Evening Light over the Fields

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The tavern banner by the street is steeped in drizzle

I hold my official salary，yet find nowhere to set my heart at ease

The chrysanthemums never asked about this year’s gains and losses

They simply bloom their yellow into the autumn wind

[Pre-Chorus]

White hair is first to understand the sighs of this world

An old vehicle still waits in memory

[Chorus]

Give autumn back to the distant fields

Give the weight back to the long streets I have walked

If a lifetime need not earn a resounding name

Then let me earnestly plant a little joy

Give autumn back to the eaves of my own home

A bowl of hot soup is reason enough to gather again

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

Papers on the desk pile up into mountain ridges

The people beyond the pages are still waiting for a reply

I want to take the shame I could never fully express

Into a figure sheltering someone from the cold rain

[Pre-Chorus]

White hair is first to understand the sighs of this world

An old vehicle still waits in memory

[Chorus]

Give autumn back to the distant fields

Give the weight back to the long streets I have walked

If a lifetime need not earn a resounding name

Then let me earnestly plant a little joy

Give autumn back to the eaves of my own home

A bowl of hot soup is reason enough to gather again

[Bridge]

Leisure is not turning away to admire the view

It is knowing which share is yours to bear

When the homeward road slowly passes through cloud shadows

May I not have failed the human world held in my hands

[Final Chorus]

Give autumn back to the distant fields

Give the weight back to the long streets I have walked

If a lifetime need not earn a resounding name

Then let me earnestly plant a little joy

Give autumn back to the eaves of my own home

A bowl of hot soup is reason enough to gather again

[Outro]

The wheels gently press through autumn’s mud

In the wind, I search for the self I was at first