‘Peaceful Summer’ by Fish Leong

This song 《宁夏》 Ning Xia ‘Peaceful Summer’ was first released in 2004 and is still considered one of the most famous songs by Malaysian singer Fish Leong, who is widely mistaken as being Chinese. Since the name of the song ‘宁夏’ could coincidentally be understood as referring to the Ningxia province (full name: 宁夏回族自治区 Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region) in Northern China, many Chinese fans erroneously believe her to be a Ningxia local, and every time the question of where she comes from is brought up, such as when Chinese President Xi Jinping mentioned her by name during his visit to Malaysia in early October, this song gets more attention and listens from Chinese netizens.

Music Video:

Composer: Li Zhengfan
Lyrics: Li Zhengfan
Singer: Fish Leong

Lyrics (Original Chinese, Pinyin Romanization, and English Translation):

VERSE:

宁静的夏天
níng jìng de xià tiān
A peaceful summer

天空中繁星点点
tiān kōng zhōng fán xīng diǎn diǎn
Millions of twinkling stars [in the sky]

心里头有些思念
xīn lǐ tou yǒu xiē sī niàn
In my heart I’m missing

思念着你的脸
sī niàn zhe nǐ de liǎn
missing the face of yours

我可以假装看不见
wǒ kě yǐ jiǎ zhuāng kàn bú jiàn
I can pretend to not have seen it

也可以偷偷地想念
yě kě yǐ tōu tōu de xiǎng niàn
or miss you secretly

直到让我摸到你那温暖的脸
zhí dào ràng wǒ mō dào nǐ nà wēn nuǎn de liǎn
till your warm face is within my touch

REPEAT VERSE 1

CHORUS：

知了也睡了
zhī liǎo yě shuì le
The cicadas are also asleep

安心地睡了
ān xīn dì shuì le
Peacefully asleep

在我心里面
zài wǒ xīn lǐ miàn
Deep in my heart

宁静的夏天
níng jìng de xià tiān
A peaceful summer

REPEAT CHORUS

REPEAT VERSE

那是个宁静的夏天
nà shì gè níng jìng de xià tiān
That’s a peaceful summer day

你来到宁夏的那一天
nǐ lái dào níng xià dì nà yī tiān
The day you came into my peaceful summer

CHORUS x2