“Stars are sleeping, but it won’t stop me on my journey. For many years I have been living with wind and dew. For my dreams, I would rather endure loneliness, tasting my fill of solitude.
I shake off the dust of strange lands, taking the road for a long journey, to seek fervently my dreams;
Three hundred and sixty five days, year after year passes, every day is one journey…”

These are from the lyrics of the popular song The Journey of 365 Days written in the nineteen eighties by a famous and prolific song writing couple Xiaoxun and Tan Jianchang from Hongkong. It was performed on stage by many singers from 1984. A good song lasts long, Chinese saying ‘it never becomes boring even being sung hundreds of times and listened hundreds of times’ – 百听不厌/百唱不厌

三百六十五里路   作词：小轩 作曲：谭健常

睡意朦胧的星辰，阻挡不了我行程，多年漂泊日夜餐风露宿；为了理想我宁愿忍受寂寞，饮尽那份孤独。抖落异地的尘土，踏上遥远的路途，满怀痴情追求我的梦想；三百六十五日年年的度过，我一日行一程。
三百六十五里路哟，越过春夏秋冬；三百六十五里路哟，岂能让它虚度。

我那万丈的雄心，从来没有消失过，即使时光渐去依然执着；自从离乡背井，已过了多少三百六十五日。

三百六十五里路哟，从故乡到异乡；三百六十五里路哟，从少年到白头。

有多少三百六十五里路哟，越过春夏秋冬，三百六十五里路哟，岂能让它虚度。
有多少个三百六十五里路哟，从故乡到异乡，三百六十五里路哟，从少年到白头。
三百六十五里长路，饮尽那份孤独。
The Full English Translation
Stars are sleeping, but it won’t stop me on my journey. For many years I have been living with wind and dew. For my dreams, I would rather endure loneliness, tasting my fill of solitude.
I shake off the dust of strange lands, taking the road for a long journey, to seek fervently my dreams;
Three hundred and sixty five days, year after year passes, every day is one journey.
Oh, three hundred and sixty five days, passing are the four seasons; oh, three hundred and sixty five days, how can I let them be wasted.

Oh, my brave ambition is never discouraged, and I’m still holding on to it as time passes; how many times have three hundred and sixty-five days passed since I left my home town!

Oh, three hundred and sixty-five days, from my homeland to strange lands; oh, three hundred and sixty-five days, from youth to white hair.

How many three hundred and sixty-five days are there, as the four seasons pass? Oh, three hundred and sixty-five days, how can I let them be wasted?
How many three hundred and sixty-five days are there, from my homeland to strange lands? Oh, three hundred and sixty-five days, from youth to white hair.
The long journey of three hundred and sixty-five days, I taste my fill of solitude.
* This song could be taught at higher intermediate level

In this video clip, Mao Ning and Yang Yuying, famed as Gold Boy and Jade Girl in the Nineties in Mandarin speaking music stage by singing together, both experienced ups and downs in their singing careers and also sang separately. After 10 years of Yang’s break from stage, they came back again on the stage about two years ago and received warm welcome and success.

Everyone of us has a lot of dreams, big or small. How many dreams do you have? and How many of them have been fulfilled? Do you truly believe in your dreams? Do you really desire your dreams come true? Many times dreams are killed by our unconscious beliefs and worldly views. And sometimes it’s a long journey and acquires solitude to make them true – are you ready for it? and also many times the journey of a dream is an experience of life, and a growth of your confidence and knowledge as a person, it can be an enjoyable experience – it all depends on your own choices of attitude… how do you want to fulfill your dreams?
I’d like to hear about your thoughts.

Posted by Helen Zhu   Copyright@www.learnwithuniversalmind.com