Excerpt from Watching the King Sleep Well in His Tent and Clothes

Lyrics:

(Xipi Nanbangzi) Seeing the king sleeping soundly in his tent and clothes, I got out of the tent and was distracted. I walked lightly to the front of the steps and stood quietly. I suddenly looked up and saw that the sky was blue and the moonlight was clear.

(white) Look at the clouds gathering and dispersing, the ice wheels are surging, and it is a clear autumn scene.

(Sighing in the curtain) Alas, the night is beautiful, but all the fields are full of lamentations. (Tanjie) It's just that the king has no way to fight, and four wars, even the Western War and the Eastern Expedition, have led to death one after another. To keep those innocent people away from their parents and abandon their wives and children, we must teach people not to complain. It is the poor by the river that are better than those who dream in spring. Ah, I just heard the talk in the army, but because there were no reinforcements, everyone got separated. Oh, your majesty, the tide is gone.

(Xipi Nanbangzi) I heard the gossip of all the soldiers, and the sound showed my parting heart.