Frost-Touched Maples Reflect the Evening

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Deep in autumn, I enter the mountains to see the red leaves

The winding stone path climbs at a slant

The farther I walk, the deeper into the mountains

Layer upon layer of chill，settling over me

Lift your head and look above

Beyond the white clouds, white as gauze

[Pre-Chorus]

If clouds have a homeland

A household in the mountains, heats water to brew tea

[Chorus]

The stone path slants, climbing toward the cliffs

白云生处有人家 — Where white clouds rise, there are homes

I may as well park the carriage, beneath the maple trees

霜叶红于二月花 (Frost-touched leaves are redder than the flowers of the second lunar month)

Red as fire, setting the evening clouds ablaze

It is autumn's most brilliant sight

[Verse 2]

The setting sun slants onto the treetops

The maple leaves look as though someone, spilled a painting

My carriage moves slowly

Red leaves, hang one by one upon the branches

When the wind sweeps through the woods

The falling leaves，are no less lovely than flowers

[Pre-Chorus]

How many frosts have fallen

The leaves are red, beyond all bounds

[Chorus]

The stone path slants, climbing toward the cliffs

白云生处有人家 — Where white clouds rise, there are homes

I may as well park the carriage, beneath the maple trees

霜叶红于二月花 (Frost-touched leaves are redder than the flowers of the second lunar month)

Red as fire, setting the evening clouds ablaze

It is autumn's most brilliant sight

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

停车坐爱枫林晚 — I stop my carriage for love of the maple grove at dusk

The red leaves are red, beyond all reason

The flowers of the second lunar month bloom early

Cannot rival these frost-touched leaves，a whole tree of splendor

I stand amid the maple grove

Reluctant to urge on, my horse

[Bridge]

Someone asks why

The heavier the frost, the deeper the red

The flowers of the second lunar month are tender

Time draws it, toward a deeper red

Are people the same?

Those who weather the frost, have ways of their own

This maple grove has taught me

Frost is hardship, red is the answer

[Verse 4]

The setting sun sinks completely

Like candles, each burning red

Tonight I will stay in the mountains

A little warmth from the stove, and all the chill gives way

Tomorrow morning I will descend the mountain

Take a leaf away, and tuck it into a book as a bookmark

[Final Chorus]

The stone path slants, climbing toward the cliffs

白云生处有人家 — Where white clouds rise, there are homes

I may as well park the carriage, beneath the maple trees

霜叶红于二月花 (Frost-touched leaves are redder than the flowers of the second lunar month)

Red as fire, setting the evening clouds ablaze

It is autumn's most brilliant sight

[Outro]

霜叶红于二月花 (Frost-touched leaves are redder than the flowers of the second lunar month)

Deep in autumn, a red tower