Rain Bell (Cold cicadas mourn)
柳永
寒蝉凄切
对长亭晚
骤雨初歇
都门帐饮无绪
hán chán qī qiè
duì cháng tíng wǎn
zhòu yǔ chū xiē
dū mén zhàng yǐn wú xù
寒蝉凄切，对长亭晚，骤雨初歇。都门帐饮无绪……
Song ci farewell masterpiece—pavilion, rain, wordless parting.
宋词送别巅峰之一：长亭、骤雨、无绪。可与 song-bie、farewell 路径并读。
Cold cicadas mourn at the long pavilion; sudden rain just stopped; at the city gate, farewell without mood. Liu Yong’s Song ci is silence before speech—the body already knows. On EastSage’s farewell path, after Tang quatrains of toast and grass, this is Song lyric interiority: grief without heroic framing. The rhythm is slow, the images small. Today: the airport security line where you have nothing left to say but still must stand there.
离别前的沉默，有时比话更有重量。
Silence before parting can weigh more than speech.
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