The Silence of Vadjra Guru Pema

This Mickey He (He Shengming) is quite the lucky dude.

Mickey He

Once down and out, his luck changed when he switched from singing to acting, taking up small roles until he got "promoted" to the role of Yinzhen (the Yongzhen Emperor) in the wildly popular drama series Palace (Part 1).  Many other popular drama theme songs went to him as well.  All this in spite of the competition out there. 

Palace's most impressive scripting lies towards the ending part.  The epitome of one of He's best acted scene has to be parting scene when even as emperor, he could not get what he wished.

The song 见或不见 he sang in that scene is based on the poem The Silence of Vadjra Guru Pema by Tashi Lam Dodo a.k.a. ZhaXiLaMu DuoDuo (扎西拉姆 多多).

The nuances of the original Mandarin phrases gets lost in translation, particularly for poems.  Below is a my non-poetic translation:-

见或不见	Whether You See Me or Not
作曲：谭旋	Music by: Tan Xuan
演唱：何晟铭	Sung by: Mickey He Shengming
你见，或者不见我，	See me, or see me not
我就在那里，	I am here
不悲不喜；	Without sorrow, without joy
你念，或者不念我，	Miss me, or miss me not
情就在那里，	Affection is here
不来不去；	Never swaying, never leaving
你爱，或者不爱我，	Love me, or love me not
爱就在那里，	Love is here
不增不减；	Neither soaring, nor ebbing
你跟，或者不跟我，	Follow me, or follow me not
我的手在你手里，	My hand is in your hands
不舍不弃；	Never forsaking, never abandoning
来我怀里，	Come into my embrace,
或者让我住进你的心里	Or let me live in your heart
默然 相爱	A silent love
寂静 欢喜	Of tranquil bliss

A youtube version of the song here - 

A youtube version of the parting scene here - 

Again, get the DVD, it's good.

Music boost

While handling a series of exacting tasks on my PC, my Beta (alert) waves was fast slipping into Delta (snoozieland) waves, with the Alpha (daydream), Theta (meditating) and Gamma (insight) waves totally extinguished.

I put on the Tang Song (唐歌) sung by Mickey He in Tang Court: Beauty World (唐宫美人天下). Nothing like the beats of percussion to jumpstart the brain waves. 

A youtube version of the song here -



Get the CD, it's good.