Dreams of Parting on the Luo River

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Dusk rests on the shoulders of the Luo River

The hem of your robe brushes past a sandbar of white gulls

I write my name on the damp sand

The next rush of water carries it away

[Pre-Chorus]

Those on shore cannot learn to swim toward the starlight

Dreams in the water have distant horizons of their own

[Chorus]

Say goodnight across the Luo River

Let the feelings left unspoken slowly reach the shore

If meeting can borrow only a moment of moonlight

I would still gladly treasure that instant

With the Luo River between us, gently letting go

May every night you pass through have light

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

The jade pendant still holds the coolness of fingertips

Yet the wheels already urge the sky toward dawn

Again and again I look along the road back

I see reed blossoms filling the riverbank in your place

[Pre-Chorus]

Those on shore cannot learn to swim toward the starlight

Dreams in the water have distant horizons of their own

[Chorus]

Say goodnight across the Luo River

Let the feelings left unspoken slowly reach the shore

If meeting can borrow only a moment of moonlight

I would still gladly treasure that instant

With the Luo River between us, gently letting go

May every night you pass through have light

[Bridge]

Without writing our love as a debt either of us owes

I do not ask one dream to answer every tomorrow

Some figures have passed out of sight

We will still meet in the winds of days to come

[Final Chorus]

Say goodnight across the Luo River

Let the feelings left unspoken slowly reach the shore

If meeting can borrow only a moment of moonlight

I would still gladly treasure that instant

With the Luo River between us, gently letting go

May every night you pass through have light

[Outro]

I leave my regrets to the echoes of the water

And bring that farewell wish of “take care” back to the mortal world