岱宗青未了 — Mount Tai's Endless Green

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I travel all the way to the lands of Qi and Lu

From far away I could see, its mountainside

The green keeps spreading

So green that no end or edge can be seen

So this is Daizong

Among the Five Great Mountains, it stands the proudest

[Pre-Chorus]

Nature favors this mountain

Depict the wonder and beauty, in delicate detail

[Chorus]

岱宗夫如何，齐鲁青未了 — What is Mount Tai like, its green stretching endlessly across Qi and Lu

造化钟神秀，阴阳割昏晓 — Nature gathers its divine beauty here, the shaded and sunlit slopes divide dusk from dawn

荡胸生曾云，决眦入归鸟 — Rising layers of cloud stir my breast, I strain my eyes to follow birds returning

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小 — One day I shall reach the highest peak, and see all other mountains small below

A young heart’s spirit, higher than the mountains

Gazing a thousand miles to the horizon，a sea of clouds surges

[Verse 2]

On the mountain's southern slope it is morning

The northern slope is still draped, in a gray sleeping robe

One mountain divides dusk from dawn

Nature makes a cut with light and shadow

Clouds rise layer upon layer

Within my chest, the tide slowly rises

[Pre-Chorus]

Open your eyes wide and look

Feast your eyes, on every homeward bird

[Chorus]

岱宗夫如何，齐鲁青未了 — What is Mount Tai like, its green stretching endlessly across Qi and Lu

造化钟神秀，阴阳割昏晓 — Nature gathers its divine beauty here, the shaded and sunlit slopes divide dusk from dawn

荡胸生曾云，决眦入归鸟 — Rising layers of cloud stir my breast, I strain my eyes to follow birds returning

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小 — One day I shall reach the highest peak, and see all other mountains small below

A young heart’s spirit, higher than the mountains

Gazing a thousand miles to the horizon，a sea of clouds surges

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

Let the mountain path be steep

Step by step, I plant my feet firmly as I climb

Sweat runs past my brows

Clouds are already drifting, beneath my feet

The trees grow shorter and shorter

As though I could reach out, and embrace the clouds

[Bridge]

Surely that day must come

I stand upon the highest peak, the wind roaring

Everything below lies open to my gaze

All the mountains shrink into, undulating waves

Then I will understand

What it means to hold, ten thousand miles of sky within my heart

Young one, do not fear the heights

Every towering mountain, fears human footsteps

[Verse 4]

Today, for now, at the mountain’s foot

The drum in my heart, beats boom, boom

One day, I will return

And fulfill today's wish with my own hands

Mount Tai is still behind me

That endless green, inviting me onward all the way

[Final Chorus]

岱宗夫如何，齐鲁青未了 — What is Mount Tai like, its green stretching endlessly across Qi and Lu

造化钟神秀，阴阳割昏晓 — Nature gathers its divine beauty here, the shaded and sunlit slopes divide dusk from dawn

荡胸生曾云，决眦入归鸟 — Rising layers of cloud stir my breast, I strain my eyes to follow birds returning

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小 — One day I shall reach the highest peak, and see all other mountains small below

A young heart’s spirit, higher than the mountains

Gazing a thousand miles to the horizon，a sea of clouds surges

[Outro]

会当凌绝顶，一览众山小 — One day I shall reach the highest peak, and see all other mountains small below

The mountain is right there, and I am young