The Milky Way Falls from the Ninth Heaven

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Before I even see the waterfall

I hear its roar first

Its voice crashes against the valley

When it rebounds, it carries droplets

Rounding the final bend

Rooted to the spot, I forget all words

[Pre-Chorus]

The sun shines on Incense Burner Peak

Sunlight falls on the summit, purple mountain mist rises

[Chorus]

Sunlight on Incense Burner Peak raises purple haze

遥看瀑布挂前川 — From afar, the waterfall hangs above the river ahead

飞流直下三千尺， plunging three thousand feet straight down into the mortal world

疑是银河落九天 — As though the Milky Way were falling from the highest heavens

As though someone had shaken out, a length of white silk

Hanging on Mount Lu, on its steepest face

[Verse 2]

Across a river valley

Seen from afar, a white curtain hangs down

This water is standing upright

Unlike a river, slowly winding

It comes crashing down from midair

Striking the whole valley, joining its echoes into rings

[Pre-Chorus]

Water mist rushes against my face

Cool against my skin, like fragments of cloud

[Chorus]

Sunlight on Incense Burner Peak raises purple haze

遥看瀑布挂前川 — From afar, the waterfall hangs above the river ahead

飞流直下三千尺， plunging three thousand feet straight down into the mortal world

疑是银河落九天 — As though the Milky Way were falling from the highest heavens

As though someone had shaken out, a length of white silk

Hanging on Mount Lu, on its steepest face

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

How high is three thousand chi?

I tilt my head to measure, until my neck aches

The clouds watch it from above

Below, the rocks catch it without blinking

Such a great height to fall

It leaps like this, so willingly

[Bridge]

As I keep watching, I slip into a daze

I cannot tell whether it is water，or an unfurling scroll of light

I wonder if a hole has opened in the sky

Half the whole Milky Way, has spilled away

The stars peek out too

Lending all their light, to this mountain spring

Is it really the Milky Way

Who cares whether it is，when its beauty is so plain

[Verse 4]

I sat beside the pool for a long time

My clothes are soaked, yet I have no regrets

The water is still leaping down

Dancing for a thousand years, never growing weary

I capture it in my eyes

I store it in my heart, there whenever I lift my eyes

[Final Chorus]

Sunlight on Incense Burner Peak raises purple haze

遥看瀑布挂前川 — From afar, the waterfall hangs above the river ahead

飞流直下三千尺， plunging three thousand feet straight down into the mortal world

疑是银河落九天 — As though the Milky Way were falling from the highest heavens

As though someone had shaken out, a length of white silk

Hanging on Mount Lu, on its steepest face

[Outro]

On the way down the mountain, I look back

The sound of water followed me, part of the way