[00:20.41]Glazed glass market streets with hanging corridors, 琉璃街市悬空廊,
[00:24.43]Silver-scaled shadows dart past cloud-kissed doors, 银鳞跃影过云窗,
[00:29.68]Ancient willows hang threads by firefly-like glow, 古柳垂绳伴萤光,
[00:34.42]Tethering a few lines of cicada songs slow, 系住蝉声三两行。
[00:39.73]A scavenger boy climbs sky-high towers to pluck the Dipper, 拾荒孩童攀天楼摘北斗,
[00:44.24]He trails travelers desperately to trade for sugar glitter, 穷随远人换糖霜,
[00:49.22]Suddenly a stranger staggers, seeking a guiding pointer, 忽见陌客问路踉跄,
[00:54.3]Ancient coins tumble from his fingers with a slight tremor, 指间漏落旧币响。
[00:59.90]Countless streets cut from endless cloud-and-water satin, 千街同裁云水缎,
[01:04.38]Thousands of lanes drift with ancient robe fragrance wispy, 万巷皆飘古衣香,
[01:08.99]How does the world beyond stars compare to the ancient realm? 星外尘世何如汉,
[01:13.47]The Milky Way flows westward, recognizing the old helm, 天河西流认旧家,
[01:19.10]Once the land of Nüwa’s leftover stones still, 当年女娲遗石地,
[01:24.9]Five-colored threads weave and mend the sky-like gown, 依旧五色织补连天裳,
[01:28.53]When wind lifts silk lapels where glowing streams fly, 风起罗襟飞光处,
[01:33.45]A myriad of ages of clouds hold a single line nigh, 万古云霄一脉长。
[01:58.2]Floating isles’ plowed fields drift with rice awns light, 浮屿耕田飘稻芒,
[02:02.73]Hydroponic green seedlings stretch to sky and earth wide, 水培青禾接天壤,
[02:07.49]Whose young lad plays truant slipping out by, 谁家少年逃学早,
[02:12.40]Steals a kite to chase the rainbow waves so high, 偷驾纸鸢追虹浪。
[02:17.31]An iron steed calls a name, transforming into human form, 铁马唤着姓名化人相,
[02:22.12]Who is lost for words, flooding the lane full with warm smiles, 何人失语笑满巷,
[02:26.99]Where stardust falls, there is home, let it be known, 星尘落处即故乡,
[02:31.42]All these unfamiliar things soon shall be commonplace shown, 万般陌生皆寻常。
[02:37.45]Till the night market’s hum fades slowly from the ear, 待到夜市声绝耳,
[02:41.50]Mechanical fireflies sleep in the old harbor clear, 机械萤虫眠旧港,
[02:46.17]Seventeen voyage debts are counted one by one, 数清欠钱十七行,
[02:51.54]When I achieve my ambition I will repay every one, 有朝得志自当还,
[02:55.93]Cool wind knocks the door, parts the cloud curtain mild, 清风扣门推云帐,
[03:01.25]Revealing a glimpse of old mountains and rivers wild, 露出一角故时山水光,
[03:05.40]Turns out the universe’s mortal glow so bright, 原来宇宙烟火色,
[03:10.71]Most like the curling smoke 'neath childhood hearth’s light, 最似童年炊烟弯。
[03:45.60]Again I hear the beloved one sob, tearing the letter apart, 又听良人恸拆书,
[03:49.95]Shedding tears as a new grave rises at the border’s heart, 垂泪边关添新坟,
[03:54.75]The old wine peddler upends his cup with a sigh, 贩浆老翁倒酒盏,
[03:59.41]Mourning that tax coins are forged into arrow dust but why, 暗叹税流铸箭尘,
[04:04.90]A hologram play casts shadows at the corridor’s corner, 廊角投影全息戏,
[04:09.45]A little child waves light, staging the fire that burns the town, 稚子挥光火焚城,
[04:14.55]Turns out this golden age, woven with fleeting light’s thread, 原来盛世流光缎,
[04:19.90]Is all forged by the Milky Way’s wheel stained with blood red, 皆渡银河血色轮。
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