Sharing the Moon Across a Thousand Miles

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Drinking Mid-Autumn wine until daybreak

A drunken person, dares to ask anything

Bright moon, in what year were you born

How is it that whenever I look up, you are so perfectly round

The stars have all retreated into the distance

Yielding the whole night sky, to this silver disc

[Pre-Chorus]

I ask and ask but find no answer

The moon spills its clear light, over my shoulder

[Chorus]

明月几时有，把酒问青天 — When did the bright moon first appear, I raise my wine and ask the blue heavens

不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年 — I wonder what year it is tonight in the palaces of heaven

起舞弄清影，何似在人间 — I rise to dance and play with my clear shadow; how could it compare with life in the human world

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟 — May we live long, sharing the lovely moon though a thousand miles apart

高处不胜寒 — The heights are too cold to bear, while cooking smoke rises in the human world

Sorrow and joy, parting and reunion, have never all been perfect

[Verse 2]

I long to ride the wind back for a look

To see how beautifully the jade halls and jeweled palaces are built

Then I hear the heights are bitterly cold

So cold that even immortals, must wrap themselves in robes

Never mind, I'll stay here after all

The lights of the human world, every one is warm

[Pre-Chorus]

Moonlight turns past the vermilion tower

Sinking past the ornate windows, it shines on me, sleepless through the night

[Chorus]

明月几时有，把酒问青天 — When did the bright moon first appear, I raise my wine and ask the blue heavens

不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年 — I wonder what year it is tonight in the palaces of heaven

起舞弄清影，何似在人间 — I rise to dance and play with my clear shadow; how could it compare with life in the human world

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟 — May we live long, sharing the lovely moon though a thousand miles apart

高处不胜寒 — The heights are too cold to bear, while cooking smoke rises in the human world

Sorrow and joy, parting and reunion, have never all been perfect

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

The moon that should bear no resentment

Why, must you be so full when we part

My younger brother and I have not met for seven years

Gazing at the same moon, across a thousand li of passes and mountains

The window where we studied together in our early years

Now each of us, bears the white of age upon once-youthful features

[Bridge]

人有悲欢离合，月有阴晴圆缺 — People know sorrow and joy, parting and reunion, the moon knows cloud and clarity, fullness and waning

Such things, have been hard to make perfect since ancient times

When we are together we hardly notice

Only after parting, do we long for reunion

The moon's fullness is the moon's affair

For people to live long is the heart's true wish

Tonight I take the wine in my cup

Drain this cup, may we each stay safe

[Verse 4]

Do not crave perfection in everything

It spends most of its time less than full

As long as everyone is safe and well

However far apart, we still share the same sky

When the day of our reunion comes

Pour this moon, into your cup

[Final Chorus]

明月几时有，把酒问青天 — When did the bright moon first appear, I raise my wine and ask the blue heavens

不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年 — I wonder what year it is tonight in the palaces of heaven

起舞弄清影，何似在人间 — I rise to dance and play with my clear shadow; how could it compare with life in the human world

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟 — May we live long, sharing the lovely moon though a thousand miles apart

高处不胜寒 — The heights are too cold to bear, while cooking smoke rises in the human world

Sorrow and joy, parting and reunion, have never all been perfect

[Outro]

Day is about to break

但愿人长久，千里共婵娟 — May we live long, sharing the lovely moon though a thousand miles apart