dēng yōu zhōu tái gē (by Chen Ziang)
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| 登 | dēng | scale; climb; ascend; mount; go up; register; note; to publish; to issue; to record |
| 幽 | yōu | quiet; secluded |
| 州 | zhōu | (United States) state; province; sub-prefecture |
| 臺 | tái | (broadcasting) station; (measure word); platform; stage; desk; station |
| 歌 | gē | song |
| 前 | qián | before; in front; ago; former; previous; earlier; front |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 見 or 见 | jiàn, xiàn | appear; to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview |
| 古 | gǔ | ancient; old |
| 人 | rén | man; person; people |
| 後 or 后 | hòu | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later |
| 不 | bù | (negative prefix); not; no |
| 見 or 见 | jiàn, xiàn | appear; to see; to meet; to appear (to be sth); to interview |
| 來 or 来 | lái | to come |
| 者 | zhě | -ist, -er (person); person (who does sth) |
| 念 | niàn | to read aloud |
| 天 | tiān | day; sky; heaven |
| 地 | de, dì | earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); -ly |
| 之 | zhī | (literary equivalent of 的); (subor. part.); him; her; it |
| 悠 | yōu | at ease; long (in time); sad |
| 悠 | yōu | at ease; long (in time); sad |
| 獨 or 独 | dú | alone; independent; single; sole; only |
| 愴 or 怆 | chuàng | mournful; sad; grieved; sorry |
| 然 | rán | correct; right; so; thus; like this; -ly |
| 而 | ér | and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast) |
| 涕 | tì | nasal mucus; tears |
| 下 | xià | under; second (of two parts); next (week, etc.); lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter |
I quietly compose a country song
Never meeting an elder before
Never meeting those who come after
Reading to heaven and earth is easy
Yet grieving along like this is right, but it's snot
CO
He recorded the song in a secluded province
Before his old man noticed
He didn't see the person approach from behind
He read heavenly and long felt calm
He alone grieved like this: mucus flowing downwards.
PBG
Verse from a remote station
She sees no old men sitting out front;
She sees no travellers coming behind.
She looks for signs from the heavens, and is despondent.
She is alone, and sad, and so her tears fall.
DJW
Climb to a secluded province to hear a song
Before you never met any ancient people, and
After you never met anyone at all.
From the sky you can read the sadness
Alone and mournful, it is right and fitting to let tears fall.
JV
I go up to the secluded province of song.
I used not to appear as an old man.
After going up, I do not see an approaching person.
I read aloud the sky and earth; it is achingly sad,
Alone and mournful, and so tears fall.
BK
Sing it quietly on the radio
I didn't see the old man before,
I didn't see who came later
I read angels were sad
Only I mourned, tears fell
MJH