The Nameless Alley
(成都市城市主题宣传曲系列作品)
作词:东山居士(Easthill Hermit)&泽希(Zesen)
混音:东山居士(Easthill Hermit)
The alley has no name the streetlamp dim and broken
You hurry past each day when work is done
Don’t be afraid for from tomorrow on
I’ll paint that lane with colors warm and bright
I drew a flower first like home you long remembered
Then drew a cat;you smiled and said it’s perfect
I never said when I painted late at night
A rider stopped and gave me water quiet and kind
Nameless lane gentle lane
Each line is drawn in the shape of love
Darkness is painted into starlight gentle
No more fear upon this road at all
One day a father and daughter came along
He rode slowly with his little girl in pink
She pointed at the flower and cried “Look Dad
It’s prettier than the ones Mom makes ”
I painted them right into the wall
A rider in blue a daughter in pink
Flowers spilling out from the box
Petals floating drifting all along
Nameless lane gentle lane
Each stroke points the way back home
Strangers’warmth flows into a quiet sea
This road now bears a name: it’s called Light
When someone asks what this lane is named
I tell them: it is Love
For everyone who passes this way
Leaves a little warmth to stay
Nameless lane gentle lane
This is how Chengdu’s lanes remain
No matter how dark the night may be
Someone will always light the lamp for thee