Time Flows Like Water, and the Gardenias Bloom

That once hazy, unspoken crush

When an orange grows south of the Huai River, it is an orange

A love story met with no response

Waking from dreams in the dead of night, I still always think of you

Those indistinct memories of our school days

You were so aloof, no one could get close to you

How I wished

That my fiery passion could melt your icy heart

But you seemed utterly unaware of my shy, youthful love

Fantasy is always shattered by reality

You are still you

I am still me

You and I seem destined to be parallel lines that never meet

I have no regrets

You have no words

Only after weathering the storms

Can the frost of years past finally fade

An endless love

Is my silent longing for you

And now

All that remains in my heart

Are those innocent, carefree memories from childhood

To soothe the fragile pain within me

Once

I wished to ride the wind with you

And roam the green hills until we grew old

The past and the present

Only

Life is but a dream

Now,

I only want to ask you one thing

Did you ever look at me, even once?