Cantonese folk music 粤曲 香夭 “Gone of the Fragrance” from...

Cantonese folk music 粤曲

香夭 “Gone of the Fragrance” from Cantonese opera “Princess Changping” 《帝女花》Di Nü Hua (lit. Princess Flower). Same melody and lyrics with the opera but using a more relaxed vocal instead of opera singing style. 

plot:

"Princess Changping" is a Chinese fictional story. Late Ming Dynasty, Princess Changping met Zhou Shixian. They fell in love with each other and got engaged. On her way to the wedding, Qing Dynasty troops attacked and took over Beijing. Changping became a Buddhist nun. After searching for a long time, Shixian found Changping then tried many ways to persuade her to leave the temple and complete their wedding. Changping was moved by Shixian and left the temple with him. But her identity as a former dynasty’s princess soon got exposed. Some people started to support her as a political power because of her intelligence. The new regime realized Changping’s show up to the public and it knew well that this princess is a threat. The court announced if Changping go back to the palace, they would hold a grand funeral for the former Emperor and release Changping’s younger brother. 

Changping was back to her “old home”. After her father’s funeral she decided to drink poison with Shixian and this couple finally got married.

Their last conversation goes: