still no news about the lover. The protagonist imagines this scene in his mind: spring has arrived, and only a lone goose returns from the south, and it seems that he is the lone goose, feeling "you" It will never come back, "our" love will never come back, and where will "I", the lone goose, fly mournfully under the vast sky...

Full song The lyrics are also very good in terms of rhyme. "hou", "rou", and "老" (near pronunciation) rhyme with "OU", and "bian", "face", "blue", "original" and "jian" , "Yuan", "Xian", "Yan", "Sky", "Yan" and "Qian" all overwhelm the rhyme of "AN", so it has a "catchy" feeling, coupled with beautiful tunes, it has " The charm of "big beads and small beads falling on the jade plate" has become an extremely classic work.

Some people suggested that this song and "One Night in Delingha" are connected into a story, and used this to defend the MV. I think it is completely subjective. The backgrounds of the two songs are completely different. Sandie pointed out had the same point of view. After all, movies and songs are different. Movies mainly tell stories, while songs are meant to express an emotion. It is undeniable that the creation background of the song may have a story, and when it appears as a musical work, it often transcends the story itself and is sublimated. This is true of "Butterfly Lovers", and so is "Ai Lipu and Sainaim". When you hear "I searched all over the Tianshan Mountains, I want to find you Sainaim", which listener still limits it to that legendary story? Woolen cloth? !