Waking from Wine Among Spring Mountains

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Spring seems to remember the day it should return

Yet there is no hurry to wake the one sleeping among the flowers

Fine rain adds a little fresh green to the tender shoots

The wind dyes the willow branches a tender mood

[Pre-Chorus]

The sky too has its hours of mist and chill

A beautiful scene need not be whole at every moment

[Chorus]

When I wake, this mountain's spring colors will still be here

There is no need to carry all that haste

If a cup of floral fragrance can let me anchor for a while

Let the days slowly grow more vivid

When I wake, this mountain's spring colors will still be here

I want to remember this beauty before me with care

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

A light frost can still knock down a branch or two of blossoms

Clouds and mist can briefly hide the distant sea too

Yet I do not want that to make me miss what is beside me

Those tiny changes striving hard to grow

[Pre-Chorus]

The sky too has its hours of mist and chill

A beautiful scene need not be whole at every moment

[Chorus]

When I wake, this mountain's spring colors will still be here

There is no need to carry all that haste

If a cup of floral fragrance can let me anchor for a while

Let the days slowly grow more vivid

When I wake, this mountain's spring colors will still be here

I want to remember this beauty before me with care

[Bridge]

Set both loss and gain into the wind

Do not let one cold spell define the whole spring

When I sit up among the flowers with a clear mind

Only then do I realize that composure, too, is a kind of courage

[Final Chorus]

When I wake, this mountain's spring colors will still be here

There is no need to carry all that haste

If a cup of floral fragrance can let me anchor for a while

Let the days slowly grow more vivid

When I wake, this mountain's spring colors will still be here

I want to remember this beauty before me with care

[Outro]

I pin a blossom of spring to my clothes

With a cheerful heart I slowly return to everyday life