Sing Songs
We invite you to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with singing and dancing. Grab your favorite instrument and sing along with these popular Chinese songs!
May We All Be Blessed with Longevity
但愿人长久
Dàn yuàn rén chángjiU
Song: Teresa Teng
Translation: Han Keat Lim 林汉杰
When will the moon be clear and bright?
With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky.
In the heavens on this night,
I wonder what season it would be?
I'd like to ride the wind to fly home.
Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions
are much too high and cold for me.
Dancing with my moonlit shadow,
It does not seem like the human world.
The moon rounds the red mansion, stoops to silk-pad doors, shines upon the sleepless,
Bearing no grudge,why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart?
People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart,
The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane,
This imperfection has been going on since the beginning of time.
May we all be blessed with longevity,
Though thousand miles apart we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.
I'd like to ride the wind to fly home.
Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions
are much too high and cold for me.
Dancing with my moonlit shadow,
It does not seem like the human world.
The moon rounds the red mansion, stoops to silk-pad doors, shines upon the sleepless,
Bearing no grudge,why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart?
People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart,
The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane,
This imperfection has been going on since the beginning of time.
May we all be blessed with longevity,
Though thousand miles apart we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together
明月几时有
把酒问青天
不知天上宫阙
今夕是何年
我欲乘风归去
唯恐琼楼玉宇
高处不胜寒
起舞弄清影
何似在人间
转朱阁低绮户照无眠
不应有恨何事长向别时圆
人有悲欢离合
月有阴晴圆缺
此事古难全
但愿人长久
千里共婵娟
我欲乘风归去
唯恐琼楼玉宇
高处不胜寒
起舞弄清影
何似在人间
转朱阁低绮户照无眠
不应有恨何事长向别时圆
人有悲欢离合
月有阴晴圆缺
此事古难全
但愿人长久
千里共婵娟
míngyuè jǐshí yǒu bǎjiǔ wèn qīngtiān
bùzhī tiānshàng gōngjué jīnxī shì hé nián
wǒ yù chéng fēng guī qù wéikǒng qióng lóu yùyǔ
gāo chù bùshèng hán qǐwǔ nòng qīng yǐng héshì zài rénjiān
zhuǎn zhū gé dī qǐ hù zhào wúmián
bù yìng yǒu hèn héshì zhǎng xiàng bié shí yuán
rén yǒu bēihuānlíhé yuè yǒu yīn qíng yuán quē
cǐ shì gǔ nán quán dàn yuàn rén chángjiǔ
qiānlǐ gòng chánjuān
wǒ yù chéng fēng guī qù wéikǒng qióng lóu yùyǔ
gāo chù bùshèng hán qǐwǔ nòng qīng yǐng
hé shì zài rénjiān
zhuǎn zhū gé dī qǐ hù zhào wúmián
bù yìng yǒu hèn hé shì zhǎng xiàng bié shí yuán
rén yǒu bēihuānlíhé yuè yǒu yīn qíng yuán quē
cǐ shì gǔ nán quán dàn yuàn rén chángjiǔ
qiānlǐ gòng chánjuān
Solitary, I Ascend the Western Tower
独上西楼
Dú shàng yī lóu
Song: Teresa Teng
Translation: Han Keat Lim 林汉杰
Silently, solitary I ascend the western tower,
The moon appears like a hook,
The lone parasol tree locks the clear autumn in the deep courtyard.
What cannot be cut,
Nor raveled,
Is the sorrow of separation:
Nothing tastes like that to the heart.
无言独上西楼，
月如钩，
寂寞梧桐深院锁清秋。
剪不断，
理还乱，
是离愁，
别是一般滋味在心头。
wú yán dú shàng xī lóu,
yuè rú gōu,
jìmò wútóng shēn yuàn suǒ qīngqiū.
Jiǎn bùduàn,
lǐ hái luàn,
shì líchóu,
bié shì yībān zīwèi zài xīntóu.