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(River water flowing, wide and slow)

(Distant dragon boat drums approaching, mournful, not festive)

(A single Xiao line rises over the water)

[Verse 1]

(Deep male baritone, chanting ancient Chu poetry, each "xi" syllable sustained)

五月江兮... 水正浑

鼓年年兮... 来问魂

岸抛粽兮... 波心冷

一缕白兮... 沉千春

[Interlude]

(Drums recede, Se zither enters, ancient and austere)

[Verse 2]

(Same voice, fierce and tense, declaimed)

举世浊兮... 我独清

众人醉兮... 我独醒

宁赴湘流兮... 葬于江鱼之腹

不使皓皓之白兮... 蒙世俗之尘

[Interlude]

(Sudden calm, water sounds, sparse Guqin)

[Verse 3]

(Same voice, loose and weathered, almost smiling)

沧浪之水清兮... 可以濯吾缨

沧浪之水浊兮... 可以濯吾足

庙堂龟兮... 死留骨

曳尾涂中兮... 自在活

[Chorus]

(Slow, grave, restrained)

一个兮—— 不肯止... (火投水中央)

一个兮—— 早知止... (尾曳泥中藏)

江不语兮—— 两收留... (清浊共东流)

鼓不息兮—— 千年问... (问了没人应)

[Instrumental]

(Dragon boat drums return, heavier, faster, relentless)

(Xiao struggles above the drums)

[Bridge]

(Half-whispered, uneasy, like ancient questions to heaven)

船愈疾兮... 谁使之？

浪逐浪兮... 向何之？

桨不敢停兮... 惧何物？

满江争渡兮... 渡向何处？

[Verse 4]

(Calm returns, drums fade to a heartbeat)

老龟泥中兮... 抬眼看

见过大水兮... 见过旱

不劝一人兮... 不笑一人

把头缩回兮... 壳中安

[Final Chorus]

(Voice low and steady, drums almost gone)

一个兮—— 成了神... (庙里香火明)

一个兮—— 还在泥... (活过几朝几代)

江都记得兮—— 都向东...

知止兮—— 不殆。

(Music stops abruptly. Total silence. No outro, no final note, no reverb tail.)