Ten Miles lyrics with English translation

八月的桂花往下落

The osmanthus falls in August

不用再纠结

No need to be tangled up anymore

时机已成熟带你逃蜚语流言

The time has come to escape the whispers and rumors with you

八月的桂花往下落

The osmanthus falls in August

不用再纠结

No need to be tangled up anymore

请让我亲手为你穿上美丽绣鞋

Please let me lovingly put on those beautiful embroidered shoes for you

无心的月为折枝树上画了霜

The indifferent moon painted frost on the branch of the tree

逃命的鸳鸯沾上路旁桂花的香

The fleeing mandarin ducks are touched by the scent of osmanthus by the roadside

我闻到桂花的香但我不敢享受

I smell the fragrance of osmanthus, but I dare not indulge

我怕贪婪勾结我的怠惰

I'm afraid greed will conspire with my laziness

那么多的谎话偏偏就进了我的耳躲不掉

So many lies have slipped into my ears, there's no escaping them.

旁人说的太多

Others talk too much.

他们让我断了念把心思藏起

They make me cut off my feelings, hiding my thoughts away.

但我藏不住的悸动让我不能摆脱

But the emotions I can't conceal keep me from breaking free.

红绳线

The red thread.

捋不清的脉络

A tangled web of connections.

门当户对

Social status and matching households.

一切的概括

A summary of it all.

我听信了怂恿我承诺的刻意

I believed the tempting whispers of my promises.

我一定带你脱离苦海我答应过你

I will surely lead you out of the sea of suffering; I promised you.

又经历了种种很难堪的彻底

Once again, I endured the unbearable depths

无数个夜里梦见我们离开了这里

Countless nights dreaming of us leaving this place

她在我眼神里得到了答案

She found the answer in the depths of my gaze

约定终身流亡到命运够不著的涯畔

We vowed to wander forever, to shores fate can't reach

剪不断的火烛线惹不完的麻烦

The uncut wick sparks endless troubles

等不到的落叶天见不到的花瓣

Fallen leaves I can't wait for, petals unseen

八月的桂花往下落

In August, the osmanthus blooms begin to fall

不用再纠结

No longer entangled in thought

时机已成熟带你逃蜚语流言

The time has come to escape gossip and whispers

八月的桂花往下落

In August, the osmanthus blooms begin to fall

不用再纠结

No need to get entangled anymore

请让我亲手为你穿上美丽绣鞋

Please let me personally adorn you with beautiful embroidered shoes

无心的月为折枝树上画了霜

The heartless moon paints frost on the branches of the tree

逃命的鸳鸯沾上路旁桂花的香

The fleeing mandarin ducks are tinged with the scent of osmanthus by the roadside

等烛火照亮我的犹豫不决像凋零的花瓣

Waiting for the candlelight to illuminate my uncertainty like wilting petals

窗外在摇曳

Outside the window, everything is swaying

又一次日落半山腰

Once more, the sun sets halfway up the mountain

风雪夜交界

The boundary of a snowy night

我讨厌等不来的秋天说不完的话

I hate the autumn that never arrives and the words that seem endless

我憎恶你给我希望却被时间浇灭

I loathe the hope you give me, only to be extinguished by time

落一层一层的灰尘

Dust falls layer by layer,

我在等你的消息

I’m waiting for your news.

你说该来的总会来

You said what’s meant to be will be,

我从未如此焦急

I’ve never felt this anxious.

身边人换了换

People around me keep changing,

你依旧还没出现

Yet you still haven’t appeared.

随年轮转了转就忘了约定好的路线

With the passage of years, we've forgotten the promised path,

这里以前也有白头翁会一直往南飞

There used to be old folks here flying south forever,

成双成对一片片不见了就像我的昨天

Couples and pairs have vanished, just like my yesterday,

他们在嘲笑我的前半生

They laugh at my first half of life.

等不到你承诺过的不还是要嫁娶

Waiting for the promises you made, but still need to marry

我不相信你不记得我的眼眸

I don't believe you've forgotten my gaze

也忘了满天桂花的花语

And the meaning of the osmanthus blooms scattered in the sky

八月的桂花往下落

In August, the osmanthus petals fall

不用再纠结

No need to hesitate any longer

时机已成熟带你逃蜚语流言

The time is ripe to escape the whispers and rumors with you

八月的桂花往下落

In August, the osmanthus petals fall

不用再纠结

No need to hesitate any longer

请让我亲手为你穿上美丽绣鞋

Please let me personally help you into beautiful embroidered shoes

无心的月为折枝树上画了霜

The indifferent moon has painted frost on the branches of the tree

逃命的鸳鸯沾上路旁桂花的香

The fleeing mandarin ducks are touched by the scent of osmanthus by the roadside.