When You Are Old

Performed by: Velu Peter Gana

Many of you may have read the famous poem "When You Are Old", written by William Butler Yeats for his beloved woman Maud Gonne.

Years ago, a Chinese singer and musician Zhao Zhao adapted this poem into a beautiful song, which soon caught the ears and hearts of many Chinese audiences.

This song is written for Zhao Zhao’s mom. He says mom gave birth to him at a rather late age when she was already thirty.

While Zhao was composing this song, he saw as if mom was sitting inside the room beside the window, dim light, full of sleep.