Sunset at Zhuque

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Zhuque Bridge is still there

Wild grass beside the bridge, sparse and scattered

Standing at the entrance to Wuyi Lane

The setting sun turns the alley entrance, into a painting

The alley is narrow and long

The bluestone paving，worn smooth

[Pre-Chorus]

Wang Dao and Xie An once lived here

Officials' caps and carriage canopies gather like clouds, horses and carriages clamor

[Chorus]

朱雀桥边野草花 — Wild grasses bloom beside Zhuque Bridge

At the entrance to Wuyi Lane, a streak of evening glow

Swallows fly past again, over whose roof tiles

飞入寻常百姓家 — Flying into the homes of ordinary people

The grand halls of the Wang and Xie families, lie coated in dust and sand

Rise and fall are written, beneath the swallows' wings

[Verse 2]

Later, the world turned upside down

Bells and lavish feasts, became tales of old

The swallows before the halls of the Wang and Xie families

The old hall stands empty, hung thick with cobwebs

They circle a few times

Landing at whose home, on a rack of newly hung laundry

[Pre-Chorus]

That family moved in

Tend the fire and cook, raise chickens and ducks

[Chorus]

朱雀桥边野草花 — Wild grasses bloom beside Zhuque Bridge

At the entrance to Wuyi Lane, a streak of evening glow

Swallows fly past again, over whose roof tiles

飞入寻常百姓家 — Flying into the homes of ordinary people

The grand halls of the Wang and Xie families, lie coated in dust and sand

Rise and fall are written, beneath the swallows' wings

[Instrumental]

[Verse 3]

旧时王谢堂前燕 (The swallows that once nested before the halls of the Wang and Xie families)

From home to home, they fly past bamboo fences

The child points at the swallows and asks

His mother smiles and strokes, his little head

No one remembers this place

Once the most illustrious, of all the land's great clans

[Bridge]

Someone passes through this lane

Rise and fall, success and failure, savored slowly like tea

Grand households will grow cold

Vermilion gates will fade, wild grass will sprout

The swallows pass no judgment on these things

Simply answer spring, year after year

The lane is still there

Watching people come and go，one generation after another

[Verse 4]

The setting sun slants down again

Like a red candle, burned to its end

I stood at the alley entrance for a long time

Of the names Wang and Xie, how many strokes remain

Only the swallows remember

Returning each year to see what has changed

[Final Chorus]

朱雀桥边野草花 — Wild grasses bloom beside Zhuque Bridge

At the entrance to Wuyi Lane, a streak of evening glow

Swallows fly past again, over whose roof tiles

飞入寻常百姓家 — Flying into the homes of ordinary people

The grand halls of the Wang and Xie families, lie coated in dust and sand

Rise and fall are written, beneath the swallows' wings

[Outro]

飞入寻常百姓家 — Flying into the homes of ordinary people

Leave rise and fall to the histories，leave spring to the swallow