Told Again in the Dawn Chill

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The wind has risen outside the curtain

In the coldest hours before dawn

I wake from a dream

You left so softly

As lightly as a leaf

That half grows cold a little faster

[Pre-Chorus]

The waning moon squeezes through a gap in the curtains

Stay with me through all this hardship

[Chorus]

Half the bed's autumn quilt is cold as iron

The waning moon casts the curtain's shadow at a steep slant

How can I keep the tears from gathering

Yet just when love runs deepest, we part so lightly

All night I swallowed words of sorrow at parting

Leaving them to the dawn chill, layer upon layer

[Verse 2]

That day you packed for your journey

Your voice was so light, as though you were just going for a rest

I did not feel sad either

I thought I would write in a few days

Who knew that with one turn of autumn

The weather turns cold with such finality

[Pre-Chorus]

Now each gust of wind grows fiercer

Even the waning moon has thinned to a single brushstroke

[Chorus]

Half the bed's autumn quilt is cold as iron

The waning moon casts the curtain's shadow at a steep slant

How can I keep the tears from gathering

Yet just when love runs deepest, we part so lightly

All night I swallowed words of sorrow at parting

Leaving them to the dawn chill, layer upon layer

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

There was something I did not say back then

In dreams I chase you until I become a butterfly

I wake to coldness beside my pillow

A chill more crystalline than moonlight

It turns out parting is not what hurts most

It is this knot in my heart that no one comes to untie

[Bridge]

How cold this sky before dawn is

The moment tears emerge, they freeze and crack

Had I known that day’s farewell

Had I known it was farewell forever，I should have held you fiercely

Dawn is near and the wind still blows

Fill the pages with the ache in my heart

These frozen words

For now I'll carry them for you, line by line

[Verse 4]

The wind beyond the curtain gradually dies down

The breakfast vendors’ cries rise in the street

I should get up and wash and comb my hair

Lock my troubled thoughts inside my own world

Until the day you return

The feelings held in the dawn chill will not yield a single word

[Final Chorus]

Half the bed's autumn quilt is cold as iron

The waning moon casts the curtain's shadow at a steep slant

How can I keep the tears from gathering

Yet just when love runs deepest, we part so lightly

All night I swallowed words of sorrow at parting

Leaving them to the dawn chill, layer upon layer

[Outro]

Day has broken, yet the waning moon remains

As though a piece of our reunion were missing