Eason Chan 陈奕迅
一个灵魂的独白 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:04
好比玻璃突然破碎 灵魂浮游随风吹 世界悄悄化作露水
Like glass suddenly shattering, souls drift with the wind, the world quietly turning to dew.
茫茫然回望过去 如准许 错或对可否再追
In a daze, I look back at the past, as if permitted, can I chase again the right or wrong?
大地绿叶白云清水 变作废气与沙堆
The earth, green leaves, white clouds, and clear waters, turned into waste and piles of sand.
说过挽救却似默许
Spoken words of rescue feel more like consent.
现在若离开 终于讲一句 原谅我 其实多此一举
If I leave now, finally I'll say, forgive me, but it's truly unnecessary.
双亲囝囡好友爱侣 有过笑语和怨怼 看似永远却似逝水
Parents, kids, friends, lovers, we've shared laughter and grievances, seeming eternal yet flowing away.
回头时凝望再次 难张咀 吻别你安心步去
As I look back once more, struggling to speak, kissing you goodbye, I walk away in peace.
多少所得尽情争取 多少所失曾唏嘘
How much we've fought for what we've gained, how much we lament for what we've lost.
到了这晚我笑人类
Tonight I laugh at humanity.
没极限名利 终于将失去
With no limits of fame and fortune, we shall ultimately lose it all.
时日里 是寄居的堡垒 多干脆
In the passage of time, a fortress we temporarily reside in, so simple.
过去我对与不对 再要计较太琐碎
In the past, whether right or wrong, no need to dwell on the small details.
我却要说爱永远不是负累
Yet I must say love is never a burden.
那怕你看我就似安然沉睡
Even if you see me as if peacefully asleep.
一分半秒亦无力追随
Not a single second holds the power to follow.
听过众说各一句 哲理似永远相对
Hearing everyone speak their piece, philosophy seems eternally relative.
原来多少理论都不可取
It turns out many theories are just not viable.
我爱你也爱就会心灵重聚
When I love you and you love me, our souls reunite.
何妨相处数十岁 终须化飞灰
What if we spend decades together, it must return to dust.
过去我对与不对 再要计较太琐碎
In the past, whether right or wrong, no need to dwell on the small details.
我却要说爱永远不是负累
But I must say love is never a burden.
那怕你看我就似安然沉睡
Even if you see me as peacefully asleep.
一分半秒亦无力追随
Not even a moment can I follow you.
听过众说各一句 哲理似永远相对
I've heard countless perspectives, philosophies seem eternally opposed.
原来多少理论都不可取
It turns out many theories are not worth taking.
我爱你也爱就会心灵重聚
I love you and loving brings our souls together.
何妨相处数十岁 终须化飞灰
Why not spend decades together, we will ultimately turn to ashes.
终须化飞灰
We will ultimately turn to ashes.
Key vocabulary
- 玻璃bō lí
- glass5
- 失去shī qù
- lose3
- 张zhāng
- sheet3
- 尽情jìn qíng
- freely7
- 挽救wǎn jiù
- rescue7
- 无力wú lì
- powerless7
- 极限jí xiàn
- limit7
- 沉睡chén shuì
- sleep7
- 灵魂líng hún
- soul7
- 琐碎suǒsuì
- trivial7
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About this song
Eason Chan Yick-shun is a Hong Kong singer and actor associated with Cantopop and Mandopop. He is known for major award achievements including multiple Golden Melody Awards wins and record-setting awards at Hong Kong’s Ultimate Song Chart Awards.