Olive Tree-Chyi Yu
Don't ask me where I come from, my hometown is far away.
Why are you wandering, wandering far away?
Wandering and flying birds fly into the sky
For the light flow in the mountains, for the vast grassland.
Wandering in the distance, wandering
Also, for the dream olive tree, olive tree.
Don't ask me where I come from, my hometown is far away.
Why wander, why wander
Far away, for me, the olive tree in my dream.
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"Olive Tree" is a song sung by Chyi Yu, composed by Li Taixiang and written by San Mao. It is included in the album "Olive Tree" released by Chyi Yu on July 9th. 1979. This song is one of Chyi Yu's masterpieces.
20 10 "Chinese Golden Melody Award" was unveiled at Guangzhou Audio-visual Exhibition on 12, and "Olive Tree" was selected as "Thirty Songs in Thirty Years".
The Olive Tree was written by Sanmao at the invitation of Li Taixiang. The original poem was written by Sanmao in English, and was translated into Chinese by the folk singer Yang Zuzan with the consent of Li Taixiang.
There is also a paragraph in the original words: "For the birds in the sky, for the little donkey, for the Spanish girl, for the big eyes of Spain", which is the memory of her life in Spain and a tribute to her husband Jose's hometown.
When Li Taixiang got the lyrics, he felt that he was not neat enough. In addition, he feels that he is often bound by tradition and has many frameworks in his life. In order to express his ideal of free creation, he rewrote a lyric, and added "for birds flying in the sky, for the clean stream in the mountains, for the vast grassland" to become a familiar version for the audience. The protagonist in Sanmao's poem was originally a little donkey she saw on the Spanish grassland. Li Taixiang thinks the name of this song is "For Little Donkeys".
1979, Chyi Yu sang "Olive Tree" for the first time at Li Taixiang's home in Linyi Street. Before Li Taixiang prepared to record The Olive Tree, he kept asking Chyi Yu to audition. "Before the official recording, Chyi Yu sang thousands of times.