Clear Notes of Dew Dripping from Bamboo

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

The sun went down just like that

Beyond the mountain, only a faint wash of yellow remains

The moon beside the pond

At some unknown moment, it climbed the eastern wall

Between one setting and one rising

The summer heat retreats completely

[Pre-Chorus]

My hair falls loose, no longer tied

All the windows wide open, I lie in airy brightness

[Chorus]

The breeze brings a subtle lotus fragrance all the way

Dew drips from bamboo with a crisp sound

I fetch the qin to play, yet my hand pauses on the strings

I only regret there is no kindred soul here to listen

A night like this feels vast and empty, even when it is mine alone

With you here, it all feels more complete

[Verse 2]

A bamboo bed stands in the pavilion

Gust after gust of wind drifts over from the lotus pond

Carrying fragrance all over

Whoever passes cannot help looking

Dew upon bamboo leaves

Dripping onto the stone steps, with a clear and ringing sound

[Pre-Chorus]

Such a tranquil scene deserves a tune on the qin

Only then will this moment not have been wasted

[Chorus]

The breeze brings a subtle lotus fragrance all the way

Dew drips from bamboo with a crisp sound

I fetch the qin to play, yet my hand pauses on the strings

I only regret there is no kindred soul here to listen

A night like this feels vast and empty, even when it is mine alone

With you here, it all feels more complete

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

I rise to fetch my qin

A faint layer of frost veils the qin strings

I brush away the dust and tune the strings

I play half a phrase，then press the strings and hold them still

This tune, back in those days

Is a melody we worked out together

[Bridge]

Where is my old friend now?

Since we parted, neither has heard from the other

There is no one to share the good things with

Is like moonlight falling into an empty pond

This coolness filling the pavilion

All this fragrance filling the pond

All gathered with no one to give it to

I can only savor it slowly, all alone

[Verse 4]

Sleep simply will not come

So I might as well sit until midnight, keeping the moon company

Between dreaming and waking

You come to my side through the fragrance of lotuses

Just as you did back then

Listen as I finish what I left unplayed, and applaud

[Final Chorus]

The breeze brings a subtle lotus fragrance all the way

Dew drips from bamboo with a crisp sound

I fetch the qin to play, yet my hand pauses on the strings

I only regret there is no kindred soul here to listen

A night like this feels vast and empty, even when it is mine alone

With you here, it all feels more complete

[Outro]

When I woke, it was already light

Bamboo dew is still dripping, on and on for so very long