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Artist: Li Zhi (李志)
Song: 山阴路的夏天 (Shān yīn lù de xià tiān)

山阴路的夏天

这次你离开了没有像以前那样说再见，
再见也他妈的只是再见
我们之间从来没有想像的那么接近，
只是两棵树的距离
你是否还记得山阴路我八楼的房间，
房间里唱歌的日日夜夜
那么热的夏天你看着外面，
看着你在消逝的容颜

我多么想念你走在我身边的样子，
想起来我的爱就不能停止
南京的雨不停地下不停地下，
就像你沉默的委屈

一转眼，我们的城市又到了夏天，
对面走来的人都瞇着眼
人们不敢说话不敢停下脚步，
因为心动常常带来危险
我多么想念你走在我身边的样子，
想起来我的爱就不能停止
南京的雨不停地下不停地下，
有些人却注定要相遇
你是一片光荣的叶子落在我卑贱的心
像往常一样我为自己生气并且歌唱
那么乏力，爱也吹不动的叶子

Summer on Shanyin Road

This time you left without saying goodbye,
as if a goodbye would mean something
We were never as close as we thought,
Just two trees apart
Still remember my room on the 8th floor on Shanyin Road?
The days and nights we sang
Look outside on this hot summer day,
Look at your fading beauty

Missing the way you walked beside me,
My heart can’t stop bleeding thinking of it
Nanjing’s rain doesn’t stop coming,
Like your silent grievances

In a flash, it’s summer here once more,
The passer-bys all squinting
They fear to speak but they can’t stop,
The feelings inside is a source of danger
Missing the way you walked beside me,
My heart can’t stop bleeding thinking of it
Nanjing’s rain doesn’t stop coming,
Some people are just meant to meet
You’re a proud leaf falling on my lowly heart
As usual I grief my mistakes and sing,
Defeatly, about the leaf love can’t blow away

Submitted by Erwin Chen

Author’s comments:
Took some small creative liberty to make a few parts make more sense in English, though most of the translation is true to the original.

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