The Moon was Frosted (明月如霜英文版)

作詞 : 秋疏

作曲 : 河圖

中文原詞：冉語優(yōu)

二胡：河圖

編曲：王景

Brightly the moon shines on high

Pure moonlight beacons in sky

Who knows the dreams a wanderer enshrines

Are still drawing hometown's outline

With a case of books

And half cup of wine

I left for the strange land alone in farewell cries

Standing on the prowI suddenly looked behind

Into river the moon poured its shine

On the Mid-autumn night

Full moon was frosted to white

I soaked in study with cold lamplight

The roofs were dyed silver by moonshine

While a glimmer of lights dyed the welkin outside

The luna softly lit my surround

Reminded me of old house at the old town

The branches spring flowers bloomed on

And the beams autumn swallows flew around

Year over year a stray got lost

Stealthily transposed mother tongue

Folk may ask me where you're from

Would they know I was raised by this ground

My parents pawned clothes

And traded food suplies

To send letter to inquire my life

Bumped across the seas the writing was blurred

Head raised with tears out of eyes

The moonlight took me in her arms

I asked her where's my hometown

On boat hearing the bellman's beat

My consciousness slowly got numb

Do not turn head however I want

Reality will break all dreams down

Through window I glanced the water by piers

Seemed to be covered by hoarfrost in calm

On the ether a jady rotund

Its shine led the gaze homeward bound

In a bowl of limpid river water

My crusted gaunt in heart was drowned

Better to make my yearning aground

With decades surging without sound

Something withered like autumn weeds

By winds from birthland were my dreams drunk