Golden Wind and Jade Dew

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Clouds weave patterns in the sky

Weaving all night without a single repetition

A shooting star trails its long tail

Hurrying on behalf of the regrets of the mortal world

On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month

The Milky Way parts its two shores into loneliness

[Pre-Chorus]

The magpies have begun to build their bridge

Once a year, there can be no delay

[Chorus]

One meeting amid golden autumn winds and jade-like dew

Surpassing countless earthly encounters

A night of confidences, tender as flowing water

Our dreamlike meeting，I cannot bear to look back on

As long as our love endures as ever

又岂在朝朝暮暮 — why must we be together every morning and evening?

[Verse 2]

I lift my skirt and cross the bridge

My heart beats fast as a little drum

Words saved up over a year

Yet face to face, the words will not come

You merely brushed away for me

The dewdrops and dust beside my temples

[Pre-Chorus]

Tonight's wind carries gold

Dewdrops round as jade beads

[Chorus]

One meeting amid golden autumn winds and jade-like dew

Surpassing countless earthly encounters

A night of confidences, tender as flowing water

Our dreamlike meeting，I cannot bear to look back on

As long as our love endures as ever

又岂在朝朝暮暮 — why must we be together every morning and evening?

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

Time moves quickly on the bridge

So fast it seems someone is urging it on

The horizon has only just turned fish-belly white

The bridge is about to be dismantled, piece by piece

Our time together is as brief as a dream

When the dream ends, only morning mist remains

[Bridge]

Turn back for one more look at the bridge

Afraid I will never be able to take another step

The road back is still the road back

Heaven's laws allow no one to stay

But on second thought

How many days and nights have slipped away in vain

We live a year as though it were forever

We made one night into everything

[Verse 4]

So don't say you pity us

Nor need you weep with pity and regret for us

However wide and cold the Milky Way may be

Cannot freeze the burning warmth deep within

Wait until the magpies return next year

We will still be each other's home

[Final Chorus]

One meeting amid golden autumn winds and jade-like dew

Surpassing countless earthly encounters

A night of confidences, tender as flowing water

Our dreamlike meeting，I cannot bear to look back on

As long as our love endures as ever

又岂在朝朝暮暮 — why must we be together every morning and evening?

[Outro]

Across the distant Milky Way, starlight shines as it first did

Lasting love does not depend on being together morning and night