Lingering Light over Jiangnan

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Morning lights the flowers by the river

The water's hue is like a length of blue silk slowly unfurling

I close my eyes in a city far away

I can still smell meals cooking in that old alley

[Pre-Chorus]

There are places I left long ago

Still keeping watch at the door for the spring within my heart

[Chorus]

Jiangnan keeps shining in my memory

Just a passage of flowing water can take me home

It isn't only the red in the painting that stays with me

It is those ordinary people who fill their days with warmth

Jiangnan keeps shining in my memory

May the next gust of wind carry me back to your side

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

The little boat turns beneath the familiar bridge arch

Someone hangs clothes out in the morning light

What I remember is more than flowers and water

And a name called out so tenderly

[Pre-Chorus]

There are places I left long ago

Still keeping watch at the door for the spring within my heart

[Chorus]

Jiangnan keeps shining in my memory

Just a passage of flowing water can take me home

It isn't only the red in the painting that stays with me

It is those ordinary people who fill their days with warmth

Jiangnan keeps shining in my memory

May the next gust of wind carry me back to your side

[Bridge]

When life sends us to different distant places

Then gather the places where we loved into your heart

May every restless heart keep a shore of its own

When you are weary, a lamp is still lit for you

[Final Chorus]

Jiangnan keeps shining in my memory

Just a passage of flowing water can take me home

It isn't only the red in the painting that stays with me

It is those ordinary people who fill their days with warmth

Jiangnan keeps shining in my memory

May the next gust of wind carry me back to your side

[Outro]

I keep that stretch of spring scenery in my traveling bag

Wherever I go, I know the way home