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The Torment of a Flower

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English title
  
Torment of a Flower

Writer(s)
  
Chou Tien-wang (周添旺)

Language
  
Taiwanese Hokkien

Published
  
1934

Composer(s)
  
Teng Yu-hsien (鄧雨賢)

The Torment of a Flower, also known as Ú iā hue(Chinese: 雨夜花, Pinyin: Yǔ yè huā; TLPA: Ú iā hue) or Rainy Night Flower, is a Taiwanese Hokkien song. It's composed by Teng Yu-hsien (鄧雨賢), a Hakka Taiwanese musician, and written by Chou Tien-wang (周添旺).

Placido Domingo sung this song with Jody Chiang in Taipei Concert Hall.

In 2010, S.H.E. song 我愛雨夜花 is a partial cover of The Torment of a Flower.

Hayley Westenra performed the song at a 2010 concert in Kaohsiung.

A 2011 television drama series produced by Sanlih Television was inspired the song.

References

The Torment of a Flower Wikipedia