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a piece i did for school recently, a transcription of a classic hokkien song into seal script (an archaic form of chinese script)

main text:

獨夜無伴守燈下　春風對面吹

十七八歲未出嫁　見著少年家

果然標致面肉白　誰家人子弟

想欲問伊驚歹勢　心內彈琵琶

transliteration (tâi-lô)

to̍k-iā bô phuānn siú-ting-ē; tshun-hong tuì-bīn tshue

tsa̍p-tshit-poeh huè buē tshut-kè; kìnn-tio̍h siàu-liân-ke

kó-jiân piau-tì bīn-bah-pe̍h; siâng ka-lâng tsú-tē

siūnn boeh mn̄g i kiann pháinn-sè; sim-lāi tuânn pî-pê

translation (by me):

a lonely night, companionless, under a dim lamp; a spring breeze blows the other way.

seventeen going on eighteen, and still unmarried; catching a glimpse of a suitor.

truly what a beauty, with a soft white face; from which family do they come from?

thinking of approaching, feeling shy; the strings of the heart are strumming.

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恩寫望春風第一首

ern siá bāng-tshun-hong tē-it-siú

En's work, Bang Chun Hong 1st Stanza