Pu Shu 朴树
白桦林 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:23
静静的村庄飘着白的雪
In the quiet village, the white snow drifts
阴霾的天空下鸽子飞翔
Beneath the overcast sky, the doves take flight
白桦树刻着那两个名字
The birch trees bear witness to those two names
他们发誓相爱用尽这一生
They swore to love, giving their all in this life
有一天战火烧到了家乡
One day, the flames of war reached their hometown
小伙子拿起枪奔赴边疆
The young man took up his gun, rushing to the frontier
心上人你不要为我担心
My beloved, don’t you worry for me
等着我回来在那片白桦林
Wait for me to return, to that grove of birch trees
天空依然阴霾依然有鸽子在飞翔
The sky remains gray, still doves are soaring high
谁来证明那些没有墓碑的爱情和生命
Who will prove those loves and lives without tombstones
雪依然在下那村庄依然安详
Snow still falls, that village remains serene
年轻的人们消逝在白桦林
Young souls vanish in the birch forest
噩耗声传来在那个午后
The sound of sorrow arrives on that afternoon
心上人战死在远方沙场
My beloved perished on the distant battlefield
她默默来到那片白桦林
She quietly comes to the white birch grove
望眼欲穿地每天守在那里
Yearning with longing, she waits there each day
她说他只是迷失在远方
She says he is merely lost in the faraway
他一定会来来这片白桦林
He will surely come to this white birch grove
天空依然阴霾依然有鸽子在飞翔
The sky remains gloomy, yet doves still soar
谁来证明那些没有墓碑的爱情和生命
Who will prove those love and lives without tombstones
雪依然在下那村庄依然安详
The snow keeps falling, the village remains serene
年轻的人们消逝在白桦林
Young souls fading away in the birch forest
长长的路呀就要到尽头
Oh, the long road is just about to end
那姑娘已经是白发苍苍
That girl now has hair as white as snow
她时常听他在枕边呼唤
She often hears him calling by her pillow
"来吧亲爱的来这片白桦林"
"Come, my dear, come to this birch forest"
在死的时候她喃喃地说
As she was dying, she murmured softly
"我来了等着我在那片白桦林"
"I'm coming, wait for me in that birch forest"
Key vocabulary
- 边biān
- edge2
- 长cháng
- long2
- 来到lái dào
- arrive1
- 说shuō
- say1
- 路lù
- road1
- 已经yǐ jīng
- already2
- 年轻nián qīng
- young2
- 爱情ài qíng
- love2
- 片piàn
- slice2
- 静静jìng jìng
- quietly
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About this song
Pu Shu is a Chinese singer-songwriter from Nanjing whose pop and rock-influenced music is rooted in his debut-era mainland releases. He is known for becoming the first singer from mainland China signed to Warner Music Group in 1999 and for the award-winning film theme song “The Ordinary Road” for The Continent.