Sixth Settlement Trail (古道寻踪) - Matthew Lien
Lyricist by:Matthew Lien
Composed by:Matthew Lien
Arrangement by:Matthew Lien
Kalimba/Autoharp/Vocals:Matthew Lien
Percussion:Allan Philips
Bass:Rick Nash
Guitar:Fred Benedetti
Fiddle:Alana Martinson
Banjo/Mandolin:Dennis Caplinger
Pedal Steel/Dobro:Doug Livingston
Mongolian Goat Herding:Buren Bayaer
Engineered by:Matthew Lien and Michael Harris
Field recording at:Inner Mongolia/Verlotthof/Villnösstal/Südtirol/Italy
Recorded at:Island Vision/Whispering Willows Records/Signature Sound Recording Studios
Producer:Matthew Lien
OP:Whispering Willows Music
SP:Universal Music Publishing Taiwan Ltd.
Into the forest valley
走进森林山谷
I walk the ancient trail
我踏着古老的小径前行
Toward an ancient settlement
朝着一个古村落走去
Now shrouded in the vale
它如今已被山川掩藏
Beside the creek continues
小径旁 溪水潺潺
On its journey undeterred
它的旅程亘古不变
Though I take pause to listen
纵使我停下脚步聆听
It continues undisturbed
它依旧自在流淌
I feel a solemn gratitude
脚步所及生命生息
As life moves all around me
让我心怀崇敬和感激
Because I seem irrelevant
置身于此
To all that here surrounds me
我似乎微不足道
For in my insignificance
正因我的渺小
No I am not the song
我不是这首歌的主角
It is in ever present harmony
在这永恒的和谐中
I find that I belong
我是其中的一员
I think of all the settlers
我想到在这里生活过的先民们
Who have come this way before me
他们也曾这样
Returning to their families
经这条小路回家
Their homestead in the valley
回到他们在山谷里的家
Did they share this feeling
他们是否和我一样
To know where they belong
有这种归属感
I thank them for the memory
我感谢他们留下的记忆
I thank them for this song
让我写下这首歌
Into the forest valley
走进森林山谷
I walk the ancient trail
我踏着古老的小径前行
Toward an ancient settlement
朝着一个古村落走去
Now shrouded in the vale
它如今已被山川掩藏
Beside the creek continues
小径旁 溪水潺潺
On its journey undeterred
它的旅程亘古不变
Though I take pause to listen
纵使我停下脚步聆听
It continues undisturbed
它依旧自在流淌