The Door I Came Back To | A Modern Song from the Book of Songs | EP029

An original rain-washed pop song reimagined from “Dong Shan” in the Bin Airs of the Book of Songs. Original text: 我徂東山，慆慆不歸。 我來自東，零雨其濛。 伊威在室，蠨蛸在戶。 其新孔嘉，其舊如之何？ Our modern reading: We begin with a person returning through fine rain after a long absence: a room that is unfamiliar and missed, and an old life altered by what has changed. This reading does not turn the whole poem into one settled contemporary plot. Contemporary original creation: The suitcase, apartment threshold, plant, umbrella, quiet room, and the speaker of “The Door I Came Back To” are newly created for today. The poem does not directly specify a job, relationship, duration, or outcome. Original-text source: https://zh.wikisource.org/w/index.php... We record the boundary between the source poem, our modern reading, and this new song. #BookOfSongs #ClassicalPoetry #OriginalSong #Pop #TheSongsEnglish