Believer (He Xuntian)

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Believer
by Xuntian He
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Believer [1] is a poem by He Xuntian [2] [3] [4] in 1993. Its chief subject matter is "Not for seeking after a better future life, but for meeting you on the way." [1]

He Xuntian Chinese musician

He Xuntian is a distinguished composer, creator of a new musical language and also a music composition professor at Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Contents

Poem

Believer (1993)

On the day
While closing my eyes in the mist of the sacred temple
I suddenly heard
The true world of your prayer

Prayer invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with a deity

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity, or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of thanksgiving or praise, and in comparative religion is closely associated with more abstract forms of meditation and with charms or spells.

In that month
I turned around all the prayer wheels
Not for the purpose of purification
But for caressing your finger tips

In that year
I knocked my head for a long time on the mountain path
Not for the purpose of pilgrimage
But for pressing near the warmth of your body

During that life
I turned around mountains, rivers, and Buddhist towers
Not for seeking after a better future life
But for meeting you on the way [1]

Source language:
信徒 (1993)
那一天
闭目在经殿香雾中
蓦然听见
你颂经中的真言
那一月
我拨动所有的转经筒
不为超度
只为触摸你的指尖
那一年
磕长头匍匐在山路
不为觐见
只为贴着你的温暖
那一世
转山转水转佛塔啊
不为修来生
只为途中与你相见 [1]

Inspiration

Cherry Prayer was inspired from Xuntian He’s poem "Believer" (1993).

<i>Cherry Prayer</i> song

Cherry Prayer( 樱桃祈祷文 ) is a work for solo piano, composed by He Xuntian in 2015.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Analysis of He Xuntian". Dissertation of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. January 2011.
  2. "He Xuntian, the Headline of Musical Works, 2013-08". Musical Works. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
  3. "He Xuntian, Cover of People's Music , 2001-06". People’s Music. Retrieved 2001-06-12.
  4. "The Music Is Etched on the Memory of All Generation". People’s Daily. Retrieved 2015-02-10.