shì shéi cóng yè zhuài xià yī lǚ guāng

是誰從夜拽下一縷光

Who pulled a ray of light down from the night?

jiāng nà yǐ chén jì de xīn rǎo luàn

將那已沉寂的心擾亂

Disturbing the heart that was already silent

míng yuè gāo xuán wēi fēng yǔ xīng chuān

明月高懸微風與星穿

The bright moon hangs high, breeze and stars thread through

tīng āi tàn hóng yán

聽哀嘆 紅顏

Listening to the sighs of a beautiful woman

suí liǎo liǎo hóng chén huà zuò lán shān

隨了了紅塵 化作闌珊

Following the mortal world, turning into the waning light

cǎo zhǎng yīng fēi cháng mìng luò

草長鶯飛 長命落

Grass grows and orioles fly, long life fades

ài liǎng liǎng sān sān sī què zǒng cháng cháng

愛兩兩三三 思卻總常常

Love is bits and pieces, but longing is constant

sué liú nián piāo bó

隨流年 漂泊

Drifting with the fleeting years

huā kāi huā luò rì shēng rì mò

花開花落 日升日沒

Flowers bloom and fade, sun rises and sets

zhēn qíng rú yān bō

真情如煙波

True feelings are like misty waves

rén zhǐ zhī jì mò

人只知寂寞

People only know loneliness

shéi zài hu yīn guǒ

誰在乎因果

Who cares about cause and effect?

cháo qǐ cháo luò yuè yuán yuè mò

潮起潮落 月圓月沒

Tide rises and falls, moon waxes and wanes

kàn pò bù shuō pò

看破不說破

Seeing through it but not exposing it

tài dān bó yǔ shéi néng shuō

太單薄 與誰能說

Too fragile, to whom can I speak?