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Mù Tóng Yáo
(The Shepherd Boy Song)
Traditional Chinese Nursery Rhyme
Music by Xu Hong Shuai

This Chinese Nursery Rhyme is set in a call and response style. Verses 1 and 3 are calls, verses 2 and 4 are responses. Verse 5 is to be sung all together.

Pinyin Version

Nà sī nà sī hāi, nà sī nà sī hāi.
Tiān shàng shén me fàng guāng míng? Nà sī nà sī hāi.
Nà sī nà sī hāi, nà sī nà sī hāi.
Tiān shàng tái yáng fàng guāng míng. Nà sī nà sī hāi.
Nà sī nà sī hāi, nà sī nà sī hāi.
Dì shàng shén me qīng yòu qīng? Nà sī nà sī hāi.
Nà sī nà sī hāi, nà sī nà sī hāi.
Dì shàng cǎo ér qīng yòu qīng. Nà sī nà sī hāi.
Nà sī nà sī hāi, nà sī nà sī hāi.
Mù tóng xǐ huān qīng cǎo dì, gèng ài fàng guāng míng.

English Translation

1)What is shining in the sky?
2)The sun is shining in the sky.
3)What is green on earth?
4)The grass is green on earth.
5)The shepherd boy loves the green pasture And he loves the sunshine more.

Chinese Text

牧童謠
(Q) 那斯那斯嗨，那斯那斯嗨。天上什什麼放光明?那斯那斯嗨。
(A) 那斯那斯嗨，那斯那斯嗨。天上太陽放光明。那斯那斯嗨。
(Q) 那斯那斯嗨，那斯那斯嗨。地上什什麼⻘青⼜又⻘青?那斯那斯嗨。
(A) 那斯那斯嗨，那斯那斯嗨。地上草兒⻘青⼜又⻘青。那斯那斯嗨。
(T) 那斯那斯嗨，那斯那斯嗨。牧童喜歡⻘青草的，更更愛放光明。

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