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Jack

July 9, 2022

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I haven't sung for years. Today, I decided to learn to sing again.

I think singing is good for my health because it can increase my vital capacity and exercise my heart and lung function.

The song I started to learn is "Shepherd of Keketuohai". Behind this song is a beautiful loving story.

Keketuohai is a beautiful place in the Xinjiang autonomous region. Winding rivers, majestic mountains, wild apricot flowers and lush trees component a fabulous scenery.

The love story took place between a shepherd and a bee-breading girl. The shepherd looked for grass land and the bee-breading girl went flowing flowers. They met and had good feelings for each other, but unfortunately, they separated in the end.

The lyrics of this song are very touching. Let me try to translate it into English for you.

"Shepherd of Keketuohai"

The rain that night couldn't stay you.
The wind in the valley accompanied me to cry.
Your camel bell seems to still ring in my ears.
Tell me you have been here before.

The wine I brew can't intoxicate myself.
But the song you sang made me drunk.
I am willing to accompany you over the snowy mountains and across the Gobi.
But you left without saying goodbye and cut off all the news from you.

Sweetheart, I'll wait for you in Keketuohai.
They said you were married in Yili.
Is it because there is a beautiful Nalati there?
Or only the apricot flowers there could brew the honey sweet you want.

There are camel bells ringing outside the yurt again.
I know it's definitely not you.
No one can sing a song as touching as you.
There is no other beautiful girl that I can't forget.

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Journal

I haven't sung for years.

Today, I decided to learn to sing again.

I think singing is good for my health because it can increase my vital capacity and exercise my heart and lung functions.

I'm actually not sure about this one. If you have found a counterexample, discount this correction.

The song I started to learn is "Shepherd of Keketuohai".

Behind this song is a beautiful loving story.

Keketuohai is a beautiful place in the Xinjiang autonomous region.

Winding rivers, majestic mountains, wild apricot flowers and lush trees componentse a fabulous scenery.

The love story tookakes place between a shepherd and a bee-breading girl.

The shepherd looked for grass land and the bee-breading girl went flowgathering flowers.

I'm not sure what you meant by "flowing", so I just guessed.

They met and had goodeveloped feelings for each other, but unfortunately, they separated in the end.

A "good" feeling isn't really used in a romantic sense. It means more like, my intuition is telling me that this is a good choice. If you leave the "good" out then it means romantic feelings.
Also, it makes more sense to say they developed feelings for each other since those feelings developed during the song/story. Saying they "had" feelings would suggest that the feelings existed from the very beginning.

The lyrics of this song are very touching.

Let me try to translate it into English for you.

"Shepherd of Keketuohai"

The rain that night couldn't stayop you.

I'm not sure what you mean by "stay", so I just guessed.

The wind in the valley accompanied me to crycried with me.

You can't use accompany with another verb.

Your camel bell still seems to still ring in my ears.

Just sounds a little better to me this way.

Tell me you have been here before.

The wine I brew can't intoxicate myselfe.

"Myself" is reflexive, so only you can or can't intoxicate yourself

But the song you sang made me drunk.

I am willing to accompany you over the snowy mountains and across the Gobi.

But you left without saying goodbye and cut off all the news from youcommunication.

This one is also difficult. But I don't think I've ever heard of someone cutting off "news". Cutting off communication sounds much better.

Sweetheart, I'll wait for you in Keketuohai.

They said you were married in Yili.

Is it because there is a beautiful Nalati there?

Or only the apricot flowers there could brew the honey sweetsweet honey you want.

There are camel bells ringing outside the yurt again.

I know it's definitely not you.

No one can sing a song as touching as you.

There is no other beautiful girl that I can't forget.

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That's a beautiful song. It makes me a bit emotional. And I'm sure it even sounds much better in your native language (Mandarin?).

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Jack

July 9, 2022

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The shepherd looked for grass land and the bee-breading girl went flowgathering flowers.

Sorry, I mean “following”. She is always going to where flowers are blooming.

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Jack

July 9, 2022

16

They met and had goodeveloped feelings for each other, but unfortunately, they separated in the end.

Thank you very much for the detailed explanations.

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Jack

July 9, 2022

16

The rain that night couldn't stayop you.

The meaning of this sentence is that the shepherd wishes the rain could stop the girl leaving, but she still goes away.

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Jack

July 9, 2022

16

Yes, you are right. In mandarin, the lyrics are much better.

I haven't sung for years. Today, I decided to learn to sing again.

I think singing is good for my health because it can increase my vital capacity and exercise my heart and lung functions.

The song I started to learn is "Shepherd of Keketuohai". Behind this song is a beautiful loving story.

Keketuohai is a beautiful place in the Xinjiang autonomous region. Winding rivers, majestic mountains, wild apricot flowers and lush trees compose fabulous scenery.

