飞天 lyrics with English translation

龟兹笔墨 (ah) 千年壁刻 (墨 uh 刻)

Kucha's brush and ink (ah) millennia of carvings (ink uh carvings)

不仙不魔 底色般若

Neither immortal nor devil, the fundamental essence of wisdom

前世凿壁 不偷光 偷藏镌刻 (镌刻)

In a past life, I chiseled the wall, not to steal light, but to hide the engravings (engravings)

千窟长住异域来的佛陀

A Buddha from foreign lands residing in a thousand caves

东望故土 向飞天落笔书汉墨 (汉墨)

Looking east towards my homeland, ink flowing to the sky in Han style (Han style)

西出阳关外 在壁画天外理想国

Beyond Yangguan, in a dreamlike realm depicted on murals

破楼兰 踏祁连广阔 (广阔)

Breaking through Loulan, treading the vastness of Qilian (vastness)

狼居胥 又一年传说 (传说)

Wolves dwell in Xu again, a new year of legends (legends)

画飞天 望九天 碧落

Painting the flying heavens, gazing at the nine skies, where the azure falls

平四方 再直上 执著

Level the four corners, rise straight up, with determination

理想 妄想 遥想梦想 (飞呀 飞呀 飞)

Ideals, illusions, distant dreams (Fly, oh, fly, fly)

飞天 九天 扶摇直上

Soaring to the heavens, ascending through the nine skies

画壁千年 轮回不忘 (飞呀 飞呀 飞)

A thousand years of painted walls, never forgotten in the cycle (Fly, oh, fly, fly)

来世攀登星辰月亮

In the next life, I’ll climb the stars and moon

白日梦我 (uh 我) 逐日而歌 (yeah 而歌)

In my daydreams (uh, me), I chase the sun with song (yeah, with song)

飞天画壁 (画壁) 琵琶雕琢 (琢)

Soaring to the sky, painted walls (painted walls), crafted with the pipa (crafted)

鲁班木鹤 (鹤) 万户御火 (火)

Lu Ban's wooden crane (crane), ten thousand homes ward off fire (fire)

宿命与我

Fate intertwines with me

Feel it, I'ma 'bout to fly, yeah, uh

夸父 嫦娥 八荒 妄想 (ah 飞呀 飞呀)

Kua Fu, Chang'e, boundless realms of illusion (ah, fly, oh, fly)

山海经读到第几章？

How many chapters of the Classic of Mountains and Seas have you read?

也曾把飞天当愿望

Once, I also took flying to be my dream.

鲁班 万户 百代 理想 (ah 飞呀 飞呀)

Luban, countless households, a hundred generations, ideals (ah fly, oh fly)

来自宇宙中的回响

Echoes from the universe resonate.

有飞天正托起太阳

The flying maiden is lifting the sun.

三千年执著不忘

Three thousand years of dedication, never forgotten.

象形字描摹想像

Pictographs sketch the imagination.

飞天一梦梦敦煌

A dream of flying, dreaming of Dunhuang.

千年长 蜚短流长

For a thousand years, tales spread far and wide.

Uh 一切冷眼嘲讽皆是虚妄

Uh, all cold eyes and mockery are just illusions.

飞天建造信仰 来世众生敬仰

Building faith in the skies, revered by beings in the next life,

(我在等待 落定尘埃)

(I am waiting for the dust to settle)

(Ah 飞呀)

(Ah, fly away)

(Ah-yea 飞呀 飞呀) 壁窟幻想

(Ah-yea, fly away, fly away) Cave of fantasies,

(Ah-yea 飞呀 飞呀)

(Ah-yea, fly away, fly away)

(Eh-eh) 壁窟幻想 (hey-yo, hey-yo, hey)

(Eh-eh) Cave of fantasies (hey-yo, hey-yo, hey)

白日梦我 (uh 我) 逐日而歌 (yeah 而歌)

In daydreams, I (uh, I) sing with the sun (yeah, with the sun)

飞天画壁 (画壁) 琵琶雕琢 (琢)

Flying paintings in the sky (paintings in the sky), carved pipa (carved)

鲁班木鹤 (鹤) 万户御火 (火)

Lu Ban's wooden crane (crane), ten thousand homes against the fire (fire)

宿命与我

Fate is with me

Feel it, I'ma 'bout to fly, yeah, uh

夸父 嫦娥 八荒 妄想 (飞呀 飞呀)

Kua Fu, Chang'e, vast lands, wild dreams (Fly, oh fly)

山海经读到第几章？

Which chapter of the Classic of Mountains and Seas have you reached?

也曾把飞天当愿望

Once, I too wished to soar the skies

鲁班 万户 百代 理想 (飞呀 飞呀)

Lu Ban, countless households, aspirations of generations (Fly, oh fly)

来自宇宙中的回响

Echoes from the cosmos are here

有飞天正托起太阳

With flying beings lifting the sun high