Cui Jian 崔健
一无所有 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 5:44
（前奏：强劲的鼓点和唢呐声响起）
(Intro: Strong drumbeats and the sound of the suona)
我曾经问个不休
I used to ask endlessly
你何时跟我走
When will you walk with me?
可你却总是笑我
But you always just laugh at me
一无所有
With nothing at all.
我要给你我的追求
I want to give you my pursuit,
还有我的自由
And my freedom too.
可你却总是笑我
But you always just laugh at me
一无所有
With nothing at all.
噢…… 你何时跟我走
Oh… when will you walk with me?
噢…… 你何时跟我走
Oh... when will you walk with me
（间奏：唢呐solo，悲凉而高亢）
(Interlude: suona solo, mournful yet soaring)
脚下的地在走
The ground beneath my feet is moving
身边的水在流
The water beside me is flowing
可你却总是笑我
Yet you always laugh at me
一无所有
With nothing at all
为何你总笑个没够
Why do you never stop laughing?
为何我总要追求
Why do I always have to pursue?
难道在你面前
Is it true that in front of you
我永远是一无所有
I will forever be left with nothing?
噢…… 你何时跟我走
Oh... when will you walk with me?
噢…… 你何时跟我走
Oh... when will you walk with me?
（间奏：吉他、鼓点和唢呐交织）
(Interlude: guitar, drums, and suona intertwine)
告诉你我等了很久
I tell you I've waited for so long.
告诉你我最后的要求
I tell you this is my final wish.
我要抓起你的双手
I want to take your hands in mine.
你这就跟我走
So come with me right now.
这时你的手在颤抖
At this moment, your hands are trembling.
这时你的泪在流
At this moment, your tears are flowing.
莫非你是正在告诉我
Could it be that you are telling me?
你爱我一无所有
You love me with nothing at all
噢…… 你这就跟我走
Oh... just come with me now
噢…… 你这就跟我走
Oh... just come with me now
噢…… 你这就跟我走
Oh... just come with me now
噢…… 你这就跟我走
Oh... just come with me now
（尾奏：音乐在呐喊中逐渐减弱）
(Outro: The music fades gradually in the shouting)
Key vocabulary
- 交织jiāo zhī
- interweave7
- 呐喊nà hǎn
- shout7
- 莫非mò fēi
- perhaps7
- 颤抖chàn dǒu
- tremble7
- 告诉gào sù
- tell1
- 手shǒu
- hand1
- 正在zhèng zài
- currently1
- 起qǐ
- rise1
- 还有hái yǒu
- still1
- 吉他jí tā
- guitar7
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About this song
崔健 Chinese rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, a Beijing-born former leader of the band Ado and a solo artist. He is known for pioneering Chinese rock with emotionally direct songwriting and influential albums and music videos.