Soundtrack for China

  

LiLi and her little girlfriends are very pre-teen-like and rockin' out.  At the Sanlitun Village last weekend there was even a car show Chinese performer doing covers of Adele, the girls' current fave.

When we first moved here, one of Adele's songs, Someone Like You, was the one we played over and over.  LiLi put that song on repeat as we cruised around that one bedroom service apartment getting ready.  I can still feel how cold it was when we arrived, and dark in the mornings when walked in the frigid air to the school bus.   Itunes keeps track of the plays: 338.   But now we're more into Set Fire to the Rain.

This is our sound track for China.

I've got a handful of Chinese pop tunes, too, from my heiche driver. I still need help finding the pinyin since I can't read the lyrics.   One of the CA moms in our old MI school mentioned learning Chinese listening to Chinese love songs.  I get that:

轻轻的 我将离开你

Qīng qīng de wǒ jiāng líkāi nǐ


I'll part from you... gently

请将眼角的泪拭去

Qǐng jiāng yǎnjiǎo de lèi shì qù


Please wipe away your tears

In the endless nights, in the future days

My darling you, don't cry because of me

Qīng qīng de wǒ jiāng líkāi nǐ


Mànmàn chángyè lǐ

漫漫长夜里 未来日子里

亲爱的你 别为我哭泣

Here's another from the CN set:

大海
张雨生

从那遥远海边,慢慢消失的你,
cong na yaoyuan haibian, man man xiaoshi de ni
from that distant seaside, you slowly disappear

本来模糊的脸,竟然渐渐清晰.
benlai mohu de lian, jing ran jian jian qing xi
from a fuzzy face, has gradually become clear

想要说些什么,又不知从何说起,
xiang yao shuo xie shenme, you buzhi cong he shuoqi
want to say something, but don't know where to start

只有把它防在心底.
zhiyou ba ta fang zai xinti
only put it in the bottom of heart

想要说声爱你,却被吹散在风里.
xiang yaou shuosheng ai ni, que bei chu isan zai fengli
want to say love you, but it's dispersed in the wind

茫然回头,你在那里.
mang ran hui tou, ni zai nali
turn back ignorantly, where are you

And finally, there's this recent discovery--  Jack Savoretti Harder Than Easy:

At the end of the day when you're lonely

after begging to be left alone

You can look at this world as your kingdom

If you want you can make me your home