Translation of the song 斑马，斑马 artist Song Dongye

斑马斑马　你不要睡着啦

Zebra, zebra, don't you fall asleep now,

再给我看看你受伤的尾巴

Let me again have a look at your wounded tail.

我不想去触碰你伤口的疤

I don't wish to touch the scars of your wounds,

我只想掀起你的头发

I only want to run my hands through your hair.

斑马斑马　你回到了你的家

Zebra, zebra, you'll return to your own home,

可我浪费着我寒冷的年华

But I'll waste away my frigid years.

你的城市没有一扇门为我打开啊

Not a single door in your city is open for me;

我终究还要回到路上

I will return to the roads in the end.

斑马斑马　你来自南方的红色啊

Zebra, zebra, is the redness of your Southern hue

是否也是个动人的故事啊

A soul-stirring story too?

你隔壁的戏子如果不能留下

If that actor behind the wall won't stay for you,

谁会和你睡到天亮

Who will wake up with you at the dawn?

斑马斑马　你还记得我吗

Zebra, zebra, do you still remember me?

我是只会歌唱的傻瓜

I am the fool who can only sing.

斑马斑马　你睡吧睡吧

Zebra, zebra, go on to sleep now.

我会背上吉他离开北方

I will leave the North with my guitar on my back.

斑马斑马　你还记得我吗

Zebra, zebra, do you still remember me?

我是强说着忧愁的孩子啊

I am the child who insisted on his sorrow.

斑马斑马　你睡吧睡吧

Zebra, zebra, go on to sleep now.

我把你的青草带回故乡

I will bring your meadows to my hometown.

斑马 斑马 你不要睡着啦

Zebra, zebra, don't you fall asleep now,

我只是个匆忙的旅人啊

I am but a traveller in my own haste.

斑马 斑马 你睡吧睡吧

Zebra, zebra, go on to sleep now.

我要卖掉我的房子 浪迹天涯

I will sell my home and wander the roads.