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Song of Baisin

by Yenting Hsu

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Baisin之歌
Song of Baisin

收錄於同根生樂團同名專輯《同根生》
The piece is included in the album 'Rooty Mental' by A Root.
Inspired by the poem 'Song of Baisin'

漢人拓墾蘭陽平原,以武力、以風俗巧取噶瑪蘭人土地,噶瑪蘭族因此逐 漸移居花東。如於夜間挪移界碑;或於土地上放置貓狗屍體,噶瑪蘭人相信有 屍體的土地是惡靈汙染之地,稱之為 Malin 或 Baisin,便自動放棄而遷徙。

While cultivating and settling down on Yilan Plain, Han people seized Kavalan people’s land by force and tricks, compelling Kavalan people to gradually migrate to Hualien and Taitung. These tricks include moving boundary tablets and placing cat or dog bodies on their land. Kavalan people believe that a piece of land is polluted by evil spirits if a body is found on it. They call such land “Malin” or “Baisin,” and would give up the land and migrate to other places.

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詩文/吳緯婷
Poem by Wei-Ting Wu

最近土地瘋長
就是不長
所需要的東西

這一季播種
長出死貓
下一季播種
長出野狗的屍骸

Malin 啊 Baisin
惡靈出沒的
不潔之地

界碑走動
山水逆流
在不知道的地方
趕千里路

不要再搭起一座橋
不要再倒下一棵樹
黑暗裡升起
無數的眼睛

Malin 啊 Baisin
昏聵的眾星
紊亂流光之地

平原之人,消失在平原之上
在自己家裡
蓋上手印
甘願為憑

Malin 啊 Baisin
太陽依舊升起在
南方之地

Recently, the land has produced
Numerous plants except for
The needed crops.

This season, the seeds we sow Grow into dead cats;
Next season, the seeds we sow Grow into the bodies of wild dogs.

Malin, O’ Baisin,
Unclean land
Haunted by evil spirits.

Boundary tablets travel and
Rivers in the mountains flow reversely,
Hurrying on their ways in nowhere
For thousands of miles.

Do not build a bridge again,
Do not cut down a tree anymore.
From darkness Countless eyes rise.

Malin, O’ Baisin,
Faint and decrepit stars,
Land of glowing moonlight in disorder.

People of the plain disappear from the plain, Staying in their home and
Stamping their handprints
As a proof of consent.

Malin, O’ Baisin,
The sun still rises from
The land of south.

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released July 31, 2020
編曲 / 剪輯 / 環境聲音 / 合成器:許雁婷
擊樂:陳淯歆、陳國華
母帶後期製作:吳東晏
Arrangement /Editing /Field Recordings /Synthesizer: Yenting Hsu
Percussion: Joey Chen, Kuo-Hua Chen
Mastering: Dong-Yen Wu

@2017

聽&買整張專輯 To listen and buy the album →
www.books.com.tw/products/0020203039

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Yenting Hsu Taipei, Taiwan

Field recording, audio documentary, electroacoustic music, sound installation. Interdisciplinary art.

Her works contemplate between documentary and fiction/narrative and imaginary elements of recorded sounds.

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