JJ Lin 林俊杰
序曲：12年前 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2015
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 6:08
K：Yes, where are we going? Where are we going? The beach?
J：The beach, man.
F：When was the last time we do was hanging up together then?
F: When was the last time we hung out together?
K: 12 years been.
K: It's been 12 years.
F: 12 years ah?
F: 12 years, huh?
K: 12 years.
J: 12 years, man.
K: But you guys all look the same.
J: Romance 've been 12 years. But like... 我们... 我们这两天，we caught up a lot.
J: Romance has been 12 years. But like... These past two days, we caught up a lot.
F: What? Three times, right?
J: Yeah.
Yeah.
F: Once at Ken's studio ha?
Once at Ken's studio, huh?
K: Yep.
Yep.
F: Once at the show.
Once at the show.
J: Yeah, man.
Yeah, man.
F: And now, and now.
And now, and now.
K: And now.
And now.
J: And now, man.
And now, man.
K: Like suddenly it's like 12 years of
Nothing and suddenly all comes together, right?
J: Yeah.
Yeah.
F: Sounds exactly right man.
Sounds exactly right, man.
J: Everything just comes back.
Everything just comes back.
K: But you know what the thing is it
But you know what the truth is,
Is because we just decided to do it.
J: I know.
I know.
K: Am me right?
Am I right?
J: Exactly.
Exactly.
K: Sometimes you think that oh, our way till I'm thirty or way,
Sometimes you think, 'Oh, we'll wait until I'm thirty,'
Way I'm to this age now get back together if you're hooked up with
But now that I'm this age, it's time to reconnect if you've hooked up with...
The guys like you just gotta do it
Like display the decision now mate.
F: You miss the moment if you like
Procrastinate or you think too much.
J: I know.
F: So you just——just would never be doing it
J: That's life. That's life for you?
K: So we gonna jump in the car?
F: Yeah, let's do it.
J: Let's do it. ... All right.
F: All right.
All right.
J: Well. 很久没有写歌了噢？
Well. It’s been a long time since I wrote a song, huh?
F: Wow, 其实我一路以来都有写。
Wow, actually I've been writing all along.
J: 有在写噢？
Oh, really?
F: 对。
Yeah.
记不记得上次我们... 有这样的对话的时候是什么时候？
Do you remember the last time we... had a conversation like this?
J: 很久了，我都已经快12年没见你。
It's been a long time, I haven't seen you in nearly 12 years.
F: 对... 对，就是12年... 12年前。
Yeah... right, it's been 12 years... 12 years ago.
然后那时候我们因为一件事情很不愉快嘛，可能是我自己钻牛角尖，你知道，那个时候我们就... 很努力一起写歌。
And back then, we were pretty unhappy about something, maybe I was just being stubborn, you know, and we really worked hard to write songs together.
J: 对啊，是。
Yeah, that’s true.
F: 然后在民歌餐厅唱歌的时候，(J：是啊。
Then when we sang at the folk music restaurant,
)是两小时30块，我们都作乐了。
it was 30 bucks for two hours, we had a great time.
J: 对啊。
Yeah.
F: 那个时候真的是很苦噢。
Those times were really tough.
J: 一个晚上30块。
30 bucks for a night.
F: 很苦噢。
So tough.
J: 嗯，但就是... 其实不会觉得苦诶。
Hmm, but actually... it didn't feel tough.
F: 就很开心。
Just very happy.
J: 很快乐。
So joyful.
F: 因为一起做音乐啊。
Because we were making music together.
J: 对啊。
Yeah.
F: 然后我们就一起努力一起写歌，然后那时候你是负责写曲嘛。
Then we worked together to write songs, and at that time you were in charge of composing.
J: 对啊。
Yeah.
F: 然后我就帮你填词。
Then I helped you with the lyrics.
J: 嗯。
Mm.
F: 不过，就是每次我填的词，寄去唱片公司的时候都没有被选中。
But every time I sent the lyrics to the record company, they were never chosen.
J: 呵呵。
Hehe.
F: 那个时候真的是... 哎呀，一把鼻涕一把眼泪。
Back then it was really... oh, tears and snot everywhere.
J: 是啊。
That's right.
F: 都不懂，很焦... 很焦... 很焦急。
I didn't understand anything, felt so anxious... so anxious... so anxious.
J: 是... 是，老师们都比较... 比较苛刻一些。
J: Yes... Yes, the teachers tend to be... a bit strict.
F: 是，是。
F: Yes, yes.
J: 都比较希望我们可以再... 再努力。
J: They hope we can... work harder.
F: 再努力。
F: Work harder.
J: 对啊。
J: Right.
F: 不过那个... 那个时候就说了一些比较... 好像固执跟比较... 比较幼稚的话。
F: But back then... I said some things that seemed a bit... stubborn and rather... childish.
J: 嗯。
J: Hmm.
F: 我就跟你说：哎，每次我们写歌、一起合作，就是你的曲被选中，我的词没有被选中，(J: 嗯，)我不能够再浪费我那个时候我的灵感。
F: I told you: every time we write a song and collaborate, it's your melody that gets picked, my lyrics don't get chosen, (J: Hmm,) I couldn't waste my inspiration from that time.
J: 哈哈...
J: Haha...
F: 我不能够... 我不能够放弃跟... 跟失去掉这些浪费掉的灵感。
F: I couldn't... I couldn't give up and lose out on that wasted inspiration.
