Flowers Bid the Tree Farewell

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I have traveled to the ends of the earth

I have tasted parting to its very depths

I never expected that on the day I returned

Fallen blossoms carpeted the road home

The one who planted the flowers all those years ago

Frost and mist have touched their temples too

[Pre-Chorus]

You stand beneath the blossoms

Standing until I became loneliness among the flower shadows

[Chorus]

We gaze at each other beneath the flowers, yet find no words to share

绿窗春与天俱暮 (At the green window, spring and daylight fade together)

Longing has gathered all along the way

An inch of new joy, the bitterness of old sorrow a thousand fathoms deep

最是人间留不住 — Hardest of all to hold on to in this world

朱颜辞镜花辞树 — Youthful beauty bids farewell to the mirror, blossoms bid farewell to the tree

[Verse 2]

The lamp's wick is raised a little brighter

The two of us are still a little ill at ease

The words we want to say linger in our throats

Forming a long, long line

Which year should I begin with

As soon as I speak, the tears fall first

[Pre-Chorus]

A thousand, ten thousand words surge to my lips

Once spoken they are no longer what they were

[Chorus]

We gaze at each other beneath the flowers, yet find no words to share

绿窗春与天俱暮 (At the green window, spring and daylight fade together)

Longing has gathered all along the way

An inch of new joy, the bitterness of old sorrow a thousand fathoms deep

最是人间留不住 — Hardest of all to hold on to in this world

朱颜辞镜花辞树 — Youthful beauty bids farewell to the mirror, blossoms bid farewell to the tree

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

The mirror lies at the bottom of the chest

Covered in a thick layer of dust

It is not that I dare not look in the mirror

I am afraid I will not recognize my own features

The me you saw that year

Even the outline was unclear

[Bridge]

Nothing can be held on to

Life in this world is a curtain falling

Flowers are the face of a tree

Sooner or later it must return to the wind's pursuit

The rosy glow on a person's face

Sooner or later, it must be returned to time’s care

If it cannot be kept, then let it go

At least the lamp is still warm, do not let it go to waste

[Verse 4]

Heart-to-heart talks in the hours before dawn

Old sorrows blur as I count them over

It turns out even resentment can

Spoken more gently, it becomes a word of care

Go and look when dawn comes

Countless fresh green shoots have sprung from the branches again

[Final Chorus]

We gaze at each other beneath the flowers, yet find no words to share

绿窗春与天俱暮 (At the green window, spring and daylight fade together)

Longing has gathered all along the way

An inch of new joy, the bitterness of old sorrow a thousand fathoms deep

最是人间留不住 — Hardest of all to hold on to in this world

朱颜辞镜花辞树 — Youthful beauty bids farewell to the mirror, blossoms bid farewell to the tree

[Outro]

Youthful beauty has bid the bright mirror farewell

The blossoms, too, have bid that tree farewell