Na Ying 那英
船 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2001
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:03
船
Boat
他往我这岸漂来 身上满载的是风采
He drifts toward my shore, filled with charm and grace,
不见他手中的舵 只见他的骄傲和自在 自在的就像是为我而来
No sight of the rudder in his hand, just his pride and ease, as free as if he came just for me.
他往这一边开来 幸福从他手中张开
He sails this way, happiness unfurling from his hands.
不见他手中的舵 就像他的来 只为我而来
No sight of the rudder in his hand, just like his arrival, solely for me.
我跳上他的船 开始了没有忽高忽低却温暖的精采
I jumped onto his boat, starting a journey warm and steady, never high or low.
那原来都是他把春天 藏在从未打开的口袋
It turns out he has hidden spring away in pockets never opened.
我爱上他的爱 原以为失去拥抱的心终究不能慷慨
I fell for his love, thinking my heart without hugs could never be generous.
那原来只是冬天的冰冷 借住在 我心里的残骸
But it was merely winter's chill dwelling in the wreckage of my heart.
Key vocabulary
- 不见bú jiàn
- disappear3
- 冬天dōng tiān
- winter2
- 一边yì biān
- on one side1
- 他的tā de
- his1
- 慷慨kāng kǎi
- generous7
- 终究zhōng jiū
- ultimately7
- 漂来piāo lái
- drift in
- 满载mǎn zài
- loaded
- 的是de shì
- is (the one)
- 风fēng
- wind
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About this song
Na Ying is a Chinese singer who performs Mandarin pop and became prominent in the late 1980s, later building a cross-strait career with Taiwanese label Linfair Records. She is known for winning the Golden Melody Award for Best Mandarin Female Singer in 2001 for “Sad and Romantic” and for her work as a long-running coach on The Voice of China.