遥遥(Yao Yao)
Distant [Eng Trans]

Credits

Performed by: Zhou Shen 周深

Written by: Cao Zhengjie 曹正杰, Yuan Jing 袁晶

Produced by: Cao Zhengjie 曹正杰

高楼里的窗 是谁的名人堂

Whose hall of fame does the window of that tall building belong to?

总有人 停一停 抬头看

There will always be people stopping to stare at it

有天也要这样

One day I also want to be like that

这些年租过的房 也换了好几个地方

These years, the rooms I rented have moved many times, too

看不见 月弯弯 又何妨

Can’t see the crescent moon, why does it matter?

心里藏着光

There’s light in the heart

春去秋来的门

The doors that witnessed spring leaves and autumn 

早出晚归的人

The people who leave early and return late

为了每个梦想成真的剧本

Working on the script where dreams come true

忙碌的人啊 遥遥去闯荡

Busy people are going to distant places on an adventure

微风还没起床

The breeze hasn’t woken up

忙碌的人啊 遥遥说晚安

Busy people are saying goodnight from a distance

末班地铁上梦一场

Dreaming on the last train

后来的人啊 遥遥看海港

People of the future are staring at the harbor from afar

曾经像白纸一张

Used to be like a piece of white paper

后来的人啊 遥遥问时光

People of the future are asking time from afar

如今 也成了榜样

Now, they have become role models too

饭桌上的汤 等他回家的夜晚

The soup on the dining table; the nights waiting for him to come home

路灯下 那个人 影子长

Under the street lamps, that person’s shadow is long

像岁月的诗行

Like the poems of time

南来北往的人

People who are always on the move

来到这里扎根

Came here and started a home

用青春造同一座城像亲人

Using youth to create a city that’s like family

追梦的人啊 遥遥看星光

People chasing after their dreams are looking at the starlight from a distance

黑发染上白霜

Dark hair is dyed by snow

追梦的人啊 遥遥站中央

People chasing after their dreams are standing in the centre from afar 

这灯火有我添的光

In the city of lights, one of them is mine*

归来的人啊 遥遥对风讲

People who have returned are telling the wind from a distance

曾经跌跌撞撞

That they used to stumble and fall

归来的人啊 遥遥听海浪

People who have returned are listening to the waves from a distance

亲爱的人都在身旁

Those whom they love are by their side

追梦的人啊 遥遥看星光

People chasing after their dreams are looking at the starlight from a distance

黑发染上白霜

Dark hair is dyed by snow

追梦的人啊 遥遥站中央

People chasing after their dreams are standing in the centre from afar 

这灯火有我添的光

In the city of lights, one of them is mine*

归来的人啊 遥遥对风讲

People who have returned are telling the wind from a distance

曾经跌跌撞撞

That they used to stumble and fall

归来的人啊 遥遥听海浪

People who have returned are listening to the waves from a distance

亲爱的人都在身旁

Those whom they love are by their side

T/N：

* 灯火 means light/lantern and in this context refers to the light of the city, 添的光 means adding light / adding oil to the lantern --> the city light includes light that I added --> one of the city lights is mine