风吹麦浪 Fēng chuī mài làng
Wind Blows the Wheat Waves
1. Song Overview
Beautiful 2008 folk song using golden wheat fields as a metaphor for lost love and the passage of time – classic northern Chinese scenery.
2. Key Excerpts & Explanations
Opening scene
远处蔚蓝天空下
Translation: “Far away beneath the deep blue sky”
Wheat waves
涌动着金色的麦浪
Translation: “Golden wheat waves surge”
Memory
就在那里曾是你和我
Translation: “Right there was where you and I once loved”
Final release
就让失散的誓言飞舞吧
Translation: “Let the scattered vows dance in the wind”
3. Full English Translation (Our version)
Beneath the deep blue sky, golden wheat waves roll.
That was where we once loved.
When the breeze carries the scent of harvest,
your gentle words come back and moisten my eyes.
Let our broken promises fly away with the west wind,
like your soft hair once perfumed my dreams.
4. Key Vocabulary
| Pinyin | Chinese | English |
|---|---|---|
| wèi lán | 蔚蓝 | azure |
| mài làng | 麦浪 | wheat waves |
| dǎ shī yǎn kuàng | 打湿眼眶 | moisten eyes |
| shì yán | 誓言 | vows |
| fēn fāng | 芬芳 | fragrant |
5. Cultural Notes
Northern China’s wheat fields are a classic symbol of nostalgia and lost love in Chinese music and poetry.