Translations:

Post:

I forget, which day of which year was it? I was at work, with the TV on beside me, and from the TV came the voice of the Chinese commentator:

“I am fortunate to have known your peach blossom face, which brings me many days of spring across winding paths.”

A moving commentary, an extraordinary piece of writing; they made me imagine endlessly. I was quickly allured before the TV. What entered my sight was a young Eastern man (T/N: this description is not as weird in Chinese), dancing, unrestrained, upon the ice. I later learned that there is a young man by the name of Yuzuru Hanyu.

China is a nation of poetry. Through CCTV Sports’ Chen Ying’s commentary, I was able to better understand this young man, who brings people limitless beauty and strength.

“Face like jade. Posture like a pine tree. Flies like a startled goose. Graceful like a winding dragon.” And hence, I better comprehended, what is true sportsmanship? To cross mountains and oceans, cross nations, ceaselessly pursuing. To express love and peace.

Fate whispers to the warrior, “You cannot withstand the storm.” The warrior whispers back, “I am the storm.” A tenacious will, and a simple and genuine love can thaw all.

Today I sincerely wrote a song. Its title is “羽生 [Yusheng]” (T/N: “Hanyu”). I praise all people who bring good into this world, praise all people who work hard and fight! I praise all things, to be borne of feathers (T/N: uses the two characters from “Hanyu,” which individually mean “feather” and “birth”).

– Li Yugang

Song lyrics (all content in brackets are T/N):

(Commentary VO: “I am fortunate to have known your peach blossom face, which brings me many days of spring across winding paths.”)

羽落 Feathers fall [羽 is first character in “Hanyu”]

生生不息 To no end [common saying, uses 生 which is also second character in “Hanyu”]

结满 Fully bloom upon [结 is first character in “Yuzuru”]

思念的弦 The strings of longing [弦 is second character in “Yuzuru”]

风起 The wind rises

动了眉眼 And raises its brow

在人间 In this mortal realm

羽落 Feathers fall

生生不息 To no end

结满 Fully bloom upon

思念的弦 The strings of longing

盛世 A golden age

东方美颜 A beauty of the East

在祝愿 Are wishing well

容颜如玉 Face like jade

身姿如松 Posture like a pine tree

翩若惊鸿 Flies like a startled goose

婉若游龙 Graceful like a winding dragon

时光作度 As time crosses

眉目传书 And your eyes tell a story

羽化而生 Born after metamorphosis [uses 羽生, or “Hanyu”]

丝竹结弦 The strings connect upon the sizhu [traditional wooden string Chinese instruments; “strings connect” or 结弦 = “Yuzuru”]

幸得 Fortunate

识卿桃花面 To have known your peach blossom face

从此 Brings me

阡陌多暖阳 Many days of warm sun across winding paths

身无 Bodies have no

彩凤双飞翼 Wings like those of a phoenix

心有 Hearts have

灵犀一点通 Understanding like a rhino horn [the rhino horn historically was considered a magical and sensitive object. Together with the previous three lines, forms a saying about two people who cannot fly to meet one another, but whose hearts are linked]

羽落 Feathers fall

生生不息 To no end

结满 Fully bloom upon

思念的弦 The strings of longing

风起 The wind rises

动了眉眼 And raises its brow

在人间 In this mortal realm

羽落 Feathers fall

生生不息 To no end

结满 Fully bloom upon

思念的弦 The strings of longing

盛世 A golden age

东方美颜 A beauty of the East

在祝愿 Are wishing well

在祝愿 Are wishing well

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