“Forever Star”
Sung by Zhang Weihao
Lyrics by Li Zhizhi
Composed by Zhang Weihao
I like this song and when I sit down to write my reviews, this is playing on my iphone to get me in the mood. It reminds me of the V’s “Christmas Tree” from the kdrama “Our Beloved Summer.”
But I couldn’t make heads or tails of the lyrics…which is a pity! I don’t know about you all, but my enjoyment of the song is enhanced by my understanding of the lyrics.
The clearest translation I could find is this music video on Youtube by @Peachy Blossom Backup Channel.
The subs appear similar to @chatterbox’s submitted subs on this site: lyricstranslate.com
For my reading pleasure, I spruced up their translations to fit what I understood of the plot. Please give credit to the original translators — either @chatterbox or the YT creator — and use THEIR versions. DO NOT CREDIT ME since I don’t know Chinese. The only Chinese words I know are xiexie and dimsum.
When I passed by moonlight, (I found) the stars in your eyes
They were shining like none of them could be mineI erased the dust just because you were still here
And hid wishes in the star belt.Clumsy child (or foolish girl!)
When you melt time differences,
A fairy tale of the galaxy begins.Wherever you go
Tripping on my soul
Every inch of the wound becomes hazy and gentle (or diffused and softened) in the halo.Wherever you go,
I’ll surround you still.
Every dark night freezes into an eternal day in the fireworks.You opened the corner (in my life) that was locked up
I could no longer hide my sweet thoughts
I’ll grow with you,
Only fearing that I can’t fulfill the fairy tale you’ve given meWherever you go (in) the flowing universe
We meet and secretly fill the gap in the galaxy
Wherever you go on this planet
My heart beats
hotter because of you
more because of you
Forever.When I pass by moonlight,
(I see) stars in your eyes
I never knew their shine would light up my whole life.
And here’s V’s “Christmas Tree” for comparison.
Nice! 😍 Thank you to the translators. 👏🏻
I agree that it’s similar to V’s Christmas Tree for Our Beloved Summer. 🥰
I really like this one too. Actually for the first time ever, I love the whole OST of HL.
I love love the first and last lyrics changing from none of them could be mine to never knew that shine would light up my whole life. ❤️
I’ll try to upload the OSTs when I have time to edit them. The thing is the translations of lyrics give me a headache. They read like they were auto-translated by google, and I so dislike putting gibberish on the blog. They’re neither helpful or fun to read.
Right? There’s a change in the attitude of the persona in the song. The first stanza shows his resignation/defeatism. And the last stanza shows his marvel/amazement/gratitude. Nice, right?
I’m requesting for this other song please. 🥰
The lyrics on this video looks legit. Have a look. It’s one of my fave too. ☺️
CTO!
https://youtu.be/9TcqDEv12eg
Let me help you translate tonight. I get how the auto translate totally lose the essence of the song.
Loving the songs too and it is been on repeats..all the OST for a few weeks now!
Oh and then again, because the lyrics are written in a poetic manner, sometumes it can sound disjointed in the English way.
A quick look and I think the translations are quite accurate and direct. Not wrong. I will try to read deeper to see if there is any references that may not be so straightforward.
@grace, high five! 🥰 I’ve been listening to it too on repeat.
It’s a great OST as a whole. ☺️
I’m glad Rosy sang 2 songs. ☺️
Thank you for something lovely to look over in the quiet of Sunday morning breakfast time. It not only reminds me of the way Sang Zhi must have seemed to Jia Xu, but of the little paper wish-stars Sang Zhi made and kept in her private milk-bottle galaxy. The songwriter fit the song so beautifully to the drama.
@pm3, I love how you have adjusted the words much more nicely.
The only part I would like to note is that everytime they use the word “galaxy”, the chinese words refer to the Milky way (direct translation is ‘Silver river’). And that brings to mind
the story of the Cowheard and the Milkmaid. The milky way is kind of a bridge that connects the immortal world and mortal world in the Chinese legends.
The idea of fairytale, nonetheless seems like something SZ doesn’t imagine it will come true.
I have to say the song sounds so much so much like V’s Christmas tree, the way it is being sung and the back and forth tune. hmmm…
FMV of Forever Star! Too bad it doesn’t have the lyrics to reference but the focus is more of their dialogue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnHAF6goAKw
There’s also this, with the lyrics on it! Be Your Light OST
Nice, @Grace.
The folk tale of the Cowherd and the Milkmaid who were cosmically separated in the skies and fated to reunite once every lunar eclipse (or some other lunar event) plays on the romantic conceit that DJ and SZ are also separated by their age difference that only be bridged in time.
Here’s the singer and composer of Forever Star. ☺️👏🏻
It’s perfect for Duan Jiaxu! ❤️
Hopefully there will be an English sub for it.
CTO!
https://twitter.com/afterrnoont/status/1684786053801287680?s=46&t=BT0tHWWRRX1rx64As5f8XQ
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