Ch 32 · Lesson 23

Song: 送别

Play it, read along word by word, then answer the questions. Every word is at your level - the song page teaches the few that are new.

Play the song and read along - tap any word you don't know. Then answer the questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

送别

sòngbié

Farewell

Lyrics

亭tíng,古gǔ,

芳fāng碧bì。

拂fú柳liǔ笛dí残cán,

夕xī阳yáng。

涯yá,,

落luò。

瓢piáo浊zhuó余yú,

今jīn宵xiāo寒hán。

Comprehension drill

4 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Words by Li Shutong (1880-1942, later the monk Hongyi), written 1915 and collected in 1927; melody is "Dreaming of Home and Mother" (1851) by John Pond Ordway (1824-1880). Public domain everywhere, with decades to spare on every strand. Source text. Translation ours.

Open the full song page for the background to the song.

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