A Gaze Toward the Mountains of Home

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The room where I lodged has long stood empty

Only the wind passes through, gust after gust

Raindrops strike the chilly leaves

The leaves rustle, counting the night watches

A layer of frost has formed on the roof tiles

The quilt is so thin it feels like a layer of ice against me

[Pre-Chorus]

The very same autumn

Some admire the flowers while I hurry on my journey

[Chorus]

Cool leaves rock the sound of rain awake

Frost breathes clear and cold in the empty hall

Chrysanthemums bloom along the mountain path as promised

Yet white hair keeps no season

My anguished verses sound like the cries of autumn insects

My dreams and the cold magpies startle again and again through the night

[Verse 2]

A mirror is unnecessary

One touch tells me clearly that my hair is white

They grew old before I did

And resigns itself to fate before I do

My hair was still black when I set out

When I look back, it has become a snowy ridge

[Pre-Chorus]

Insects called at the foot of the wall all night

Every cry calls out my predicament

[Chorus]

Cool leaves rock the sound of rain awake

Frost breathes clear and cold in the empty hall

Chrysanthemums bloom along the mountain path as promised

Yet white hair keeps no season

My anguished verses sound like the cries of autumn insects

My dreams and the cold magpies startle again and again through the night

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

At last, I managed to fall asleep

A cold magpie’s cry pecks a hole through my dream

Nights like this, have come too many times

Startling me so I dare no longer linger in dreams

If you ask what troubles me

The insects' song is an echo I have borrowed

[Bridge]

They say once you cross Shiling Pass

Home lies toward that mountain silhouette

These legs of mine that have walked for half a lifetime

Somehow feel a little afraid to climb

It is not the high mountains and distant roads I fear

I fear looking out and finding only emptiness

But that little wisp of cooking smoke in my dreams

Keeps sending me onward

[Verse 4]

Just imagine I have already crossed the mountains

Standing at the pass，I stare until my eyes ache

Even if I could look just once

At the sight of the mountains of home, my eyes clear like the sky

Then it would be all right to keep traveling

Carry that little light close and endure the bitter winter

[Final Chorus]

Cool leaves rock the sound of rain awake

Frost breathes clear and cold in the empty hall

Chrysanthemums bloom along the mountain path as promised

Yet white hair keeps no season

My anguished verses sound like the cries of autumn insects

My dreams and the cold magpies startle again and again through the night

[Outro]

Tonight the rain has not yet stopped

Shiling Pass is as distant as a lamp