COUNTRY: China
“Chinagrass” is phenomenal modern Chinese folk music, a blend of ancient traditional songs and sounds from China’s myriad ethnic groups with contemporary instruments and international sounds like American roots rock and punk. The cream of the Chinagrass crop are performers like the Kazahk/Uiguher Mamer, and the international Mongolian sensations, Hanggai.
Country: China (Mongolia)
Language: Mongolian
Genre: Chinagrass
A traditional song reinterpreted by the Chinese/Mongolian band Hanggai, which is one of the leaders of the “Chinagrass” scene. Hanggai is a band with Mongolian members that sings most of its songs in Mongolian.
Original lyrics:
Flowers blossoming on the cliff
Are the earliest to fade;
The girl married in a far-off place
Languishes in her lover’s arms.
Flowers blossoming in the desert
Are the earliest to fade;
The girl is married now
And by her promise will abide.
Once there were oaths to love,
Once there were sweet dates,
Once there was a warm embrace,
But now you are married in a far-off place.
