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2024 寻觅 (Searching)

by ArtIvanChew

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01 一步一步来 03:09
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十岁时候多可爱 样样都自在 二十青春像虹彩 tiao-kah zo-boh的年代 三十而立赚钱去 workhard playhard YOLO派 四十不惑拼上位 还会偶尔耍大牌 没人知道为什么 没人能够告诉我 如何一部一部来 没人知道为什么 没人能够告诉我 不如一部一部来 五十天命更精彩 算着如何升总裁 六十没到满身债 好像为了下一代 七十过来运没来 人生还是一片空白 闲来无事望云彩 人生可否再重来 没人知道为什么 没人能够告诉我 如何一部一部来 没人知道为什么 没人能够告诉我 不如一部一部来 童年总是心不在 （人生一部一部来） 闲来无事望云彩 （人生可否再重来 ）
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02 关雎 (在河之洲) 02:45
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关关雎鸠，在河之洲。窈窕淑女，君子好逑。 参差荇菜，左右流之。窈窕淑女，寤寐求之。 求之不得，寤寐思服。悠哉悠哉，辗转反侧。 参差荇菜，左右采之。窈窕淑女，琴瑟友之。 参差荇菜，左右芼之⑿。窈窕淑女，钟鼓乐之
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03 想你了 03:49
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04 槐花几时开 03:38
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05 美人卷珠帘 03:20
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06 过期的人 03:11
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等待有很多种。

爱情是无休止的寻觅和等待。对《关雎》中因为求之不得而辗转难眠的男子，以及《槐花几时开》中等待槐树开花，爱人归来羞涩少女来说，这种等待，是一种殷切的等待。

在夜晚淅淅沥沥的雨滴中，词人只见满地黄花、梧桐细雨，不见昔日爱人，眼前景物勾起多少过去的美好回忆！美人卷起珠帘一脸忧伤地等待谁？失去爱人的人寻寻觅觅，却再也回不到从前。这种等待，是痛苦的等待。

一幕一幕、一部一部来的人生也在等待中展开。年少时等待长大，长大后等待工作、升职、结婚、生子、退休。直到最后我们才发现，自己都成为过期的人，在晨光熹微的公园里，眯着眼睛向时间追讨着逝去的青春。这种等待，是无奈的等待。

无独有偶，这张专辑也在寻觅与等待中完成。作词人丽文和作曲/编曲人Ivan都是我失联十几二十年的老友，两人原来互不相识，后来音乐却意外地将我们的生命互相交织在一起。丽文自称自己是个不写诗的诗人，却是个心中有诗的人。Ivan是个自学成才的音乐人，作曲编曲出版一手包办。诗是灵魂，音乐是载体。三人将诗乐合一，完成了这张专辑。

我们仨在一个冠病肆虐的荒诞世界中共同创造了一个音乐与文字的绿洲。专辑在这几年中断断续续、停停走走、如今已是2024年。寻寻觅觅，但是我们一路并不冷清，等了三年，专辑终究完成。

感谢你们，我的朋友。

~ 敏文, 2024

[丽文的词部分收录在她2023年出版的诗集《人一辈子，要留10%给诗》<tinyurl.com/sgauntie333> 。其他歌词改编自中国古典诗词。画作自 choobkr <www.deviantart.com/choobkr>]

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There are many kinds of waiting.

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The search for love can be endless and involves waiting. The man in "Guanyong'' is sleepless because he cannot get the affection he seeks; the shy girl, "When will the locust tree bloom", who waits for the locust tree to bloom and for her lover to return. This type of waiting is an eager sort.

A poet stares at yellow flowers on the ground, as rain drizzles on the sycamore trees. With no sight of his former lover, what he sees in front of him evokes so many beautiful memories of the past. And, for whom does the sad/angry looking beauty await behind her beaded curtains? Some people yearn for past love. This kind of waiting is a painful sort.

Scene by scene, step by step, life waits to unfold. When we are young, we wait to grow up. When we grow up, we wait for a job, promotion, marriage, children, and retirement. It is only at the end, squinting our eyes in pursuit of lost youth – while sitting in the park under the dim light of morning – that we realise we have reached life’s expiry date. This sort of waiting is helpless.
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Coincidentally, this album was also completed while searching and waiting.

Lyricist Li Wen and composer/arranger Ivan are my old friends whom I reunited by chance after losing contact for more than ten to twenty years. The three of us created an oasis of music and words together in an absurd world while the coronavirus was raging.

Poetry is the soul and music is the carrier.

Liwen claims that she is a poet who does not write poetry, but she is a person who has poetry in her heart. Ivan is a self-taught musician who handles composing, arranging and publishing.

The album had been on and off in the past few years, and now it is 2024. Searching and searching, our journey was not abandoned. After the wait of three years, the album is finally completed.

Thank you, my friends.
~ Minwen, 2024

[Some of Liwen's lyrics can be found in her poetry collection "One Life, You Should Leave 10% for Poetry" published in 2023 <tinyurl.com/sgauntie333>. Other lyrics are adapted from ancient Classical Chinese poems. Artwork contributed by choobkr <www.deviantart.com/choobkr>]

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released March 1, 2024

"Hello friends, Ivan here. This album has been three years in the making, and completed with the help of three friends.

This is a Mandarin-Pop concept album with sung vocals by my talented friend and long-time musical collaborator, Minwen. Lyrics on tracks 01, 03, 06 are by a self-professed "SG Aunty" Liwen from her collection of original poems. All other lyrics are mostly adapted from ancient Classical Chinese poems. Artwork is by my kopi-buddy, choobkr.

Whether you understand Mandarin or not, I sincerely hope that you'll find some entertainment and enjoyment with some of the songs."

~ Ivan Chew, 2024

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作曲/编曲 (Composer/Arranger:)：Ivan Chew
演唱 (Vocals)：敏文
作词 (Lyrics) Tracks 01, 03, 06：丽文
画作 (Art)：choobkr

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