National Poetry Month #27 - 橄榄树
橄榄树
三毛
不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
流浪远方 流浪
为了天空飞翔的小鸟
为了山间清流的小溪
为了宽阔的草原
流浪远方 流浪
还有还有
为了梦中的橄榄树橄榄树
不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
为什么流浪 远方
为了我 梦中的橄榄树
[trans. own]
Olive Tree
San Mao
Do not ask me where I come from
My hometown is far away.
Why have I wandered, wandered so far?
For the little birds that soar in the air
For the tiny streams that flow clear between mountains
For the wide grasslands
I have wandered far, wandered.
What is more, what is more
For the olive tree in my dreams
Do not ask me where I come from
Why have I wandered so far?
For the olive tree in my dreams.
San Mao, literally 'three hairs', is the pseudonym for Taiwanese author Chen Maoping (1943-1991). Self-taught from the age of twelve, she was an avid wanderer and travelled through Germany, Spain and America. She married her Spanish husband, Jose Maria Quero y Ruiz, in the Western Sahara desert. She wrote '橄榄树' based on her travels. The song was made famous in 1979 by Taiwanese singer Qi Yu; in the same year, San Mao's husband died in a drowning accident. San Mao committed suicide in 1991 by hanging herself in a hospital bathroom with a pair of silk stockings.
This is Qi Yu's rendition of '橄榄树'.
三毛
不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
流浪远方 流浪
为了天空飞翔的小鸟
为了山间清流的小溪
为了宽阔的草原
流浪远方 流浪
还有还有
为了梦中的橄榄树橄榄树
不要问我从哪里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
为什么流浪 远方
为了我 梦中的橄榄树
[trans. own]
Olive Tree
San Mao
Do not ask me where I come from
My hometown is far away.
Why have I wandered, wandered so far?
For the little birds that soar in the air
For the tiny streams that flow clear between mountains
For the wide grasslands
I have wandered far, wandered.
What is more, what is more
For the olive tree in my dreams
Do not ask me where I come from
Why have I wandered so far?
For the olive tree in my dreams.
San Mao, literally 'three hairs', is the pseudonym for Taiwanese author Chen Maoping (1943-1991). Self-taught from the age of twelve, she was an avid wanderer and travelled through Germany, Spain and America. She married her Spanish husband, Jose Maria Quero y Ruiz, in the Western Sahara desert. She wrote '橄榄树' based on her travels. The song was made famous in 1979 by Taiwanese singer Qi Yu; in the same year, San Mao's husband died in a drowning accident. San Mao committed suicide in 1991 by hanging herself in a hospital bathroom with a pair of silk stockings.
This is Qi Yu's rendition of '橄榄树'.