The love story takes place between a shepherd and a bee-breading girl. The shepherd looked for grass land and the bee-breading girl went following flowers. They met and developed feelings for each other, but unfortunately, they separated in the end.

The lyrics of this song are very touching. Let me try to translate it into English for you.

"Shepherd of Keketuohai"

The rain that night couldn't stop you.
The wind in the valley cried with me.
Your camel bell still seems to ring in my ears.
Tell me you have been here before.

The wine I brew can't intoxicate me.
But the song you sang made me drunk.
I am willing to accompany you over the snowy mountains and across the Gobi.
But you left without saying goodbye and cut off all communication.

Sweetheart, I'll wait for you in Keketuohai.
They said you were married in Yili.
Is it because there is a beautiful Nalati there?
Or only the apricot flowers there could brew the sweet honey you want.

There are camel bells ringing outside the yurt again.
I know it's definitely not you.
No one can sing a song as touching as you.
There is no other beautiful girl that I can't forget.

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calebmgshort

July 10, 2022

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Sorry, I mean “following”. She is always going to where flowers are blooming.

Then in that case you can say: "the bee-breading girl followed the flowers"
One more thing: "grass land": should be "grassland"

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calebmgshort

July 10, 2022

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Thank you very much for the detailed explanations.

You're welcome!

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calebmgshort

July 10, 2022

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The meaning of this sentence is that the shepherd wishes the rain could stop the girl leaving, but she still goes away.

Okay, then "stop" is the right word

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Jack

July 11, 2022

16

Thank you very much for sending me the feedbacks.

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calebmgshort

July 11, 2022

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Thank you very much for sending me the feedbacks.

*Thank you very much for sending me feedback.*
You're welcome!

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I haven't sung for years.


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Today, I decided to learn to sing again.


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I think singing is good for my health because it can increase my vital capacity and exercise my heart and lung function.


I think singing is good for my health because it can increase my vital capacity and exercise my heart and lung functions.

I'm actually not sure about this one. If you have found a counterexample, discount this correction.

The song I started to learn is "Shepherd of Keketuohai".


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Behind this song is a beautiful loving story.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Keketuohai is a beautiful place in the Xinjiang autonomous region.


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Winding rivers, majestic mountains, wild apricot flowers and lush trees component a fabulous scenery.


Winding rivers, majestic mountains, wild apricot flowers and lush trees componentse a fabulous scenery.

The love story took place between a shepherd and a bee-breading girl.


The love story tookakes place between a shepherd and a bee-breading girl.

The shepherd looked for grass land and the bee-breading girl went flowing flowers.


The shepherd looked for grass land and the bee-breading girl went flowgathering flowers.

I'm not sure what you meant by "flowing", so I just guessed.

They met and had good feelings for each other, but unfortunately, they separated in the end.


They met and had goodeveloped feelings for each other, but unfortunately, they separated in the end.

A "good" feeling isn't really used in a romantic sense. It means more like, my intuition is telling me that this is a good choice. If you leave the "good" out then it means romantic feelings. Also, it makes more sense to say they developed feelings for each other since those feelings developed during the song/story. Saying they "had" feelings would suggest that the feelings existed from the very beginning.

The lyrics of this song are very touching.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

Let me try to translate it into English for you.


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"Shepherd of Keketuohai"


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The rain that night couldn't stay you.


The rain that night couldn't stayop you.

I'm not sure what you mean by "stay", so I just guessed.

The wind in the valley accompanied me to cry.


The wind in the valley accompanied me to crycried with me.

You can't use accompany with another verb.

Your camel bell seems to still ring in my ears.


Your camel bell still seems to still ring in my ears.

Just sounds a little better to me this way.

Tell me you have been here before.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

The wine I brew can't intoxicate myself.


The wine I brew can't intoxicate myselfe.

"Myself" is reflexive, so only you can or can't intoxicate yourself

But the song you sang made me drunk.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

I am willing to accompany you over the snowy mountains and across the Gobi.


This sentence has been marked as perfect!

But you left without saying goodbye and cut off all the news from you.


But you left without saying goodbye and cut off all the news from youcommunication.

This one is also difficult. But I don't think I've ever heard of someone cutting off "news". Cutting off communication sounds much better.

Sweetheart, I'll wait for you in Keketuohai.


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They said you were married in Yili.


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Is it because there is a beautiful Nalati there?


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Or only the apricot flowers there could brew the honey sweet you want.


Or only the apricot flowers there could brew the honey sweetsweet honey you want.

There are camel bells ringing outside the yurt again.


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I know it's definitely not you.


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No one can sing a song as touching as you.


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There is no other beautiful girl that I can't forget.


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