笑着哭 [Xiào zhe kū] [English translation]

Yesterday, I was at your house，

Seeing an image of spring。

The sunlight sprinkles on your smiling face

A tear quietly hangs in the corner of your eye.

Your smile ignites my smile

as if nothing has ever happened.

Those winding clear teardrops

I couldn’t guess whether they were those of joy or sorrow.

Suddenly [in that space] I feel such a happy sadness.

[I’ve] paid everything just to follow my dreams.

Suddenly I feel such sadness in ecstasy

However, everything is like this: laughing while crying.

Life is also like a wandering cloud

Rough and also a harvest.

Pain is like singing a song from the top of one’s voice.

Singing, “who could understand clearly?”

It passes those fluctuating years.

It passes those humiliations and glories.

You see this bustling world--

Smiling outwardly, while quietly crying.

Suddenly [in that space] I feel such a happy sadness.

[I’ve] paid everything just to follow my dreams.

Suddenly I feel such sadness in ecstasy

However, everything is like this: laughing while crying.

Suddenly I understand the years reflected off of tears.

[You’ve] paid everything just to go for your dreams

Suddenly I understand the sadness hidden by a smile.

All that life has to offer passes like this: laughing while crying.

However, everything is like this: laughing while crying.