Nature and creatures, including lovely little birds, have left deep impressions on artists. Among the many songs that linger in the hearts of listeners, there are songs that faintly show the shapes and cheerful sounds of many tiny birds.
The bustling sounds
“Oh Beloved Life”, a very famous song by musician Nguyen Ngoc Thien, has led the audience to the image and song of a baby bird in the early morning. The musician wanted to send into the chirping of the bird words of love for life, for people with words of true love: “There is a small baby bird/ chirping as if to say/…/ Hey baby bird, let me send/ Songs of love in everyone’s heart”.
Since the late 70s of the last century, the song “This Earth is Ours”, lyrics: Dinh Hai, music: Musician Truong Quang Luc, has been loved by many generations of teenagers. The song with beautiful lyrics, rich in images, has been given wings by bustling melodies. The peaceful birds and the loving cooing of birds gently enter people’s hearts: “This Earth is ours/ The blue balloon flies in the blue sky/ Oh dove, the loving cooing of birds/ Oh seagull, the wings of birds playing on the waves”.
Musician Tran Hoan also wrote the song “Spring Love Song”. That song was about the chirping of birds, and perhaps from that chirping of birds, people feel as if the sky is bluer and higher. “My dear, spring has come to the branches and leaves/ The chirping of birds is so sweet, making the sky so blue”.
In the same mood of welcoming spring, overcoming difficulties and hardships, musician Tran Chung sent his feelings through lyrics looking to the future, with the hands of people building a new life together: "Through so much pain/ seeing the happy season with the swallows flying back, chirping across the sky/ Birds singing greetings to the hands building on high floors, can you see" (Spring is here).
Another bustling love song with the gentle colors of spring, where the birds chirping adds joy to life, like blending with the singing of a younger sister, making spring more beautiful and joyful: "The birds chirping brings joy to life/ The sound of your singing makes me love you more/ The beautiful spring is coming to my heart" (Gentle colors of spring - Musician Nguyen Nam).
Going back in time, there were cadres who participated in the resistance war and experienced the days of fighting in prison, who sang the beautiful lyrics of the song "Song of Hope" by musician Van Ky: "Pairs of birds fly away, their songs are bustling/ The birds' wings are fluttering in the spring wind/ Sending the birds' love to the homeland of the South/ Telling that we miss them day and night". The lyrics carry a strong belief in a bright future, with the brilliant rays of a new horizon of tomorrow.
And here, the fresh, bustling sounds of birds and the chirping of cicadas in the forest make the soldiers' souls burst with joy. Musician Hoang Viet conveyed the joy of the soldiers on the march through the song "Forest Music": "Cuckoo, cuckoo, the forest birds sing in the sun/ Listen quietly, listen quietly to the cicadas' endless chirping".
At different times of the day, the lyrics of the song also differ when the musician writes about the birds. If in the morning, it is the happy chirping that makes the long road seem shorter; then in the afternoon, it is the calling of the flock. The song “First Spring” by musician Tuan Khanh has the following passages: “My heart always remembers you when the afternoon is over and the birds call the flock” and: “Waiting for the morning to come, the birds sing so that the long road is not too far”.
In the song “Countryside Painting”, musician Van Phung also contributed the joyful words of chirping birds. Those little birds, carefreely flying on the branches, carefreely confiding in each other, so that the countryside is forever peaceful like a romantic ink painting: “The flock of birds, young birds, are chirping and singing/ Spreading their wings, flying lightly over the swaying branches”.
In the beautiful highland city of Da Lat, there is no lack of the chirping of birds singing together. The song “Thuong ve mien dat lanh” by musician Minh Ky brought to the audience beautiful images and resonant sounds: “Rough rocky streams, leaves mixed with beautiful flowers/ with the light blue mist falling, with birds singing a thousand words”.
Homeland is always in the hearts of everyone, especially those who, due to circumstances, have to live far away from home. For musician Tu Huy, the call of the cuckoo is still a lovely part of the musician's childhood memories: "The call of the cuckoo makes me miss it so much" (My childhood homeland).
But there are more than just cheerful sounds. There are also songs with sad birdsongs.
Sad chirps
Musician Tran Thien Thanh, a native of Binh Thuan, has composed many songs that have left an indelible mark on the hearts of music lovers across the country, including the song “Han Mac Tu”. Also from the beautiful and sad love story between the talented poet Han Mac Tu and the beautiful Mong Cam, the musician revisited the old traces of Lau Ong Hoang and penned the lyrics: “The moonlight hangs slanted, the long sandy shore is even more desolate/ The birds’ cries are as sorrowful as sobbing under the misty sky”.
In another situation, after breaking up with a love, on a rainy day, listening to the nightingale singing, the girl feels: That song is still very gentle, but why does it sound so sad. Is that, perhaps from the torment of missing someone, so that the lingering taste of a love remains? Musician Duong Thu wrote about that state of mind in the song "Ningale Sings in the Rain": "The sound of rain falling outside the porch, the wind and rain seem to get colder/ There is a nightingale singing in the rain, so sad. Missing you on a rainy day, missing you so deeply" along with: "Oh in the rain, the nightingale still sings so gently/ On my lips, the lost love is still passionate and passionate".
Another love is not complete when love passes, passion is still just water under the bridge. You, the strong bird of the past, now have broken wings, not knowing where to fly. The song "For the lost lover" by musician Hoang Nguyen has the lyrics: "You are now like a bird/ broken wings, where to fly?".
It turns out that the small, lovely birds have left so many feelings in the hearts of musicians. Human life has many emotions, and songs also carry many feelings. There are so many songs with the cheerful chirping of birds from all over the country; but there are still some sad chirping sounds in the air, when people's hearts are heavy with worries. Small animals, yet still bring hope into poetry, into music, remaining in people's hearts forever through time.
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