| Description |
Ngâm vọng is an old song of Ca trù. According to legend, it appeared in the Lê dynasty. There are many explanations about the origin of its lyrics. According to some books, it tells the story of a lake excursion by King Lê Thánh Tông. On his excursion, he met a beautiful woman and wanted to marry her. She suddenly disappeared when she was in a palanquin on the way to the royal palace. After that, the king knew that she was a fairy. Missing her, the king had a temple built. According to other books, the lyrics of Ngâm vọng were the confidence and the wish of beautiful women in the imperial palace. Those wishes were expressed through incoherent sentences; thus, the lyrics do not have a unified content. This song opens with a low singing voice and then a high singing voice gradually comes in. |
