一缕执念 (Yi Lv Zhi Nian)
One Obsession [Eng Trans]

Credits

Performed by: Zhou Shen 周深

Written by: Yin Yue 尹约, Qian Lei 钱雷, Gao Xiaosong高晓松

Produced by: Yin Yue 尹约

海尽头的人烟 漫过了远山 漫过了新田的里边

The smoke at the end of the ocean crossed mountains and fields 

你住在人海边 一袭旧衣衫 一柄油纸伞的对面

You stayed beside the crowd, wearing old clothes, opposite an oil-paper umbrella

昨日鲜衣怒马陌上白衣少年

The high-spirited teenager in white from the fields yesterday

今天眉宇苍苍看不清你的脸

Has white eyebrows, and can’t see your face clearly today

梦中再照面已不会地转天旋

Even when we meet in dreams again, the world no longer spins

醒来一肩夕阳零落的碎片

I wake up to a shoulder of sunset and a floor of broken pieces

你是我的一缕执念

You are my one obsession 

缠住我的发 藕断丝连

Entangled with my hair, refusing to let go

我以为自己已成熟好几遍

I thought I had already matured 

我以为自己已开始冬眠

I thought I had started hibernating

你是我的一缕执念

You are my one obsession 

跋山涉水也跟着我蔓延

Growing with me, even if you have to cross mountains and rivers

我已为了你参透了枯木禅

I have already understood the withered zen* for you

*T/N: I’m not too sure what this is. From my research, it appears to be a type of Zen (Buddhist tradition) that emphasizes accepting the end of life and viewing death as inevitable, much like old trees and rocks. 

我已为了你去看了远山

I have already visited the mountains far away for you

你是我的一缕执念

You are my one obsession 

缠住我的发 藕断丝连

Entangled with my hair, refusing to let go

我以为自己已成熟好几遍

I thought I had already matured 

我以为自己已开始冬眠

I thought I had started hibernating

你是我的一缕执念

You are my one obsession 

跋山涉水也跟着我蔓延

Growing with me, even if you have to cross mountains and rivers

我已为了你参透了枯木禅

I have already understood the withered zen* for you

*T/N: I’m not too sure what this is. From my research, it appears to be a type of Zen (Buddhist tradition) that emphasizes accepting the end of life and viewing death as inevitable, much like old trees and rocks. 

我已为了你去看了远山

I have already visited the mountains far away for you