江南 [Jiāng nán] [English translation]

The wind that blows here is sticky

Snaring the thoughts of those who pass by

The rain that falls here is tangled strings

Threading through the world of those who linger

Your presence at my side is fate

A destiny written on the surface of the Three Lives rock*

Only a one ten-thousandth part of love is sweet

Still I would rather be buried with just it

Circling around in circles

Day in day out, year in year out, I

Look closely at your face

The gentleness of anger

The tenderness of complaint, in this face

We who don't understand love, hate, passion, worry and torment

Think love is just like the ever-changing wind and clouds

Believing that one day love will be forever more

And in that moment time will freeze

We who don't know how to express tenderness

Still think that starcrossed love** exists only in ancient stories

How painful it is to part? How intense the pain

When dreams are buried in the misty rain of the South River

Only when we've had our hearts broken do we understand

*Story of Three Lives Rock on which past, present and future lives are inscribed

** Starcrossed love: a kind of love facing many barriers which one is willing to sacrifice oneself for

• Artist:JJ Lin
• Album:Haven (2004), JJ Love & Dance Hit Songs (2013)