Andy Lau 刘德华
观世音 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:01
接吻声 喝彩声 派彩声 拍台声
Kissing sounds, cheers, lottery flares, applause echoes.
按扭声 拆楼声 跳楼声 听不听
Button clicks, demolition crashes, jumping sounds, do you hear?
唱Ｋ声 唱票声 上牌声 碰牌声
Karaoke voices, ticket calls, card plays, card clashes.
吃糊声 算帐声 诉苦声 听不听
Eating losses, counting debts, complaining voices, do you hear?
涌涌声浪撞睡莲 瞬间生灭如一念
Waves crash, like a lotus disturbed, fleeting moments of existence like a thought.
闭起眼观照 尘世上音波的曲线
Close your eyes and observe, the curves of sound waves in this worldly life.
法界看尽众生 喧哗闪似电
Seeing all beings in the realm of law, noise flashes like lightning.
像贪瞋痴交响盛宴
Like a symphony of greed, anger, and ignorance in a grand feast.
攻讦对拆论辩胡言 倾心细诉立誓甜言
Attacks, disputes, and nonsense debates, heartfelt vows whispered in sweet words.
争吵哄骗大闹谣言 也更可是非点
Arguments, deception, noisy rumors, further fueling the chaos.
烽烟抗议怒骂儳言 悲哭控诉道别留言
Smoke rises, shouting protests and grievances, sorrowful cries of farewell left behind.
招呼耳语问候微言 说教劝交吹牛敷衍
Greeted with whispers, subtle words exchanged, teachings and advice, boasting and dismissiveness.
雨会干 鸟会飞 蝶会死 梦会醒
Rain will dry, birds will fly, butterflies will die, dreams will awaken.
树会枯 爱会苦 耳会躲 听不见
Trees will wither, love will ache, ears will hide, unable to hear.
疾似风 逝似烟 谢似花 碎似灰
Swift like the wind, fleeting like smoke, grateful like blossoms, scattered like ash.
远似星 淡似水 静似心 听不见
Distant like stars, faint like water, still like the heart, unable to hear.
涌涌声浪撞睡莲 瞬间生灭如一念
Surging waves collide with sleepy lotuses, moments of birth and death merge like a thought.
闭起眼观照 尘世上音波的曲线
Close your eyes to observe the curves of sound waves in this dusty world.
法界看尽众声 喧哗闪似电
In the realm of law, all voices are seen, clamoring flashes like lightning.
像贪瞋痴交响盛宴
Like a grand symphony of greed, anger, and ignorance.
彼此有压力未能眠 彼此有怨念梦难甜
With pressure between us, sleep eludes our eyes, resentments linger, and sweet dreams are hard to find.
彼此有困局问谁怜 世界谁在打点
In our mutual plight, who feels the pain? Who's orchestrating life in this world?
彼此有抱憾未能言 彼此也有恨问谁填
Regrets linger unspoken between us, and who will mend the hatred that we share?
彼此也有病被人嫌 有劫要等高人指点
We both have our troubles, judged by others, waiting for a sage to guide us through.
喜欢你 (念在你)打倒你 (推举你)未解决等你 (别一味小器)
I like you (thinking of you) bringing you down (lifting you up) unresolved waiting for you (don't be so petty)
未表决等你 为何你未忘记 为何你想死 (大家都等你 你去死 为何你想死)
Waiting for your choice, why can't you forget? Why do you want to die? (Everyone's waiting for you, go on, why do you want to die?)
听飞蚁扑翼伴愁眠 听丧礼眼泪滴成莲
Listening to flying ants flap their wings, sorrow weighs down my sleep, listening to the funeral, tears drop and blossom into lotuses.
听乞丐钵上撞铜钱 听众声在表演
Listen to the coins clinking in the beggar's bowl, hear the crowd's voice in the show.
听短讯往复渡余年 听伊美对骂疾如蝉
Listening to messages, navigating through the years, hearing her beauty berate like the swift cicadas.
听心跳放下静如禅 听法句经释然
Listen to the heartbeat, let go, calm as Zen, listen to the sutras, feel at ease.
释迦说法赠下遗言 拈花带笑静默无言
The Buddha spoke and left his legacy, with a smile and silence, no words to convey.
超生破障寂灭忘言 你会否静一点
Transcending life, breaking barriers, forgetting speech, will you find some stillness?
听一个印度籍童言 听他笑说欲渡明年
Listening to a child's voice from India, hear him laugh, wishing to cross to next year.
听他喝清水彷似箭 你会否不张扬捐钱
Listening to him drink pure water, swift like an arrow, will you keep quiet and give with cheer?
道理深 道理浅 放于心解脱
Truths deep and shallow, laid in the heart, lead to liberation's part.
无常道都不可说 靠你解决
The path of impermanence cannot be expressed, it's up to you to address.
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Key vocabulary
- 一味一味 → yī wèi
- blindly7
- 乞丐乞丐 → qǐ gài
- beggar7
- 余yú
- left7
- 喧哗xuān huá
- noise7
- 抗议kàng yì
- protest7
- 攻gōng
- attack7
- 敷衍fū yǎn
- pretend7
- 曲线qū xiàn
- curve7
- 盛宴shèng yàn
- feast7
- 糊hù
- paste7
Test yourself
How much of 观世音 did you catch?
A quick quiz on the key words from this song.