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Piyut is a poem sung to God or about God. Piyut is also a prayer that expresses emotions in relationship to God, including praise, glory, joy, sorryow, anger, gratitude, lamentation, celebration, respect, fear, fury, loneliness, and longing. Piyutim are a crying out for connection with God.

The seven-stringed guqin "has been part of Chinese culture since the time of Confucius…[the piece] is a meditation on the human sense of affinity with the universe