The Starry River Shines

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

东临碣石，以观沧海 — Eastward I come to Jieshi, to gaze upon the vast sea

The sea beats against the reefs, breathing white mist

The autumn wind is fierce

Waves layer upon layer，piling into mountain ridges

Look out into the distance

Sea and sky share one color, their depths beyond sight

[Pre-Chorus]

水何澹澹，山岛竦峙 — How the waters surge, how the mountainous islands tower

Island after island, stands straight and tall

[Chorus]

秋风萧瑟，洪波涌起 — The autumn wind sighs bleakly, mighty waves surge up

The sea ripples gently, boundless and endless

山岛竦峙 — Mountain islands tower aloft, leaning neither way

星汉灿烂，若出其里 — The Milky Way shines brilliant, as though emerging from within the sea

The sea embraces sun and moon, and the light of dawn

幸甚至哉，歌以咏志 — What supreme good fortune, to sing and give voice to my aspirations

[Verse 2]

Trees grow thick upon the island

Grasses grow lush，green without restraint

The autumn wind blows bleakly past

Grasses and trees bow down, then stand tall again

A great wave surges up

Each wave, stronger than the last

[Pre-Chorus]

日月之行，若出其中 — The courses of sun and moon seem to emerge from within it

The sea swallows and releases, the paths of sun and moon

[Chorus]

秋风萧瑟，洪波涌起 — The autumn wind sighs bleakly, mighty waves surge up

The sea ripples gently, boundless and endless

山岛竦峙 — Mountain islands tower aloft, leaning neither way

星汉灿烂，若出其里 — The Milky Way shines brilliant, as though emerging from within the sea

The sea embraces sun and moon, and the light of dawn

幸甚至哉，歌以咏志 — What supreme good fortune, to sing and give voice to my aspirations

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

Night falls over the sea

The Milky Way gleams, close enough to gather by hand

The Milky Way wants a bath too

The sea remembers the starlight, one gleam at a time

Suddenly I understood

The sea takes the sky, into itself

[Bridge]

On this eastward campaign of mine

My heart holds too, this magnificent grandeur

The sea swallows and breathes forth the sun and moon

I breathe in and out, the great tides of the realm

The mountain island has stood for a thousand years

I too must stand firm here, like those mountain islands

The heroic spirit in my heart cannot be held back

Write it into, the poem of a lifetime

[Verse 4]

The sun rises to the middle of the sky

The sea is covered, with ripples of scattered gold

I go down Mount Jieshi

The sea behind me, restless for so long

The army is about to march

Hooves drum，on the earth beside the sea

[Final Chorus]

秋风萧瑟，洪波涌起 — The autumn wind sighs bleakly, mighty waves surge up

The sea ripples gently, boundless and endless

山岛竦峙 — Mountain islands tower aloft, leaning neither way

星汉灿烂，若出其里 — The Milky Way shines brilliant, as though emerging from within the sea

The sea embraces sun and moon, and the light of dawn

幸甚至哉，歌以咏志 — What supreme good fortune, to sing and give voice to my aspirations

[Outro]

幸甚至哉，歌以咏志 — What supreme good fortune, to sing and give voice to my aspirations

Sung to the vast sea, and to you