Songs from old poems

[zhwj]

I'm looking for songs whose lyrics are taken from existing poems. Some examples:

· 淡淡幽情 sung by 邓丽君 - contemporary settings of classical poetry

· 歌 music by 罗大佑 - taken from a 徐志摩 translation

· 匆匆 sung by 李建复 - excerpted from the 朱自清 prose-poem

· or even some of the net stuff put out by 西辞 with lyrics from 伊沙 and other poets.

[xiaoxiajenny]

王菲 但愿人长久

爱戴 彩云追月

梅艳芳 床前明月光

.... ..... ..... ......

[zhwj]

Thanks for the suggestions.

I have to say that I prefer Teresa Teng's version of 但愿人长久 over Faye Wong's.

I thought 爱戴 wrote the lyrics for a melody of 彩云追月 that had been around since the 30s.

Oh, and I remembered another one: 乡愁四韵 by 余光中:

给我一瓢长江水啊长江水

酒一样的长江水

醉酒的滋味

是乡愁的滋味

给我一瓢长江水啊长江水

It's a great song here.

[skylee]

紅豆詞 (Words from 紅樓夢 written by 曹雪芹)

滿江紅 (Words from poem of the same name written by 岳飛) (there are different versions)

教我如何不想她 (well the poem is not really that old as it was written by 劉半農)

再別康橋 (the poem was written by 徐志摩, and there are many different songs on this)

Teresa Tang's 淡淡幽情 album is superb. I've lost the cassette tape and have only recently bought back the CD again. I like 幾多愁, 芳草無情 and 思君.

[zhwj]

教我如何不想她 (well the poem is not really that old as it was written by 劉半農)

I remember a teacher playing an old, scratchy LP of this one day - I was under the impression that it was a collaboration between Liu and YR Chow, but the facts seem show that they wrote their pieces separately.

I kind of like 有谁知我此时情 on that album.