An Empty Seat at the Double Ninth Festival

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

A few more layers of red have carpeted the steps

In the fragrance I hear the doorway of years gone by

The chrysanthemums bloom as earnestly as they did then

Yet at the table，someone who could answer my words is missing

[Pre-Chorus]

The cries of wild geese fly in from colder places

Lay an old dream within my embrace

[Chorus]

That seat at the Double Ninth Festival is still empty

I gently fill your cup as well

I won't let the years carry all our memories away

Nor let sorrow lock the door for me

That seat at the Double Ninth Festival is still empty

I will look closely at the autumns to come for you

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

Fine rain washes the distant rooftops white

The wind slowly threads through the dogwood leaves

I carry the words I want to say up to the high terrace

Let the clouds on the horizon sit down in our place

[Pre-Chorus]

The cries of wild geese fly in from colder places

Lay an old dream within my embrace

[Chorus]

That seat at the Double Ninth Festival is still empty

I gently fill your cup as well

I won't let the years carry all our memories away

Nor let sorrow lock the door for me

That seat at the Double Ninth Festival is still empty

I will look closely at the autumns to come for you

[Bridge]

Some absences will stay with us for life

There are new encounters worth opening another door for

May I carry every little tenderness I've known along the way

Still willing to embrace the next ordinary dawn

[Final Chorus]

That seat at the Double Ninth Festival is still empty

I gently fill your cup as well

I won't let the years carry all our memories away

Nor let sorrow lock the door for me

That seat at the Double Ninth Festival is still empty

I will look closely at the autumns to come for you

[Outro]

When dusk gently folds the mountain path closed

I hide my wish for your well-being in the homeward wind