紫竹调
(Zi Zhu Diao)
"This instrument is called Xiao, but in English it's known as a Chinese Purple Bamboo Flute! It's made of purple bamboo! That is the actual name of the wood. It's not really quite purple, so I don't know the origin of the name. It seems purple bamboo is the most common material to make this instrument, and the song seems to be based on it." -Louis
紫竹调
(Zi Zhu Diao)
Purple Bamboo Flute
Folk Song
Folk Song
(Chinese)
(English)
一 根 紫 竹 直 苗 苗
送 给 宝 宝 做 管 箫
箫 儿 对 着 口
口 儿 对 着 箫
箫 中 吹 出 新 时 调
小宝 宝
一滴一滴学会了
小宝 宝
一滴一滴学会了
A purple bamboo stalk is very straight
Make a flute out of it, give it to the baby,
Put the flute against the little mouth
The little mouth against the flute
Play a new tune,
Little baby
Learns little by little,
Little baby
Learns little by little.
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Notes
Pronunciation
Yī gēn zǐ zhú zhí miáo miáo
sòng gěi bǎo bǎo zuò guǎn xiāo
xiāo er duì zhe kǒu
kǒu er duì zhe xiāo
xiāo zhōng chuī chū xīn shí diào
xiǎo bǎo bǎo
yī dī yī dī xué huì le
xiǎo bǎo bǎo
yī dī yī dī xué huì le
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Louis Lima for sharing this song, the photo and YouTube video!
Translation by Lisa.
M goi! & Xie xie!
