“Heart Rising Bright Moon” is a song from Li Jian’s fifth album “Li Jian Still”, which Li Jian personally sang at the CCTV New Year Gala in 2012.I can’t remember how long I used to cycle the single “Heart Rising Bright Moon”. At first, I was attracted by the melody, and I also appreciated Li Jian’s voice. I slowly heard the lyrics and became familiar with them. I was surprised to see how well they were written!The entire lyrics, with five characters as a short sentence, give people a feeling particularly like five character quatrains. Coupled with a clear rhythm and rhythm of the music, it is somewhat catchy like a children’s song. Is there a feeling of being both high-end and approachable for all ages?
Look at the words again. If the lyrics can be regarded as some form of poetry, the words in the entire poem “Heart Rising to the Bright Moon” are very plain, and there is no carving at all. The vernacular language that can be understood by elementary school students is as if the author had written it casually in a very casual state.
But the beauty lies in the fact that the artistic conception and spiritual theme conveyed by such plain and plain lyrics are not simple.
At the beginning of the song, there is a vivid and open picture: “Birds return to the mountains and the sun sets in the East China Sea. The green mountains follow the clouds, and the earth follows the rivers.”
Then, with scenery and emotion, I raised my inner confusion and questions: “Who is waiting for me to be taken in affectionately, and how does the vast world place me?”
Finally, my heart suddenly opened up and I realized, “It’s so picturesque, but it’s beyond reach. Why should we reach each other? We share the same heaven and earth. The sea rises and the moon shines, and we have a panoramic view.”
The last sentence answers the puzzle at the beginning: “This beautiful world already has you. I already have this beautiful world.”
Yes, heaven and earth are there, all beautiful scenery and things are there, and beautiful feelings are there. These beautiful things can be seen in our eyes, and we can truly feel them.
So why must we be “accessible”? They already have me, and I have them.
With this intention, the height of the song is no longer limited to small feelings, small love, and small exclamations, but becomes grand and ambitious. Let this song, whether in the literary, philosophical, melodic, or final interpretation of the lyrics, reach a first-class level, worthy of being one of Li Jian’s classic works!
From this perspective, is there a very familiar feeling? Yes, it immediately reminded me of the famous Northern Song Dynasty literary scholar Su Shi’s “Ode to the Red Cliff”: “The passage of time is like this, but it has never been passed away; those who are full and empty are like that, and those who die do not grow or decline.”
This word describes Su Shi and his friends sailing on a moonlit night, starting with a sigh of scenery, leading to a friend’s lament of nostalgia for the past and sadness for the present, and finally, the author’s insight into freeing his friends and achieving spiritual liberation. The pattern is lofty and inspiring, and in adversity, one can maintain an open-minded, detached, optimistic, and adaptable spirit.
It can be said that Li Jian is worthy of being a full reader of poetry and books. The style of writing used by great literary scholars is so skillful and easy to use, and only takes its spirit, which is similar to the “Ode to the Red Cliff”.
Some listeners still feel that “Heart Rising to the Bright Moon” is a love song with a theme about “secret love”, and even began to ask Li Jian if he had a secret love affair with someone in his heart.
Li Jian himself once said that this song “Heart Rising Bright Moon” is not a song about secret love.
Of course, different people listening to the same song, reading the same article, and reading the same poem will definitely have different feelings and insights. This is the charm of literature and art. Recipients can have different interpretations based on their own circumstances.
In addition, it is worth noting that Li Jian once mentioned in an interview the lyrics from “The Heart Rises to the Bright Moon”: “The green mountains follow the clouds, and the earth follows the river.”. He said he was using irony to describe a relationship between motion and stillness.
As everyone knows, it should actually be clouds walking and rivers flowing. When he writes, he deliberately reverses it, highlighting a sense of following love and beauty.
Why meet each other when you meet, why stay together when you love, it’s enough for me to be with you in heaven and earth. This is not a simple love song, but an insight into all the good things in life.
Of course, this song can also be regarded as an interpretation of the ideal of life.
In reality, perhaps we cannot achieve the ideal in our hearts, but in any case, as long as we still have our dreams, we can still have a beautiful world, because the beautiful world is there, in our eyes and hearts.
I like Li Jian’s lyrics! As he commented on the trainees in “Good Voice”, “If there is more content in the lyrics, it will be better.”. Strive to make the lyrics more meaningful, which is the highlight of Li Jian’s lyrics!
