Lyrics &Music: Zou Taoran
Have you ever heard the sound of ice strings breaking for the first time
Like the primordial world waking its very first breath
Pine winds sweep through a thousand valleys landing on my fingertips
I close my eyes and all the mountains lean in to listen
Flowing water oh you do not break for parting
High mountains still grow toward the white clouds
The autumn washed by the cold spring…shatters
Shatters into a whole ground of moonlight’s chill
A solitary crane crosses the river skimming the water without a sound
Whose silhouette sinks into the heavy heavy moon shade
Say not that kindred souls from now on are gone
Say not that the ancient qin from now on is silenced
Look —
In this world there is still one unburned qin
Still waiting still waiting
Waiting for someone to listen
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
High mountains do not turn flowing water does not return
Pine winds in a thousand valleys are all waiting for you to return
A solitary crane crosses the river skimming the water without a sound
Whose silhouette sinks into the heavy heavy moon shade
Say not that kindred souls are gone from now on
Say not that the ancient qin is silenced from now on
Look —
In this world there is still one unburned qin
Still waiting still waiting
Waiting for someone to listen
Ah-ah
High mountains remain flowing water has not ceased
A thousand years later I softly sing —
Come and listen
Ha…
