People below the stage walk by, no longer seeing the old colors
台上人唱着 心碎离别歌
The person on the stage is singing, a heart-breaking parting song
情字难落墨 她唱须以血来和
Feelings are difficult to put down in ink, so she sings them until she coughed blood
戏幕起 戏幕落 终是客
The curtain rises, the curtain falls, are we all not merely guests to this performance?
你方唱罢我登场
Finish your singing and let me come up on the stage
莫嘲风月戏 莫笑人荒唐
I bid that you don't so hastily laugh at plays about love, nor laugh at plays of people's absurdity
也曾问青黄也曾铿锵唱兴亡
道无情 道有情 怎思量
