This is part 1 of the lyrics to “Where Did All The Time Go”?
mén qián lǎo shù cháng xīn yá
门前老树长新芽
yuàn lǐ kū mù yòu kāi huā
院里枯木又开花
bàn shēng cún le hǎo duō huà
半生存了好多话
cáng jìn liǎo mǎn tóu bái fā
藏进了满头白发
New sprouts were growing on the old tree in front of the house,
In the courtyard, the withered tree was beginning to bloom again.
During this half lifetime, a lot of words were stored,
Hidden in this head of white.
jì yì zhōng dí xiǎo jiǎo yā
记忆中的小脚丫
ròu dū dū de xiǎo zuǐ bā
肉嘟嘟的小嘴巴
yī shēng bǎ ài jiāo gěi tā
一生把爱交给他
zhī wéi nà yī shēng bà mā
只为那一声爸妈
The small little child in our memories,
With that chubby little mouth.
We gave our entire lifetime of love to him,
Solely for that cry of ‘mom, dad.’