Như Quỳnh
Rừng Lá Thay Chưa lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Vietnamese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1995
- Genre
- Bolero
- Length
- 4:23
Anh đi rừng chưa thay lá
You've gone to the forest, where leaves haven't changed,
Em về rừng lá thay chưa
Have you returned to the woods, where leaves have turned?
Phố cũ bây chừ xa lạ
The old streets now feel so strange,
Hắt hiu đợi gió giao mùa
Waiting alone for the winds of change.
Xuân xưa mình chung đôi bóng
In springtime past, we danced as one,
Xuân này mình ngóng trông nhau
This spring, we're longing for the sun.
Cuốn hút phương trời vô vọng
Drawn to a distant and hopeless sky,
Nhớ thương bạc trắng mái đầu
Remembering love as our hair turns grey.
Em có về qua lối cũ
Will you come back through the old paths?
Phố phường chừ đã đổi thay
The streets have transformed, oh how they sway.
Thương em nửa đời hoang phế
Loving you for half a life in ruins,
Thương ta chịu kiếp lưu đầy
Loving myself through this exiled life,
Xuân nay mình em lẻ bóng
This spring, it's only me in solitude,
Có còn tiếc nhớ xuân xưa
Do you still long for springs of the past?
Dài tay đếm từng nhung nhớ
With outstretched hands, I count each wistful thought,
Em ơi chờ gió giao mùa
Oh darling, wait for the turning winds of season,
Em có về qua lối cũ
Will you return along the old path?
Phố phường chừ đã đổi thay
The streets have changed so much now,
Thương em nửa đời hoang phế
Loving you for half a life in ruins,
Thương ta chịu kiếp lưu đầy
Loving myself through this exiled life.
Xuân nay mình em lẻ bóng
This spring, it's just me all alone
Có còn tiếc nhớ xuân xưa
Do you still long for springs gone by?
Dài tay đếm từng nhung nhớ
With outstretched arms, I count each memory
Em ơi chờ gió giao mùa
Oh darling, wait for the winds of the season
Em ơi chờ gió giao mùa
Oh darling, wait for the winds of the season
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Key vocabulary
- chừ
- hmm
- hắt
- shine
- hiu
- lonely
- đợi
- wait
- giao
- deliverA2
- xưa
- old
- chung
- commonB1
- đôi
- pairB1
- ngóng
- wait
- nhau
- each otherB2
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About this song
Như Quỳnh is a Vietnamese-American singer known for performing Vietnamese popular music for the diaspora. She is internationally recognized for her vocal style and for duets with Thế Sơn and Trường Vũ that connect international Vietnamese music with Vietnam.