| Mark Tucker, Engineer www.marktuckermusic.com | |
In 3 acts - การเดินทางชีวิตของหนุ่มเจ้าพระยา |
STORY |
| ACT 1 - Young Boy: For Chao Praya boy, today's dawn is unlike any other. The breeze feels fresher and the sun shines gentler. With a sudden surge of enthusiasm he decides to leave his river home and go on a journey which he believes will be full of fun and the fair. | |
Track 1 - Klai Roong (ใกล้รุ่ง - Near Dawn)By: H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej .......... Lyric: Prof. Dr Prasert Na Nagara I awake from the calling sound of air. Today’s dawn raids new care. Birds take flight and sing in pairs.
A boy like me should hit the road of fun and of the fair.
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For the boy from Chao Praya, today’s dawn is unlike any other. With a sudden surge of enthusiam he leaves his river home and go on a journey which he believes will be full of fun and the fair; |
Track 2 - Loom Chao Praya (ลุ่มเจ้าพระยา - Chao Praya River) By: Nard Thawombut ............................................. Lyric: Kaew It-Chariyakul Mother says ...the river flow knows not of return. Time passes and returns not you must learn. Best each moment never churns. Your happy heart is what I yearn. |
Before embarking on the journey, he looks back at his Chao Praya river home as she reminds him ‘Like the river’s flow that will never return – make every moment count. Be happy now, never later’; |
Track 3 - Kor Pen Khon Nueng (ขอเป็นคนหนึ่ง - May I be the one) By: Somchai Klitsana-Saynee ............................................... Lyric: See-Fah Anytime you’re sad and lonely! My shoulder is here to carry your cry. Many a moon passes, my fondness for you grows fondly.
May I be your love or last shadow, cast on your desire.
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During the start of the journey, his naivety blinds him into thinking that what he wants and whom he loves will be rightfully his; |
| ACT 2 - Loss of Innocence: The Boy has grown up into a fine young man and is naively falling into the trap of ‘careless love’. | |
Track 4 - Rak Khun Khao Laew (รักคุณเข้าแล้ว - I love you so) By: Sa-Marn Karnjana-Plin ........................... Lyric: Soontriya Na Wiangkarn Oh, how I love you so. Our bliss lightens the light,
blessed by the silvery moonshine.
Hush, the tale of woe. Gentle night dresses you in white,
while colouring me with starry sky!
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Many years have passed. Chao Praya Lad has grown into a fine young man and now found his first love; |
Track 5 - Nueng Mid Chid Klai (หนึ่งมิตรชิดใกล้ - Togetherness) Melody & Lyric: Wimon Jongwilai We have loved and why you wish to part, From our calm days we have carved! Where is your heart? Mine is walking on broken glass! |
But his prospect of happiness is short. The emotional tension has left him wondering why his love is not to last; |
Track 6 - Ta Lay Mai Koey Lub (ทะเลไม่เคยหลับ - Sleepless Sea) By: Sa-Kngar Ar-Rumpea ...................................... Lyric: Charlie Intara-Wijit Deep down the sleepless sea. Cold sand coats my careless love. Waves wave you away from me. Their shadow shield my drowning fate above. |
Careless in love, in his anguish he compares his pain with the sea that never sleeps. |
| ACT 3 - Unforgettable Farewell: Many years have passed. Tired and lonely. Is the life as fun as he anticipated! It is time for another wandering - he silently smiles and finally closes the door. | |
Track 7 - Nok Kamin (นกขมิ้น - Kamin Bird) From: Thai Folk Music ......................................... Lyric: Phayong Mukdapan Now, on my own!
Darkness returns and I’m on my own.
Where should I sleep, where should I roam?
Dear Kamin Bird, I don’t want to be alone! |
Night falls! The final stage signifies the sense of loneliness he faces and fears. Tired and abandoned, he bows down under the blackness of grief and contemplates self-despair; |
Track 8 -Nam Soh Sai (น้ำเซาะทราย - River’s flow cuts through sandbank) By: Jamrus Sawet-Ta-Bhorn .. ................................Lyric: Charlie Intara-Wijit River-flow cuts through the bank of sand, Where I stood as a man. Dream no more. I'm closing the door.
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Finally, he reflects on the journey and realises that the only joy in his life is the love of his childhood home along the Chao Praya river. |
While the Sun continues to rise. And birds continue to sing. Dear river's wafting away from the corner of my eyes. An unforgettable farewell, an unforgettable ring! Curtain falls |
With his last strength, he recalls the echo of his former youth, ‘Klai Roong’ - the resonance brings back the memory of his blissful days along Chao Praya river; so fair and so alluring. Silence approaches! |
With special thanks:
Mum & Dad - Yenta and Prayudh Songwish
Piyatida, Teerapong and Teerabul Songwish
Michael Leo Down, David Barrell, Sheila Thomas, Khun Jittree Saithong
and
my forever Granny Pangztu
Poems and Texts by Dome Songwish© 2007