然后那个时候你说了一些非常勉励的话，就是可能事后回顾的时候觉得你非常讲得非常有道理啦。
And then at that moment, you said some very encouraging words, which in hindsight, seem profoundly wise.
因为你作为一个创意人的话，你会越做越好。
Because as a creative person, you will get better and better.
J: 没有，我就觉得，就是很多... 很多时候都会有很多原因让我们找借口，或者是也... 找个理由说，啊，我可能要再找一些别的事情做。
J: No, I just feel that often... there are many reasons for us to make excuses, or to... find a reason to say, ah, maybe I need to look for something else to do.
但有时候也很多时候因为这样子，你就是放弃了你的梦想。
But sometimes, it's often because of this that you give up on your dreams.
F: 不过其实因为这句话... 就是因为这句话的原因，这12年来，我都没有放弃写过歌。
F: However, actually because of this saying... for these 12 years, I haven't given up on writing songs.
这12年来，这句话就憋在心里啊，没有机会跟你说声谢谢。
For these 12 years, this phrase has been bottled up inside me, without a chance to say thank you.
J: 哈哈哈。
J: Hahaha.
F: 然后跟你说声道歉，说那个时候真是太固执太幼稚了。
F: And also to say I'm sorry, for being so stubborn and immature at that time.
J: 没有啦。
J: No, it's fine.
F: 所以，12年来也没有变道？
F: So, has there been no change in 12 years?
J: 没有，我真的很想念那时候的我们。
No, I really miss those times we had.
F: 是，我也非常怀念。
Yes, I miss them deeply too.
J: 真的就是...
It truly is...
F: 真的非常怀念。
I really miss them a lot.
J: 每天都在练歌，每天都在选新的歌。
Every day we practiced songs, every day we picked new tunes.
F: And to be honest, I think Ken... Ken is the. the connector
J: I know, man, Ken. Thanks, man. If you never called me,
If you have never prayed for me, I think we will never be here today.
If you had never prayed for me, I don’t think we’d be here today.
We wouldn't, we wouldn't be here because I would always think that,
Oh, my friends in Singapore, they are back in Singapore, they,
They don't know the 'ME' anymore. Know? They... we've lost contact.
I always feel a little guilty for not coming
Back and chill like keep in contact and chilling.
K: Yeah.
J: You know, it's like I've alway-always
Thought from you guys' perspective about me like.
K: Yeah.
J: I always been afraid like, oh, they must be thinking, ah,
I've changed. (K: Yeah.)
They must be thinking I'm different now with my, my job, with my,
(K: Yeah.) my schedule as you know. Yeah, you know, some of them,
Definitely, some of, some of the friends are, (K: Yeah.) you know,
A little angry at, even at me, like,
For not keeping contact with them.
F: See. I, I, I do the show, ah, like once,
Every third Saturday of August, right? And, and Wayne and Ken,
You were, you were my first season guest, guest performer, right?
And it's been there rain and shine,
Every third Saturday of August. 每逢... 呃... 就是第三个... 八月的第三个周末，我会风雨不改地做场演唱会。
Every third Saturday of August. No matter the weather... uh... every third... the third weekend of August, I will unwaveringly hold a concert.
而且我记得第一届你跟Ken一起上台，对吗？
And I remember you and Ken took the stage together in the first edition, right?
J: Praised.
Praised.
F: Yeah, praised, man.
Yeah, praised, man.
J: Yeah.
Yeah.
K: Wow Ben, and the world.
F: 就是... 呃... 这十二年来我们没有... 我们没有见面，对吗？我们每年都有做，(J: 对啊。
It's just... uh... these twelve years we haven't... we haven't met, right? We do this every year,
)风雨不改每年都做，(J: 对。
Rain or shine, we still do it each year,
)每... 每个八月的第三个周我都有做。
Every... every third week of August, I always do it.
而且每次...
And every time...
J: 你没有忘记啊？
You haven't forgotten, have you?
F: 就是每次... 做这个表演的时候，我都会唱这首我们写的歌。
It's just that every time... when I perform this, I sing the song we wrote.
J:真的啊？你还会唱这首歌噢？
J: Really? You can still sing this song?
F:当然啊，还记得啊，歌词是我写的，曲是你写的，所以就很，对我来说很...
F: Of course, I remember. The lyrics were written by me, the melody by you, so it means a lot to me...
J: 怎么唱啊？怎么唱？你弹弹看。
J: How do you sing it? How do you sing? Give it a try.
F: 弹弹看？
F: Give it a try?
J: 弹弹看。
J: Give it a try.
F: 记不记得，那个调这样子：「请不要再说，你越说越错...」记得吗？「已经... 已经没有话好说...」
F: Do you remember, the tune goes like this: 'Please don’t say anymore, the more you say the more wrong...' Remember? 'There’s nothing more to say...'
J: 啊...
J: Ah...
F: 记得吗？
F: Do you remember?
J: 再一次，再一次，再一次，来...
J: One more time, one more time, one more time, come on...
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Key vocabulary
- 眼泪yǎn lèi
- tears5
- 对话duì huà
- dialogue2
- 借口jiè kǒu
- excuse7
- 勉励miǎn lì
- encourage7
- 固执gù zhí
- stubborn7
- 幼稚yòu zhì
- immature7
- 憋biē
- hold in7
- 灵感líng gǎn
- inspiration7
- 焦jiāo
- burnt7
- 焦急jiāo jí
- anxious7
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About this song
JJ Lin is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, record producer, and businessman in the Chinese-language pop and ballad tradition. He is known for his vocal performances and songwriting, including emotionally driven pop ballads.