Liu Yong 柳永

lyricist · Song China · 984?–1053?

A Song lyricist who failed the examinations repeatedly and made his name writing songs for the pleasure quarters.

Posts

earlier 11th century

My belt grows looser and looser, and I shall never regret it. For her it is worth wasting away like this.

衣帶漸寬終不悔，爲伊消得人憔悴。

To the tune "Butterflies Love Flowers"