Faye Wong aka Wang Fei’s “As You Wish” was the theme song of the 2021 movie My Country, My Parents. “You” refers to the revolutionaries who died young for the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the generations that came before us, and “I” represents the Chinese people living in today’s China.
LYRICS
词：唐恬
Lyricist: Tang Tian
曲：钱雷
Composer: Qian Lei
编曲：钱雷
Arranger: Qian Lei
你是 遥遥的路
You are the path afar
山野大雾里的灯
the lamp amongst the mountain fog
我是孩童啊 走在你的眼眸
And I’m a child, walking in your eyes [in your view]
你是 明月清风
You are the bright moon, the cool breeze
我是你照拂的梦
And I’m the dream you shine on, you brush by
见与不见都一生 与你相拥
Whether we meet or not, I’ll embrace you all my life
我将 爱你所爱的人间
And I’ll love the world that you loved
愿你所愿的笑颜
wish for the smiling faces that you desired
你的手我蹒跚在牵
I’ll hobble along to hold your hand
请带我去明天
Please take me to the future
如果说 你曾苦过我的甜
If you suffered for the honey that I savor now
我愿活成你的愿
Then I’d like to live your dream life to the fullest
愿不枉啊 愿勇往啊
May I not let you down, may I march courageously
这盛世每一天
every single day in this golden age
你是 岁月长河 星火燃起的天空
You are the sky lit up by little sparks above the river of time
我是仰望者 就把你唱成歌
And I’m an admirer who sings about you in my songs
你是 我之所来
You are the place I come from
也是我心之所归
and the place I wish to return to
世间所有路都将 与你相逢
All roads in the world will meet you at some point
而我将 爱你所爱的人间
And I’ll love the world that you loved
愿你所愿的笑颜
wish for the smiling faces that you desired
你的手我蹒跚在牵
I’ll hobble along to hold your hand
请带我去明天
Please take me to the future
如果说 你曾苦过我的甜
If you suffered for the honey that I now savor
我愿活成你的愿
Then I’d like to live your dream life to the fullest
愿不枉啊 愿勇往啊
May I not let you down, may I march courageously
这盛世每一天
every single day in this golden age
山河无恙 烟火寻常
Now the country is fine and life is peaceful
可是你如愿的眺望
Is this the same as what you looked forward to?
孩子们啊 安睡梦乡
Oh rest in your dreams, children
像你深爱的那样
Rest the way you loved so much
而我将 梦你所梦的团圆
And I’ll dream of the reunion that you dreamed of
愿你所愿的永远
pray for the eternity that you prayed for
走你所走的长路
and take the long road that you took
这样的爱你啊
I love you so much
我也将 见你未见的世界
I’ll also meet the world you weren’t able to meet
写你未写的诗篇
write the poems your weren’t able to write
天边的月 心中的念
[You are] the moon on the horizon, the thought in my mind
你永在我身边
You’ll always stay by my side
与你相约 一生清澈
I’ll make a pact with you to stay uncorrupted all my life
如你年轻的脸
Just like your youthful faces
