Fallen petals in the middle of the stream

[extrapenguin]

Since this week seems to be all about YouTueb videos, here's a song I found and enjoy:

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芒種 ("Grain in Beard"; 6th to 20th of June), sung by 趙方婧 Zhao Fangjing. The video is just clips of various actresses in period dress, but I'm getting a lot of femslash feels and, yes.

(I suspect the subs were done with google translate or equivalent. Ex:
Hanzi:
若佛說~~~~~（無牽無掛）
放下執著~~~~~（無相無色）

Subs:
Buddha said (be free of love)
let it go (be free of love)

EP can use a dictionary and knows some grammar:
As Buddha said (be carefree)
let go of attachments ([we're] colorless without each other)

...so, yeah. Some stuff might be inaccurate.)

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[extrapenguin]

I also discovered a playlist of 20 songs by the same production crew for the solar terms (the 4 last ones are yet to turn up), but haven't had the chance to listen to them. Here.

Or to translate the exact same sentence, quoted three times in a row, differently each time.
I am reminded of the time I asked it to translate a snippet with the name 宋岚 Song Lan repeated three times in a row. The sentence was probably even “宋岚，宋岚，宋岚。。。” ... which Google translated as "Song Yun, Song Chan, Song Hao..."

Also, the translation bothered me enough that I did a quick and dirty TL myself. If nothing else, it's at least differently wrong?

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One thought of you and I, and
In vain I hate to part forever in dreams
Burned to ash and buried the willow

Oh, the verdant branches
Wilted out of lack of time for them
It's the price of the answer for the riddle of the harvest

Twilight glistens above
A distant traveler sets out
and puts a hand on the heart in concern, oh, under the bridge

The previous incarnation was late to come (a brief encounter)
Engraved in the hollow of the palm (the next life will remember)
From your misted eyes falls a single drop of ink
If Buddha said (be carefree)
Relinquish your attachments (without each other we're colorless)
How can I not be startled by the great waves and go along?

One thought of you and I, and
I hate the short life, always a prisoner of the sea of bitterness
The new disciple leaves, falling flowers reflected in the river
Yearn uselessly, just laugh at the mountains' oath of old
Say, how can I search?

Plant ten thousand lotus flowers
They germinate at the heart of all living things
Wait for the ten thousand answers of the world of mortals

Prayer beads fall into the sands of time
Wait and give up performing mercy

The previous incarnation was late to come (a brief encounter)
Engraved in the hollow of the palm (the next life will remember)
From your misted eyes falls a single drop of ink
If Buddha said (be carefree)
Relinquish your attachments (without each other we're colorless)
How can I not be startled by the great waves and go along?

One thought of you and I, and
I hate the short life, always a prisoner of the sea of bitterness
The new disciple leaves, falling flowers reflected in the river
Yearn uselessly, just laugh at the mountains' oath of old
Say, how can I search?

[trobadora]

“宋岚，宋岚，宋岚。。。” ... which Google translated as "Song Yun, Song Chan, Son Hao..."

Yes, that looks like a typical Google Translate experience to me. *g*

And oooh, awesome! Thanks for sharing your translation!