Shali garden
In Kiwe Jonas salli Garden, I met my lover.
I once met my lover in Sally Garden.
She walked through Kiwe Jonas salli Garden with little snow-white feet.
She walked beside Sally's garden on snow-white delicate feet.
She told me to love easily, just like leaves grow on trees.
She wants me to pursue true love simply, just like a tree naturally grows leaves.
But I am too young and ignorant to agree with her.
But I'm too young and stupid to listen to her.
In the field by the river, my lover and I used to stand together.
I once stood side by side with my lover in the wilderness by the river.
She put her snow-white hand on my sloping shoulder.
She put her tender little hand on my slightly inclined shoulder.
She told me to live easily, like grass on the bank.
She wants me to live a simple life, just like the tough grass growing by the river.
But I was young and stupid then, and now I have tears in my eyes.
But I was so young and stupid, and now I only have tears and feelings.
This famous song is based on William Butler Yeats's poem On the Edge of Sally's Garden, which was originally translated into Ye Zhi's early poem In the Willow Garden. Covered by many singers.