The horizon, the horizon, intimate friends are half scattered. A ladle of turbid wine makes me happy. Say goodbye to Meng Han tonight.
Outside the pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is blue. The evening breeze blows the flute, and the sunset is beyond the mountain.
The tune of Farewell is selected from the American song Dreaming of Home and Mother written by John P. Odway. Dreaming of home and mother is an "artist's song", which was popular in America in the late19th century. It is led by a white actor who painted his face, playing a black man, and the music is written in the style of black songs.
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During Li Shutong's stay in Japan, Ningen, a Japanese lyricist, wrote a lyric entitled "The Sorrow of Travel" with the melody of dreaming about home and mother. Li Shutong's farewell, written in 19 15, was adapted from Ningen's travel sadness.
Nowadays, Sadness of Travel is popular in Japan, and Farewell has become a classic in China. Shen Xingong once wrote a poem "Dream of Last Night" based on "Dream of Home and Mother", but in the end it didn't match the light of Li Shutong's "Farewell".