康定悄歌 (Love Song of Kangding)

This Chinese folk song from Kangding, Sichuan was adapted from "Liu Liu Diao," a more ancient folk song from the same town. It was collected and arranged in the 1940s by Wu Wenji under the title "On the Rolling Mountain of Paoma." Later it was set to music by Jiang Dingxian and renamed "Kangding Love Song." Vocalists such as Yu Yixuan have since made the song popular throughout China.

跑马溜溜的山上，
一朵溜溜的云哟
端端溜溜的照在，
康定溜溜的城哟
月亮弯弯，
康定溜溜的城哟

李家溜溜的大姐，
人才溜溜的好哟
张家溜溜的大哥，
看上溜溜的她哟
月亮弯弯，
看上溜溜的她哟

Upon the rolling Paoma Mountain,
a drifting cloud floats by,
Casting its gentle light perfectly
over the town of Kangding.
The moon hangs curved and bright
above the town of Kangding.

The eldest daughter of the Li family
is a beauty to behold;
the eldest son of the Zhang family
has set his heart on her.
The moon hangs curved and bright;
he has set his heart on her.

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