The River Flows Without End

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The autumn wind blows hardest on the mountaintop

Making my sleeves, flap and snap

Gibbons cry long in the gorge

Their cries wind through the gorge，turn after turn

The wind is fierce and the sky so high

The sounds of autumn gather around, and will not disperse

[Pre-Chorus]

The water shines clear and the sand is white

Birds circle low, skimming the water moss

[Chorus]

风急天高猿啸哀 — The wind is fierce, the sky is high, and gibbons cry in sorrow

The islet is clear and the sand white, birds circle and hover

无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来 — Boundless leaves fall rustling down，the endless Yangtze rolls onward

万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台 — Far from home, forever a traveler grieving autumn, ill throughout my life, I climb the terrace alone

Bitter hardship and regret, my temples turn frosty white so quickly

The cup of cloudy wine I have just given up is covered in dust

[Verse 2]

Leaves have been falling all day

Boundless, they rustle down in a covering

The Yangtze pays no heed to any of this

Rolling waves, row upon row

However fast the leaves may fall

The river surges, more fiercely than the falling leaves

[Pre-Chorus]

I have come from ten thousand miles away

Year after year, autumn carries me farther away

[Chorus]

风急天高猿啸哀 — The wind is fierce, the sky is high, and gibbons cry in sorrow

The islet is clear and the sand white, birds circle and hover

无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来 — Boundless leaves fall rustling down，the endless Yangtze rolls onward

万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台 — Far from home, forever a traveler grieving autumn, ill throughout my life, I climb the terrace alone

Bitter hardship and regret, my temples turn frosty white so quickly

The cup of cloudy wine I have just given up is covered in dust

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

Racked with illness, I climb the high terrace

Step by step, slowly struggling upward

This aging body, plagued by illness

My thin robe cannot keep it out, the wind pours against my chest

More white hairs have appeared

One stroke of my hand, and a few white strands fall

[Bridge]

I had meant to ward off the cold with wine

I raise it to my lips, then gently sway it again

Why did I set it down again

Even I do not wish to guess the reason

Let me just stand here like this

Watch the river carry fallen leaves, one by one

Grieving over autumn across ten thousand miles

Life must still be lived, one step at a time

[Verse 4]

It is time to descend the mountain

Dusk urges us on, our footsteps drag

There will still be more next autumn

I do not know whether this body, will still be here

But the Yangtze will keep flowing

Falling leaves and the long Yangtze, no one can change either

[Final Chorus]

风急天高猿啸哀 — The wind is fierce, the sky is high, and gibbons cry in sorrow

The islet is clear and the sand white, birds circle and hover

无边落木萧萧下，不尽长江滚滚来 — Boundless leaves fall rustling down，the endless Yangtze rolls onward

万里悲秋常作客，百年多病独登台 — Far from home, forever a traveler grieving autumn, ill throughout my life, I climb the terrace alone

Bitter hardship and regret, my temples turn frosty white so quickly

The cup of cloudy wine I have just given up is covered in dust

[Outro]

The autumn wind still blows hard

Once sorrow is written out, bury it where you stand