Mountain Haze over Peach Blossom Creek

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

I walk upstream along the water

The mountains are so green they seem about to drip

The water laps against the embankment, beat by beat

The rhythm is neither hurried nor urgent

Walking on and on, my shoes are still clean

The sand is warm, so white and fine

[Pre-Chorus]

A place like this should be too beautiful to be real

The entrance to Peach Blossom Spring, is probably right here

[Chorus]

The mountains drip misty light, the water laps the embankment

Fragrant grass and warm sand, clean and free of mud

I almost think I have strayed into Wulin Stream

Peach blossoms on both banks lend the sunrise brilliant color

四围高柳到天垂 — Tall willows all around trail down from the sky

A cup holds the heart's concerns and a lifetime's hopes

[Verse 2]

The morning sun has just peeped up

Peach blossoms on both banks lift it up together

The blossoms are a warm-colored fire

Even the clouds catch the joyful mood

I cannot tell whether the sunrise dyes the blossoms red

Or whether the blossoms lend their warmth to the morning sun

[Pre-Chorus]

I look up to weeping willows on every side

Willow tips droop all the way, to the seam between heaven and earth

[Chorus]

The mountains drip misty light, the water laps the embankment

Fragrant grass and warm sand, clean and free of mud

I almost think I have strayed into Wulin Stream

Peach blossoms on both banks lend the sunrise brilliant color

四围高柳到天垂 — Tall willows all around trail down from the sky

A cup holds the heart's concerns and a lifetime's hopes

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

I found a rock and sat down

Sitting there, my whole being becomes a brushstroke in a painting

The wine flask I carry with me

Pour a cup，neither too much nor too little just right

My thoughts steep in wine

Suddenly there is a chance to speak

[Bridge]

I told my troubles to the mountains and waters

When I finish, I lift a sip of wine to my lips

Some words have lain buried for many years

Today, saying them aloud takes surprisingly little effort

The mountains and waters will not laugh at me

Peach blossoms speak in place of my silence

May the next hundred years

Never missing a spring like this

[Verse 4]

The sun has risen overhead

The peach blossoms' shadows have shortened across the ground

It is time for me to head back too

Yet I hesitate, looking back three times with every step

Take the half-pot of wine that remains

Bury it beneath the willow and wait until next year to open it

[Final Chorus]

The mountains drip misty light, the water laps the embankment

Fragrant grass and warm sand, clean and free of mud

I almost think I have strayed into Wulin Stream

Peach blossoms on both banks lend the sunrise brilliant color

四围高柳到天垂 — Tall willows all around trail down from the sky

A cup holds the heart's concerns and a lifetime's hopes

[Outro]

Where exactly is Wulin Stream

Whether real or illusion, it is worth remembering