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My love is a red rose.

That's newly sprung in June;

It will open in early June.

Oh, my Luve is like the melody

My love is a beautiful melody.

That's sweetly played in tune.

Sweet as heavenly music.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

You are a beauty of unparalleled grace, young lady.

So deep in love am I;

My feelings for you are deep and enduring.

And I will love thee still, my Dear,

I will love you forever, my dear.

Till a' the seas gang dry.

Until the seawater had completely dried up.

Halfway through her song, many audience members started singing along with her, and even Barbara on the judges' panel began humming along.

Even though Edith stopped singing after the first half, the audience helped her finish the second half:

"Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,

Until the sea has dried up, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi' the sun;

The rocks also rotted from the sun.

I will love thee still, my Dear,

I will love you forever, my dear.

While the sands o' life shall run.

As long as the hourglass of life keeps turning.

And fare thee weel, my only love!

Goodbye, my love of this life!

And fare thee weel awhile!

A brief separation has kept us apart!

And I will come again, my love,

I will come back, my love.

Though it were ten thousand mile.

Even though it is separated by countless rivers and mountains.

"A Red, Red Rose" is a well-known folk song in Mondstadt, as famous as "The Legend of Vanessa," and is a love song that almost every young man knows.

Its language is simple and concise, its emotions are passionate and catchy, and it has the characteristics of Mondstadt folk songs. What is most special is that it also has the accent of Jingfugang. For example, "love" is pronounced as "luve" and "go" is pronounced as "gang", which are all Jingfugang dialect. Well, because the author of this song is a villager from Jingfugang.

Moreover, despite its simple wording, the poem is very particular about its meter. Odd-numbered lines are iambic tetrameter, and even-numbered lines are iambic trimeter. Furthermore, the poem enhances its rhythmic quality through a progressive manner. Anyone who hears this poem can feel how sincere, steadfast, and unwavering the poet's love is, even unto death.

When Han Fulai listened to this song, he almost subconsciously thought of the theme song of a certain Chinese TV series, a song with lyrics by Qiong Yao and music by Power Station, which was a classic that everyone knew and sang back then.

When the mountain peaks have no sharp edges

When the river no longer flows

When time stands still, day and night are indistinguishable

When heaven and earth and all things turn into nothingness

I still can't break up with you.

I can't break up with you

Your gentleness is my greatest wish in this life.

He genuinely felt that the Mondstadt people should make a period drama like "Laurence the Gloria" and use this song as the theme song—it's a pity there aren't any embellishments in the lyrics, otherwise he would have translated it on the spot and sung it back to the Mondstadt people.

With just one song, she captivated the entire audience and even won over the judges' emotions... Dr. Edith is definitely a formidable opponent.

Han Fulai was certainly aware of Edith's strategy. In this atmosphere, if his work was even slightly inferior, he would definitely be booed by the entire audience.

The strength of bard poetry truly lies in the word "song." Simply reciting poems is ultimately not as pleasant as singing.

But... it's just singing, right?

The song you sang was "Red Rose"? I can sing it too!

Chapter 275 The Red of Roses, A Dream Easily Wounded

Suddenly, Han Fulai raised his hand.

"Mr. Wendy, host, I have a favor to ask—could you please provide the accompaniment?"

"Accompaniment?" Wendy blinked.

Han Fulai nodded and said, “In Liyue, there has always been the saying of ‘Four Friends of the Study,’ namely ‘music, chess, calligraphy, and painting.’ I have some knowledge of music and lyrics, and inspired by Miss Edith just now, I would like to compose a song with the title ‘Red Rose.’ However, I already have the lyrics and music, but I am not very proficient in playing the lyre… So I would like to ask Mr. Wendy for your help.”

The audience below the stage were naturally the most excited after hearing Han Fulai's words.

This is a live song composition!

To not only write original lyrics but also compose music within a minute—what kind of difficulty is that? Even Barbatos himself couldn't accomplish that! It's surprising that this Liyue native describes it as a common skill that every Liyue poet possesses…

The Liyue Poet is terrifying!

Of course, it's not an exaggeration for Han Fu to say that he was somewhat proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. As the top Chinese literature student back then, he would naturally know a little bit of these arts and skills. However, due to his family's limited resources, the "music, chess, calligraphy and painting" he knew were "harmonica, Go, calligraphy and map drawing"—in short, all of which were very inexpensive and could be learned without spending much money.

