白桦林 [bái huà lín] [English translation]

White snow blows over the quiet village

Pigeons fly in the hazy sky

Two names carved into a birch tree

Lovers pledged for an eternity

One day the fires of war descended on our home

The young men rushed to the frontier, guns in hand

Telling their loved ones not to worry for them

Await my return in the birch forest

The sky remains hazy

The pigeons still fly

Who remembers the life and love of those who lie in unmarked graves?

Snow continues to fall on that ever-quiet village

The youth have disappeared in that birch forest

The news arrives on that afternoon

Of loved ones fallen on a faraway battlefield

She silently goes to the birch forest

Waiting there with longing eyes

She says he is only lost

That he must return

To meet her in the birch forest

The sky remains hazy

The pigeons still fly

Who remembers the life and love of those who lie in unmarked graves?

Snow continues to fall on that ever-quiet village

The youth have disappeared in that birch forest

The long long road comes to an end

The young girl now grey-haired with age

In her bed she still hears him calling

Come, dear, to the birch forest

Near his death he manages to murmur

I'm coming, wait for me in the birch forest

• Artist:Pu Shu
• Album:我去2000年