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Entered and rejected in the 11th XQRJ (Xin Qing Rong Ji) National Chinese Song Writing Competition.

Judges’ comments are as follows (approximate translation in brackets): (Lyrics and melody could be better) (The lyircs have come strong points but the melody could be better)

Approximate translation of song:

Raindrops are snow in disguise So that tears won’t be obvious Pieces of wounds after thinking deeply They spin around and stack The 38 degree heat of summer The proud blood which is becoming solid is preventing the next heartbreak

You said love is a sin If you break it into parts It will become fertiliser and will never wilt

Let me mimic your thorns In order to hurt the next relationship I won’t be careful anymore Just to exchange my carefulness with heartbreak As tiny as the microbes I suffocated inside your shadow

I said love is heartbreak That diminished in the air I wonder which opinion is more appropriate

How should I hide my wound? "Ballad for the dead" tries to bring back the past But it doesn’t work It cannot rebuild the stairs to love If I cannot forget everything Just let everything become secret

Your hands are stained with my blood But you never knew What is left for me is only messiness