Na Ying 那英
你不是说 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2011
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:37
关灯燃烧黑夜 发觉白天的甘甜
Turning off the lights, igniting the night, discovering the sweetness of the day.
有两个人 有两颗心
There are two people, there are two hearts.
总在黑夜燃起思念
Always in the night, longing ignites.
随着时光走远 没终点 往前去追
As time drifts away, with no end, we chase ahead.
褪色的从前 渐渐枯萎 层层叠叠
The faded past slowly withers, layered upon layered.
你不是说要为了我学着面对
Didn’t you say you’d learn to face it for me?
纵然步伐不对 也情愿不后悔
Even if the steps are wrong, I’d still choose not to regret.
当我想转身去翻阅下个情节
When I want to turn and revisit the next chapter,
错过那一页 你我该相识的那一天
Missing that page, the day we were meant to meet.
我们需要黑夜 才敢回忆那几年
We need the night to dare to remember those years.
从未离开 就会有爱
Never left, love will surely come.
却发现流泪乃自愿
Yet I find that tears are willingly shed.
感情越不着边 没终点 越想去追
The more the feelings drift, no end in sight, the more I long to chase.
走不到永远 于是枯萎 于是心碎
Unable to reach forever, then I wither, then my heart shatters.
你不是说要为了我学着面对
Did you not say you'd learn to face it all for me?
纵然步伐不对 也情愿不后悔
Even if the steps are wrong, I'd rather not regret.
当我想转身去翻阅下个情节
When I wish to turn and read the next chapter,
错过那一页 你我该相识的那一天
I missed that page, the day we were meant to meet.
错过那一页 你我该相识的那一天
I missed that page, the day we were meant to meet.
Key vocabulary
- 该gāi
- should2
- 越yuè
- more2
- 边biān
- edge2
- 发觉fā jué
- notice7
- 情愿qíng yuàn
- willingly7
- 步伐bù fá
- pace7
- 相识xiāng shí
- meet7
- 纵然zòng rán
- even if7
- 关灯guān dēng
- turn off light
- 黑夜hēi yè
- night
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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.