Go softly, softly around the Orient (3)
I believe the answer is:
pep
'go' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'softly softly around the orient' is the wordplay.
'softly' becomes 'p' (short for piano, musical term for softly).
'softly' becomes 'p' (short for piano, musical term for softly).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the orient' becomes 'e' ().
'p'+'p'='pp'
'pp' going around 'e' is 'PEP'.
(Other definitions for pep that I've seen before include "Energy, liveliness" , "Palindrome for vitality or energy" , "Palindromic vim and vigour" , "Go" , "Vim and vitality" .)