#dedema

[hi-jjo]

父亲的草原母亲的河 (my father's grassland, my mother's river) - english translation

Written by painter and poet Xi Murong (席慕容), composed by Ulan Toga (乌兰托嘎), and first performed by singer Dedema (德德玛), in 2000 for the Spring Festival Gala held in Inner Mongolia. All three are Chinese-Mongolian.

The first video is Dedema's performance. The second video is a cover by Tengger (ᠲᠡᠩᠭᠡᠷᠢ, 腾格尔) and third is a cover by Jamyang Dolma (འཇམ་དབྱངས་སྒྲོལ་མ).

父亲曾经形容草原的清香 让他在天涯海角也从不能相忘 母亲总爱描摹那大河浩荡 奔流在蒙古高原我遥远的家乡

如今终于见到这辽阔大地 站在芬芳的草原上我泪落如雨 河水在传唱着祖先的祝福 保佑漂泊的孩子找到回家的路

啊 父亲的草原 啊 母亲的河 虽然己经 不能用不能用母语来诉说 请接纳我的悲伤我的欢乐 我也是高原的孩子啊 心里有一首歌 歌中有我父亲的草原母亲的河

My father once described the clear fragrance of the grasslands A memory he could never lose, even a world away My mother always loved to trace the vast and mighty rivers Rushing through the Mongolian highlands, my faraway home

Now I can finally see this vast earth Standing on this fragrant grassland, my tears fall like rain The rivers sing my ancestors' blessings Bless and protect the wandering children, seeking the road home

Ah, my father's grasslands Ah, my mother's rivers Even though I already can't use, can't use my mother tongue to express it, Please accept my grief, my joy I too, am a child of the highlands My heart holds one song Within that song is my father's grassland, my mother's river

t/n:

This is one of my favorite songs. Here are some extra thoughts.

"天涯海角" I translated as "a world away" but is most commonly translated as "the end of the earth". Literally: 天涯 "the borders of the sky/heaven", 海角 "the corners of the ocean". The full phrase is used to describe an extremely remote location, or two things/locations that are extremely far apart from each other. It's also the name of a real beach in Hainan.

"漂泊" is translated as "wandering", but also has connotations of drifting, floating.

In Tengger's cover, towards the end he changes "my heart holds one song" to "my heart holds this song"

[hi-jjo]

等你回家 (waiting for you to come home) - english translation

Lyrics by Bai Liping (白立平), composed by Qiao Jianjun (乔建军). The lyrics were first published in 2004, in Bai Liping's lyric/poetry collection 《深深眷恋的草原》 (the deeply nostalgic grassland). Several musicians composed music for these lyrics; this version was composed by Qiao Jianjun in 2007 and seems to be the most widely circulated version.

I've embedded performances by Dedema (德德玛) and Jamyang Dolma (འཇམ་དབྱངས་སྒྲོལ་མ).

煮好奶茶, 备好你骑过的骏马 在你离开的毡房前 等你回家 萨日朗开花, 孩子也已长高长大 在你离开的大路旁 等你回家

等你回家 盼你回家 先行你的大雁也飞回来了 等你回家 盼你回家 我知道你也把家乡牵挂

不管你走多远 草原永远都是你的家

The milk tea is brewed, your handsome horse is tended In front of the yurt you departed from, I wait for you to come home The saraana blooms, the child has grown up too Beside the road you departed by, I wait for you to come home

Waiting for you to come home, yearning for you to come home The wild geese that left ahead of you, they've flown back too Waiting for you to come home, yearning for you to come home I know that you miss your homeland too

No matter how far you've gone The grasslands will always be your home

t/n:

Saraana, сараана, 山丹, or Lilium pumilum are a species of lily native to Mongolia, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Korea, and northern China. They have a fiery red color, are resistant to cold, and have become a symbol of beauty/passion/tenacity in grassland folk music.

[agarconete]

Amar pra quê? Quando deixamos o amor de lado acabam os arrepios, os nervosismos e o medo não ser perfeita. Eles simplesmente deixam de existir. Então pra quê amar? Não aguento mais todo esse drama, todo esse esforço que não leva ninguém a lugar algum. Por outro lado, corremos o risco de perder a companhia as borboletas tão belas que vivem em nossos estômago, e não tenho certeza se a solidão é um preço justo a se pagar.

Michelle.