The Wandering Songstress was one of two theme songs of the 1937 Chinese film Street Angel. It was composed by He Lüting, and lyrics by Tian Han, the melody adopts the Southern China music elements and made the singer Zhou Xuan (1920-1957) became red all over China. It is one of the most notable of the Chinese popular songs from the 30s and 40s, and has been described as a song that has “a lingering fame” in China like “As Time Goes By” from the 1942 film Casablanca in the United States. The song has also been described as “a classic Chinese love song”.
English Lyrics:
From the end of the earth to furthest sea
I searched for my true love
I sing while you play a zither
My darling, we have the same heart
Looking north to my hometown mountain
Tears fall and wet my blouse
I miss you, my darling, only until today
My darling, love through adversity is always deep
Who in life does not
Cherish their youth?
I am like thread, you are like a needle
My darling, we are held together, never to be apart
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