Listen to this articleArtist: Wang Feng (汪峰)
Song: 长安街上 (zhǎng ān jiē shàng) •Album: 怒放的生命
长安街上
十五年前我还是个孩子身无分文
从不知道是回家还是去找那帮混混
没有目标没有希望像个流浪的乞丐
在清晨在夜晚在迷茫的边缘在这条长安街上 它和我一样孤独
它就像我的朋友 我们一起哭泣转眼过去的十年我已长大
妈妈的眼角也爬满了交错的皱纹
为了生存为了爱遍体鳞伤
我突然发现它是我唯一的朋友在这条长安街上 它和我一样孤独
它就像我的朋友 我们一起哭泣现在生命已过半岁月匆匆
我学会了忍耐也学会了放弃
有一天我再次漫步在这条街上
我发现我还像一块石头一样孤独在这条长安街上 它和我一样孤独
它就像我的朋友 我们一起哭泣在这条长安街上 它和我一样孤独
它就像我的朋友 我们一起哭泣
On Chang’an Avenue
Fifteen years ago, I was still a child without a cent to my name,
[who] never knew whether to return home or to find help from a gang.
[I] had no goals and no hope, like a drifting beggar,
In my mind, in the night, and in the vast and hazy borderline.
He is just as lonely as I am on Chang’an Avenue.
He is like my friend; we cry together.Ten years passed in an instant, and I had already grew up.
The corners of my mother’s eyes were crisscrossed with wrinkles.
I was beaten up, black and blue, for existence and for love,
Now, I suddenly realized that he was my only friend.He is just as lonely as I am on Chang’an Avenue.
He is like my friend; we cry together.Now, [as] the years passed on hurriedly,
I learned how to be patient, and how to give up.
One day, [as] I stroll across that street again,
I discovered that I was still as lonely as a rock.
He is just as lonely as I am on Chang’an Avenue.
He is like my friend; we cry together.He is just as lonely as I am on Chang’an Avenue.
He is like my friend; we cry together.
Submitted by Elda Mengisto