But the bards in Mondstadt use lyre for their poems, and he wouldn't know how to play them if you gave them to him.

The song he wanted to sing would inevitably lack something without musical accompaniment—fortunately, there was Teyvat's best bard as the host, and this best bard was counting on him to win the championship so he could get his hands on the "Sky Harp"...

So he caught Wendy doing something wrong on the spot.

Wendy's eyes darted around, and she understood Han Fulai's idea: "Oh, I see... No problem, sing the song for me first."

Han Fulai didn't stand on ceremony and immediately hummed his song "Red Rose" softly.

Wendy listened to it once and already knew what it meant: "Oh, this piece... is it a 'slow rock'? Hmm, I can play it now."

Mondstadt's bards originated from pastoral ballads, which were already circulating in Mondstadt long before Barbatos ascended to the position of the wind god. To trace its historical origins, one could probably go back to the era of the "Lone King in the Tower" three thousand years ago.

In fact, the image of "Wendy" that Barbatos uses now comes from his friend from 2,600 years ago, an unknown young poet.

Barbatos, the "god of poetry," made significant contributions by elevating and popularizing the art form of bard poetry.

To draw an analogy, the bard poems of the past were like the Book of Songs or ancient folk songs, but after Barbatos ascended to godhood, he popularized Mondstadt's bard poems as "Tang and Song poetry," making them famous throughout Teyvat—after all, he could fly all over the world and sing them everywhere.

This tradition, passed down for thousands of years, has solidified Mondstadt's bard poetry into the "Mondstadt style," which is essentially "folk song style." The way it is sung, in professional terms, should be called "low-vocal singing."

Just like Wendy's opening performance, she only needed to hum softly at a talking volume, yet the large audience could hear her clearly. Subtle artistic touches, such as a soft sigh or a small pause, were all meticulously rendered.

Because of this art form, the music of Mondstadt bards is mostly in the form of "background music," with beautiful melodies but few ups and downs, simple and casual.

However, Mondstadt's folk style struggles to carry songs with strong emotional overtones.

In contrast to the folk songs of Mondstadt, there are the operas of Liyue and the rock music of Fontaine, whose forms of expression are naturally different from bard poems.

Liyue's operas range from highbrow to lowbrow, with elegant tunes like the zither and the guzheng, and more rustic tunes like the gongs and drums. Fontaine's rock music, on the other hand, is dominated by guitar and double bass, full of strong rhythm and rebellious spirit, always expressing youth and shouting, with extremely strong emotional color.

Of course, it's impossible for an ordinary Mondstadt bard to be proficient in the music theories of several different countries—but he is Wendy, the "god of poetry."

He is not only proficient in the vocal music of the seven kingdoms, but also quite familiar with the music of other worlds—after all, Mondstadt has Iris who is always traveling to other worlds.

Wendy adjusted the xylophone "Felin" slightly, then rested it on his arm and plucked the strings. The deep prelude resounded throughout the venue. He played a seven-stringed instrument with the flavor of a violin.

—In fact, the violin on Earth evolved from the "playing the violin in the upper arm".

Upon hearing the familiar prelude, Han Fulai turned to the audience, took a deep breath, and slowly began to sing:

“Stuck in dreams that I cannot wake from

I dream of a dream I can't wake up from.

Wonderful is it good to say

Red Line, under house arrest

All excitements' turning into the pain

All that remains of stimulation is the pain of exhaustion.

There's nothing left to gain

No longer indifferent

Trying to escape everyday

When hugging you from behind

Please turn your sorrow face away

What I was really looking forward to was her face.

Getting rid of the fakes

It's really ironic.

How can I say, hope it's not too late

I don't quite understand, but I desperately want you to.

The first few lines of the intro had already given Mondstadt's listeners an experience they had never had before; it was the first time they had tasted the pop flavor from the Chinese music scene in another world.

Barbara's eyes sparkled on the judges' panel. She recognized the song as the "idol song" that Aunt Alice had brought her, only the style seemed to be different from Alice's preference—but both were very beautiful!

Han Fulai's performance was getting better and better.

As emotions were released, each lyric struck the hearts of the listeners like a heavy hammer:

“Is happiness too light too severe

Is happiness too light to be heavy?

Overused care turns into demure

Overuse causes no itching or pain

Fully ripe, appearance unclear

Ripe, red, and hollow pupils

finally drained but no end to reverse

Finally emptied out, finally ended without a conclusion.

What's unattainable forever stirs

What you can't get is always in turmoil