Floating Mist
Last updated 2026-08-09
Floating Mist is a soundtrack from the album When Lanterns Echo the Moon.
Soundtrack Usage
Media
Character Trailer - "Zibai- Mortal Flesh to Kindred Earth" - Genshin Impact
Production Credits
| Position | Staff[1] |
|---|---|
| Lyrics | Murphy (魔方) |
| Composer | Xin Zhao (赵鑫) |
| Arranger | Xin Zhao (赵鑫) |
| Music Copyist | Qianshuo Zhou (周千朔) |
| Orchestra | International Philharmonic Orchestra (国际首席爱乐乐团) |
| Vocal Artist | Alan (阿兰) |
| Background Vocals | Wong Hau Ching (王巧晴) |
| Xiao | Xiaokui Ding (丁晓逵) |
| Guzheng | Yijing Shen (申依静) |
| Pipa | Ying Sun (孙莹) |
| Erhu | Ying Wang (王颖) |
| Recording Studio | Studio 21A, SKY FIRE STUDIO (九紫天诚录音棚) |
| Recording Engineer | Huilin Yang (杨惠琳) (Studio 21A), Fangyu Dong (董方昱) |
| Mixing Engineer | Anzol (鸦雀有声) |
| Mastering Engineer | Anzol (鸦雀有声) |
| Production | HOYO-MiX |
Lyrics
Chinese and English
| Chinese Transcript | Pinyin | Official English Translation | Fan Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 玉盘出云乡 | Yùpán chū yúnxiāng | The moon, a jade plate, climbs the misty skies | The jade moon looms from shrouds of clouds |
| 零露瀼 | Líng lù ráng | Thin dewdrops gleam as they fall like sighs | Fallen dew lies thick |
| 何草不黄 | Hé cǎo bù huáng | Which grass shall never yellow in the fleeting day? | No reed is to stay viridescent forever |
| 何德时丧 | Hé dé shí sàng | Which virtue lasts while seasons slip away? | No virtue is to withstand the test of time |
| 如尘飘陌上 | Rú chén piāo mò shàng | Like drifting dust along the country way | I wander over the paths of the mortals, as if I were floating dust |
| 衰草枯杨未遽央 | Shuāicǎo-kūyáng wèi jùyāng | The grass lies pale, the poplars sere, yet the end delays | Weeds and willows, wilted and decaying, have yet to meet their final doom |
| 野祭道旁 | Yě jìdào páng | By the roadside, the remnants keep their rites | On the sides of deserted sacrificial roads |
| 铜驼荒没荆棘莽 | Tóngtuó huāngmò jīngjí mǎng | As bronze statues of old lie lost in thorn and briar | Naught but barren bronze camels and impertinent thorns remain |
| 成住有时不可量 | Chéngzhù yǒushí bùkěliáng | All things keep their seasons, past all mortal measure | The four kalpas arrive in their due hours – unfathomable |
| 白日胥梦一场 | Báirì xū mèng yīchǎng | Passing through this mortal world like a waking dream | The sunlit day – naught but a dream |
| 浮光 | Fúguāng | Like drifting shadows, fleeting, swift, and bright | Transient light |
| 隙驹驰大荒 | Xìjū chí dàhuāng | Time races on, a white steed through the desolate plain | Time's Horse gallops across the vast land |
| 将攸往 | Jiāng yōu wǎng | Its path unknown, its destination unseen | There is where I shall head for |
| 何草不黄 | Hé cǎo bù huáng | Which grass shall never yellow in the fleeting day? | No reed is to stay viridescent forever |
| 何德时丧 | Hé dé shí sàng | Which virtue lasts while seasons slip away? | No virtue is to withstand the test of time |
| 如尘飘陌上 | Rú chén piāo mò shàng | Like drifting dust along the country way | I wander over the paths of the mortals, as if I were floating dust |
| 孤筇鸿影一苇航 | Gūqióng hóngyǐng yīwěi háng | Alone with my staff, I cross the river on a single reed, like a lone wild goose in flight | With a single staff and swan’s fleeting shadow, a reed I take to cross the river |
| 谁谓河广 | Shéi wèi hé guǎng | Who says the river is too wide to cross? | Who deems the river too wide? |
| 蒲苇冥冥求断璋 | Púwěi míngmíng qiú duàn zhàng | Through shadowed reeds I seek the broken jade | Through the obscurity of bushes, I seek the broken jade |
| 往者不谏来者长 | Wáng zhě bù jiàn lái zhě cháng | The past cannot be undone, the road ahead stretches long | The past is beyond reproof, while the future is yet a long journey |
| 朋酒作席稷黍薿 | Péngjiǔ zuòxí jì shǔ nǐ | Friends spread the mat and share their wine, while distant fields of millet sway and shine | Two goblets of wine, a feast, where millet thrives |
| 或耘或耔为帝乡 | Huò yún huò zǐ wèi dìxiāng | Some till the soil, some sow the seed — this is the life the people long to lead | For an ideal paradise, I shall weed and hill up crops |
| 荒庭朽草风望月 化萤芒 | Huāng tíng xiǔ cǎo fēng wàng yuè huà yíng máng | In desolate courts, the withered grass sways in the moon's pale beam, and waning decay glimmers as fireflies' dream | In the desolate yard and howling wind, withered grass gazes the moon and turns to glowing fireflies |
Trivia
- The following soundtracks share Zibai's leitmotif (unofficial name):
- Floating Mist (0:42)
- Everlasting Dawn at Night (0:33)
- Lanterns in the Moonlit Twilight (0:12)
- Crescent Gildeth the Dark (0:37)
- A Traveler on a Winter's Night (0:35)
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name | Literal Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Floating Mist | — |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 野马尘埃 Yěmǎ Chén'āi | Wild Horse's Dust |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 野馬塵埃 Yěmǎ Chén'āi |
References
- ↑ NetEase Cloud Music: Floating Mist 野马尘埃