土坡上的狗尾草 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 卢润泽

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The yellow earth turned into asphalt

Wildflowers bloomed at the village entrance back then

I bought your favorite meat again

But you’re no longer by my side

Little Yellow, I brought you home

Still covered in mud all over

You lifted your head and looked at me

It’s been eight years now, hasn’t it?

You’ve fought for leftover bones

You’ve slept on rainy streets

I still couldn’t give you a good life

Ah, why did you leave so suddenly?

In your next life, be born into a good family

Don’t let the rain soak you or the wind blow you

Don’t look back, just go quickly

On the hillside, the dogtail grass sways

Swaying until tears fall

Does the moon shine where you are now?

I’ll sing a lullaby for my dog

My Little Yellow, but you can’t hear it anymore

Riding my motorcycle through wind and rain

It’s a shame I couldn’t take you every day

Coming home late to an empty house

You’re no longer here

Only you could make me happy

Only you never looked down on me for being useless

On the hillside, the dogtail grass sways

Swaying until tears fall

Does the moon shine where you are now?

I’ll sing a lullaby for my dog

My Little Yellow, but you can’t hear it anymore

On the hillside, the dogtail grass sways

Swaying until tears fall

Does the moon shine where you are now?

I’ll sing a lullaby for my dog

My Little Yellow, but you can’t hear it anymore

[Chinese]

黃土地變成柏油

野花開滿那時村口

我又買了你最愛吃的肉

可你卻不在我左右

小黃你被我撿回家

身上還裹著爛泥巴

抬著頭望著我啊

已經有八年了吧

你也搶過吃剩的骨頭

你也睡過下雨的街頭

我還沒能給你好生活

哎呀你咋走得我莫法留

來世你要投個好人家

別被雨淋和風吹啦

莫回頭快走吧

土坡上狗尾巴草搖啊

搖得人眼淚掉

你那頭月亮照不照得到

唱首狗兒的歌謠

我的小黃你卻已聽不到

騎著摩托風裡來雨裡去

可惜不能每天都載著你

深夜下班空空的房子

已經沒有你

只有你會來討我的高興

只有你不會嫌我沒出息

土坡上狗尾巴草搖啊

搖得人眼淚掉

你那頭月亮照不照得到

唱首狗兒的歌謠

我的小黃你卻已聽不到

土坡上狗尾巴草搖啊

搖得人眼淚掉

你那頭月亮照不照得到

唱首狗兒的歌謠

我的小黃你卻已聽不到

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
土坡 /tǔ pō/ A2	noun - earthen slope
狗尾草 /gǒu wěi cǎo/ B1	noun - barnyard grass
搖 /yáo/ A2	verb - to shake
眼淚 /yǎn lèi/ A1	noun - tears
月亮 /yuè liàng/ A1	noun - moon
歌謠 /gē yáo/ B1	noun - folk song
小黃 /xiǎo huáng/ A1	noun - little yellow (dog's name)
撿 /jiǎn/ A2	verb - to pick up
爛泥巴 /làn ní ba/ B1	noun - mud
骨頭 /gǔ tóu/ A1	noun - bone
街頭 /jiē tóu/ A2	noun - street
生活 /shēng huó/ A1	noun - life
莫法 /mò fǎ/ B2	adverb - cannot
投 /tōu/ B1	verb - to throw verb - to be reborn into
討 /tǎo/ B1	verb - to please
出息 /chū xi/ B2	noun - prospects