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靈感 – 2019年底在澳洲發生的森林大火。然後我們被Coronavirus打擊。我們製作了另一首由女歌手演唱的歌曲：只待樹成蔭
Inspiration – the massive bushfire we had in Australia at the end of 2019. Then we are hit by the pandemic. We made another version of the song, sung by a female vocalist: Yearning

歌詞

細看樹成蔭, 眾鳥息
林木茂, 萬物生
驟看斧斤至, 獸狂色
火烈燄, 眾鳥爭

感嘆兩年為旱, 一月流火
林木為灰, 鳥獸為屍
哀嘆十年斧斤, 百年污火
千樹成灰, 萬物成肢

只恨獸困成狂, 荼毒生靈
遺世獨立, 與世隔絕
只可吹呴去毒, 國安家寧
肝腸寸斷, 心勞日拙

只待雨横斜, 樹再成蔭
不再與世絕, 衾席暖枕

感嘆一年為害, 三月流瘟
林木為灰, 鳥獸為屍
惋嘆百年困獸, 十年流火
千樹成灰, 萬物成肢

只恨獸困成狂, 荼毒生靈
與世隔絕,  遺世獨立  
只可吹呴去毒, 國安家寧
心勞日拙, 肝腸斷十

只待雨横斜, 樹再成蔭
不再與世絕, 衾席暖枕

Back-translation 英文歌詞已略作修訂，以更好呈現歌曲的意境與情感，敬請留意。

Only When the Trees Weave Shade Again
Look closely —
where trees grow heavy with shade,
the birds come home to rest;
forests deepen,
life rises and hums.
But hear —
the sudden crack of axe and blade,
the beasts run mad,
the flames roar,
the birds scatter, screaming.

We mourn —
two years of thirst,
one month of fire;
forests burned to dust,
birds and beasts to scattered bones.
We grieve —
ten years of hacking axes,
a hundred years of tainted fire;
a thousand trees undone,
all living things broken apart.

Only sorrow for beasts driven wild,
their rage a poison on the land;
cut off from the world,
standing alone in ruins.
Only our breath, our faint breath,
can drive the venom away —
then peace might return to the hearth,
yet hearts grow thin,
and souls wear down to ash.

Only when the rains fall slantwise,
only when the trees weave shade once more,
shall we not be exiled from the living world —
shall we lie warm again, beneath familiar quilts.

We mourn —
a year of harm,
three months of plague;
forests burned to dust,
birds and beasts to scattered bones.
We grieve —
a hundred years of beasts imprisoned,
ten years of wild, raging fire;
a thousand trees undone,
all living things broken apart.

Only sorrow for beasts driven wild,
their rage a poison on the land;
cut off from the world,
standing alone in ruins.
Only our breath, our faint breath,
can drive the venom away —
then peace might return to the hearth,
though hearts break ten times over.

Only when the rains fall slantwise,
only when the trees weave shade once more,
shall we not be exiled from the living world —
shall we lie warm again, beneath familiar quilts.

Production

作曲 (Music):  Stephanie Henry
作詞 (Lyric): 風夕思 WindJess
主唱 (Singing): Hooh Leung
編曲 (Arrangement): Elektra YU Chi Ka
混音和母帶製作 (Mixing and Mastering): Adam Tobis
視頻製作 (video production): Barbara Ember