sleeves flowing, passing through hurried crowds

Tell me, do you believe in the gods living above

Listen, blessed child, there are so many

Children rushing to their souls; in the sky above

They each have a corresponding star. Oh

Tell me, do you believe in the gods living above.

Since you have chosen me among all people

Let me choose a star among the stars to illuminate you

Sleeves flowing, passing through hurried crowds. Believe me

I am only a shell, shielding somebody fiery and smoky

Since you have chose me among all people.

I am only a shell, shielding somebody fiery and smoky

Look, the air around my skirt is slowly rising

So that my skirt floats, and I may reach out

To bare my white ankles. Oh, dancing in the wind

I am only a shell, shielding somebody fiery and smoky

Excerpts from Zheng Danyi's "I Believe In the Gods Living Above"

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