Gorge Clouds Unfurl Their Sleeves

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The city walls still wear the rosy glow of morning that has not yet faded

I have already packed yesterday's sorrows into my empty bag

The boatman smiles and says the current is just right today

One cry of “Cast off” knocks down all the old doors in my dreams

[Pre-Chorus]

Calls from both banks still echo along the mountainsides

Yet my heart recognizes the distance before the boat does

[Chorus]

Leave a thousand layers of worries at the gorge's mouth

Let this whole river of brightness lead me onward

Someday, the peaks I once thought impossible to get around

I can also wave gently to them when I look back

The wind blows my sleeves into the rhythm of freedom

Today I want to sing every breath to the full

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

Trees on the stone cliffs slip behind us one after another

The river suddenly unfolds into a stretch of spacious tenderness

I no longer count on my fingers the long days until my return

The sun has already turned many dark calendar pages for me

[Pre-Chorus]

Calls from both banks still echo along the mountainsides

Yet my heart recognizes the distance before the boat does

[Chorus]

Leave a thousand layers of worries at the gorge's mouth

Let this whole river of brightness lead me onward

Someday, the peaks I once thought impossible to get around

I can also wave gently to them when I look back

The wind blows my sleeves into the rhythm of freedom

Today I want to sing every breath to the full

[Bridge]

I know there will still be difficult crossings in this world

But this time let me first take in the clear skies lost and found

I will not let yesterday’s shadows obscure a new greeting

Let the long-absent smile stay one more night upon my face

[Final Chorus]

Leave a thousand layers of worries at the gorge's mouth

Let this whole river of brightness lead me onward

Someday, the peaks I once thought impossible to get around

I can also wave gently to them when I look back

The wind blows my sleeves into the rhythm of freedom

Today I want to sing every breath to the full

[Outro]

A little splash of fresh light rises at the bow

I sing freely along with the flowing water