Get ready for some serious wanderlust vibes. This song, released by Taiwanese singer Chyi Yu (Qiyu) in 1979, captures the restless spirit of a wanderer who roams far from home.
不要问我从哪里来 我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪 流浪远方 流浪
为了天空飞翔的小鸟 为了山涧轻流的小溪
为了宽阔的草原 流浪远方 流浪
还有还有 为了梦中的橄榄树 橄榄树
不要问我从哪里来 我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪 为什么流浪远方
为了我梦中的橄榄树
不要问我从哪里来 我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪 流浪远方 流浪
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| <p>故乡 | gùxiāng | homeland, hometown |
| 远方 | yuǎnfāng | distant place, far away |
| 流浪 | liúlàng | to wander, to roam |
| 飞翔 | fēixiáng | to soar, to fly |
| 山涧 | shānjiàn | mountain stream, ravine |
| 小溪 | xiǎoxī | brook, small stream |
| 宽阔 | kuānkuò | wide, broad, vast |
| 草原 | cǎoyuán | grassland, prairie |
| 橄榄树 | gǎnlǎnshù | olive tree |
| 梦中 | mèngzhōng | in a dream</p> |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 从 | cóng | variant of 從|从[cong2]; surname Cong |
| 哪 | nǎ | how; which |
| 里 | lǐ | variant of 裡|里[li3]; lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]; surname Li |
| 来 | lái | to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3… |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 故 | gù | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead |
| 乡 | xiang | country or countryside; home village or town |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 为 | wéi | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice); variant of 為|为[wei2] |
| 什 | shén | what |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 天空 | tiān kōng | sky |
| 小鸟 | xiǎo niǎo | small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie |
| 轻 | qīng | light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage |
| 流 | líu | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | there still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition |
Don’t ask me where I come from, my homeland is far away
Why do I wander? Wandering to distant places, wandering
For the birds soaring in the sky, for the streams gently flowing through mountain valleys
For the vast grasslands, wandering to distant places, wandering
And also, also for the olive tree in my dreams, the olive tree
Don’t ask me where I come from, my homeland is far away
Why do I wander? Why do I wander to distant places?
For the olive tree in my dreams
Don’t ask me where I come from, my homeland is far away
Why do I wander? Wandering to distant places, wandering