Genius English Translations
鞠婧禕 (Ju Jingyi) - 落花成泥 (Fallen Flowers Becoming Soil) (English Translation)
[Verse 1]
The moon is round; the wind is mild blowing away the eaglewood
Shutting the door
I pick up a portion of a Dong quai
Putting it into the medicinal boil
[Verse 2]
Picking up 100 grams of Chinese knotweed to place on paper
The guiding medicine is millet
On a midsummer new moon night, with a light that illuminates hundreds of kilometres
Once I say goodbye to my gentleman, the future is so uncertain
[Pre-Chorus]
Soldier guy is leaving on a journey with no return date
Our love, let's continue it in our next lifetime
He is going to the battlefield and the emperor isn't stopping him
The wick gets used up, the stove fire stops
A bowl of fennel, living alone, to exchange for soup of the heart
Gentleman, please kindly taste it
[Chorus]
The pouring rain pitter-patters, blurring my eyes
But it makes the past more clear
Playing one more song for my gentleman, what a wonderful night
Even a wonderful doctor couldn't change the course fated by Heaven
The pouring rain pitter-patters, wetting the memory
Resenting that there is no cure for parting
Heaven doesn't want this love to work out. When the clouds dissipate
The radiant moon is left to sigh
[Verse 3]
Carefully writing down the final prescription
Slowly sealing it
My eyes fixated in the direction toward where you are
Wondering if you feel the same
[Pre-Chorus]
Soldier guy is leaving on a journey with no return date
Our love, let's continue it in our next lifetime
He is going to the battlefield and the emperor isn't stopping him
The wick gets used up, the stove fire stops
A bowl of fennel, living alone, to exchange for soup of the heart
Gentleman, please kindly taste it
[Chorus]
The pouring rain pitter-patters, blurring my eyes
But it makes past more clear
Playing one more song for my gentleman, what a wonderful night
Even a wonderful doctor couldn't change the course fated by Heaven
The pouring rain pitter-patters, wetting the memory
Resenting that there is no cure for parting
Heaven doesn't want this love to work out, when the clouds dissipate
The radiant moon is left to sigh
[Bridge]
The evening wind brings rain and the cold, fallen flowers are becoming soil
Even the rain is relatively quiet
Singing once again, what a wonderful night it is, I'm here with a single lamp
Alas I can't reduce the distance between us
Listen to the wind, which seems to be looking for something; wallowing in my memory
All that that amounts to is the addition of a new wisp of grey hair
I dearly hope that after many years
You will still be able to remember this past
[Chorus]
The pouring rain pitter-patters, blurring my eyes
But it makes past more clear
Playing one more song for my gentleman, what a wonderful night
Even a wonderful doctor couldn't change the course fated by Heaven
The pouring rain pitter-patters, wetting the memory
Resenting that there is no cure for parting
Heaven doesn't want this love to work out, when the clouds dissipate
The radiant moon is left to sigh