Green Mountains Like Walls

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I climb the ramparts of Shitou City

Looking out, Wu and Chu stretch boundlessly empty

I want to point out the strategic landscapes of the Six Dynasties

All that remains to point to, are green mountains like iron

The mountains are still the same mountains

Watching banners come and go，like the season of falling leaves

[Pre-Chorus]

North and south of one river, wearing away

Grinding on and on, grinding people down to dust

[Chorus]

Banners that blotted out the sun, masts and oars that reached the clouds, all lie still

White bones fall thick as snow, covering a page of history

North and south of one river, how many heroes have been worn away

落日无人松径，鬼火高低明灭 — At sunset the pine path is deserted, ghostly flames flicker high and low

Grief through the ages, moonlight on the Qinhuai shines upon parting

The green mountains stand like walls, watching it all with cold eyes

[Verse 2]

Think of those years upon the river

Banners blotted out the sun, war drums thundered fiercely

A battle has ended

The river flows on as before, neither fast nor slow

White bones sink to the riverbed

Bones and names, all sink into the darkness on the riverbed

[Pre-Chorus]

How lonely this detached palace is

Only the fragrant grasses, offer their care year after year

[Chorus]

Banners that blotted out the sun, masts and oars that reached the clouds, all lie still

White bones fall thick as snow, covering a page of history

North and south of one river, how many heroes have been worn away

落日无人松径，鬼火高低明灭 — At sunset the pine path is deserted, ghostly flames flicker high and low

Grief through the ages, moonlight on the Qinhuai shines upon parting

The green mountains stand like walls, watching it all with cold eyes

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

The summer palace stands empty

Year after year, the east wind still stirs the grass along the imperial carriage road

The fragrant grass knows no emperors

It turns green when it should, so plainly and freely green

Not a soul is seen even by day

Ghost lights hover high and low, like invitations someone left behind

[Bridge]

Back then within the palace walls

Song and dance never ceased, candles stood in row upon row

O person in the bronze mirror

Black hair turns white, I cannot bear another glance in the mirror

Those two characters, “繁华”—splendor

Written into history, they take up only one brief stroke

The sorrows of the ages

Are written over and over, by the moon above the Qinhuai

[Verse 4]

When I come down from the city wall

I will lay down some of my heart's many feelings by the river

No need to ask about the heroes anymore

The green mountains remain, and the river moon still shines clear each night

Leave sorrow to the ages

Live the days before us, a little more securely

[Final Chorus]

Banners that blotted out the sun, masts and oars that reached the clouds, all lie still

White bones fall thick as snow, covering a page of history

North and south of one river, how many heroes have been worn away

落日无人松径，鬼火高低明灭 — At sunset the pine path is deserted, ghostly flames flicker high and low

Grief through the ages, moonlight on the Qinhuai shines upon parting

The green mountains stand like walls, watching it all with cold eyes

[Outro]

I leave the city wall and head home

Moonlight fills the Qinhuai