F: As the night becomes cooler, the flowers fall and turn into frost You are gazing from afar through the night Though I refrain from yearning, it is hard to forget you M: Watching the beautiful peach blossoms, how could you let go of the previous life? Your heart is like the vast sea You pretend it doesn't ache or hurt Yet it is all an illusion F: Bracing the night's chill, my tears of yearning turns into a river And become the spring soil that cherishes me M: Time flies and our sleeves fill with love Fragrant blossom petals flow into my river of longing F: The colour of the blossoms shines through heaven and wounds my mortal heart M: Unlike physical calamities, trials of love are hard to overcome How much hatred from the previous life remains in your weary heart? How much hatred Both: from the previous life remains? F: My hair used to gray I used to look back because of you Even though time is endless, How can we waste it by wandering around (M: wandering around) and exchanging it for the chance to grow up? M: The brilliant peach blossoms feel cold, yet the present lifetime feels warmer I have placed you in my heart long enough for us to be together for three lifetimes Our silhouettes become closer at the edge of the riverbank F: Bracing the night's chill, my tears of yearning turns into a river And become the spring soil that cherishes me M: Time flies and our sleeves fill with love Fragrant blossom petals flow into my river of longing F: The colour of the blossoms shines through heaven and wounds my mortal heart M: Unlike physical calamities, trials of love are hard to overcome How much hatred from the previous life remains in your weary heart? How much hatred Both: from the previous life remains? F: The three lifetimes pass by like a fleeting dream In the years that pass, the wind dries up my tears M: If I remember too late and miss our reunion, let our love dissipate into the mortal world F: Bracing the chill, I look forward to seeing the ten miles of peach blossoms bloom Again, I see the wind sweep across the trees M: My love is unrequited, just like the fallen flowers floating on the river Do not let our hate and affection tarnish the pure flowers Both: I am willing to wait until the end of time[2]
Translation word by word with pinyin. Female:
女:入夜渐微凉; ruye jian weiliang; Into the night gradually gets cooler;
繁花落地成霜; fanhua luodi chengshuang; flower fallen onto the ground forming like frost;
你在远方眺望nizai yuanfang tiaowang; you look from the distant place;
耗尽所有暮光;haojin suoyou muguang; Drained and exhausted all the twilight; 不思量自难相忘; busiliang zinan xiangwang; without consider hard to forget
前世你怎舍下; qianshi ni zen shexia; How can you be willing to put down your previous life?
这一海心茫茫; zhe yihai xin mangmang; This ocean is filled with heart of vast emptiness;
还故作不痛不痒不牵强; hai guzuo butong buyang bu qianqiang; Still pretending without pain without agitation and not farfetched;
都是假象' doushi jiaxiang; All are false illusion
Female:
女:凉凉夜色为你思念成河; liangliang yese weini sinianchenghe; Cool night I am thinking of you missing you like endless river flows;
化作春泥呵护着我; huazuo chunni hehuzhe wo; transform as spring muds caring and protecting me.
Male:
男:浅浅岁月拂满爱人袖;qianqian suiyue fuman airen xiu; Short-lived memories are full of lover's sleeves;
片片芳菲入水流; pianpian fenfei rushuiliu; Every piece of fragrant scent flow into the water;
Female:
女:凉凉天意潋滟一身花色; liangliang tianyi yanlian yishen huase; Cool night glittering covering whole body with flower color;
落入凡尘伤情着我; luoru fanjian shangqingzhe wo; Fallen into the mortal world wounded with love;
Male:
男:生劫易渡情劫难了; shengjie yidu qingjie nanliao; All calamity can easily survived wounded love calamity hard to get over with;
折旧的心还有几分前生的恨; zhejiu dexin haiyou jifen qiansheng de hen; The aged heart h still has parts of previous life's hatre;
还有几分; haiyou jifen; Still has some parts of ...
Duet:
合:前生的恨; qiansheng de hen; Previous life's hatre;
Female:
女:也曾鬓微霜; yeceng binweishuang; The gray hair on the temples have once turn gray;
也曾因你回光; yeceng yin ni huiguang; Also because of you has been feeling of Deja Vu.
悠悠岁月漫长; youyou suiyue manchang; Long years of times.
怎能浪费时光; zenneng langfei shiguang; How can time be wasted.
去流浪; qu liulang; Go Wandering around
Male: 男:去流浪 ; qu liulang; Go Wandering
Female: 女:去换成长; qu huanchengzhang; Exchange for life experience (growth)
Male:
男:灼灼桃花凉; zhuozhuo taohua liang; Steaming hot peace blossom cools; 今生愈渐滚烫; jinsheng yujian guntang; In this life gradually gets steaming boiling hot; 一朵已放心上; yiduo yi fang xinshang; One (flower) has already been placed in heart; 足够三生三世背影成双; zugou sansheng sanshi beiying chengshuang; Sufficiently plenty for three life three generation backview in pairs (together);
Female:
女:背影成双; beiying chengshuang; Backview in pair (together)
Male: 男:在水一方 ; zaishui yifang; In a distant beyond the water;
Female: 女:凉凉夜色为你思念成河 ; liangliang yese weini sinian chenghe; Cool night scenery thinking of you endless like the river flows;
化作春泥呵护着我; huazuo chunni hehuzhe wo; transform as spring muds caring and protecting me.
Male: 男:浅浅岁月拂满爱人袖 ; qianqian suiyue fuman airensiu; Short-lived memories are full of lover's sleeves;
片片芳菲入水流; pianpian fenfei ru shuiliu; Every piece of fragrant scent flow into the water;
落入凡尘伤情着我; luoru fanjian shangqingzhe wo; Fallen into the mortal world wounded with love;
Male: 男:生劫易渡情劫难了 ; shengjie yidu qingjie nanliao; All calamity can easily survived wounded love calamity hard to get over with;
折旧的心还有几分前生的恨; zhejiu dexin haiyou jifen qiansheng de hen; The aged heart still has parts of previous life's hatre; Female: 女:凉凉三生三世恍然如梦 ; liangliang sansheng sanshi huangran rumeng; Cool three life three generation are just like dreams
须臾的年风干泪痕; xuyu de nian fenggan leihen; Long years of time dried up the trace of tears
Male: 男:若是回忆不能再相认; ruoshi huiyi buneng zai xiangren; If memory cannot (make us) recognize and reunited again;
就让情分落九尘; jiurang qingfen luo jiuchen; Then let our love fallen into the mortal world;
Female: 女:凉凉十里何时还会春盛 ; liangliang shili heshi haihui chunsheng; When will the cooling ten miles be spring blooming again?
又见树下一盏风存; you jian shuxia yizhan fengcun; Seeing a breeze under the tree again;
Male: 男:落花有意流水无情 ; luohua youyi liushui wuqing; Fallen flower has love flowering river has no love for fallen flower;
别让恩怨爱恨凉透那花的纯; bie rang enyuan aihen liangtou na hua de chun; Don't let gratitude grudge love hate cools down that flower's pureness.
Duet: 合:吾生愿牵尘; wusheng yuan qianchen; My dream is to be connected with the mortal matter