Sarah Chen 陈淑桦
滚滚红尘 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Mandopop
- Length
- 3:10
起初不经意的妳 和少年不经世的我
At first, you were just a passing thought, and I was a naïve youth.
红尘中的情缘 只因那生命匆匆不语的胶著
Amidst the worldly romance, it's just that life rushes by, silent and entangled.
想是人世间的错 或前世流传的因果
Perhaps it's the folly of this world, or the karma passed down from past lives.
终生的所有 也不惜换取刹那阴阳的交流
All that life can offer, I'd trade for just a moment of yin and yang’s exchange.
来易来 去难去 数十载的人世游
Coming is easy, going is hard; decades of wandering through this world.
分易分 聚难聚 爱与恨的千古愁
Parting is easy, reuniting is hard; the timeless sorrow of love and hate.
本应属于妳的心 它依然护紧我胸口
The heart that should belong to you, it still guards my chest closely.
为只为那尘世转变的面孔后的翻云覆雨手
For the sake of that changing face in this world, with hands that shift the clouds and rain.
来易来 去难去 数十载的人世游
Coming is easy, going is hard; decades of wandering through this world.
分易分 聚难聚 爱与恨的千古愁
Parting is easy, reuniting is hard; the timeless sorrow of love and hate.
于是不愿走的妳 要告别已不见的我
So you, reluctant to leave, must say goodbye to the me that's no longer here.
至今世间仍有隐约的耳语 跟随我俩的传说
To this day, whispers linger in the world, following the tale of us.
来易来 去难去 数十载的人世游
Coming is easy, leaving is hard; decades pass in this mortal realm.
分易分 聚难聚 爱与恨的千古愁
Parting is easy, but gathering is hard; the eternal sorrow of love and hate.
于是不愿走的妳 要告别已不见的我
So you, reluctant to leave, must say goodbye to the me that's no longer here.
至今世间仍有隐约的耳语 跟随我俩的传说
To this day, whispers linger in the world, following the tale of us.
滚滚红尘里有隐约的耳语 跟随我俩的传说
In the rolling dust of the world, faint whispers follow the tale of us.
Key vocabulary
- 不经bù jīng
- involuntarily
- 意yì
- intent
- 妳nǐ
- you
- 少年shào nián
- youth2
- 世shì
- world
- 红hóng
- red2
- 尘chén
- dust
- 中的zhōng de
- inner
- 情qíng
- feelings
- 缘yuán
- fate
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About this song
Sarah Chen, also known as Chen Shu-hua, is a Taiwanese singer active from the 1970s to the late 1990s. She worked across Mandopop, Cantopop, Taiwan MinYao, and English-language songs and received major Golden Bell and Golden Melody awards for recordings including “Dream to Awakening,” “Red Dust,” and “The Mundane World.”