Pu Shu 朴树
妈妈，我… lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:15
不知道为什么不走
I don't know why I don't leave
说不清留恋些什么
Can't quite explain what I'm attached to
在这儿每天我除了衰老以外无事可做
Here every day, all I do is grow old
昨晚我喝了许多酒
Last night I drank a lot of wine
听见我的生命烧着了
I heard my life was burning
就这么呲呲地烧着了
Just like this, it sizzled away
就象要烧光了
As if it were about to burn out
在这个世界
In this world
我做什么
What can I do?
我问我自己到底能做些什么
I ask myself what I can truly do.
妈妈 我恶心
Mom, I feel disgusted
在他们的世界
In their world
生活是这么旧
Life is so old-fashioned
让我总不快乐
It keeps me from being happy
我活得不耐烦
I'm living with impatience
可是又不想死
But I don't want to die
他们是这么硬
They are so rigid
让我撞他 撞得头破血流吧
Let me crash into them, let me bleed and break my head
他们是些有轨电车
They are just trams
终日往返工厂和住房
Going back and forth between factories and homes
他们关心粮食关心电视
They care about food and the television
他们无所事事
They do nothing at all
看到他们我感到很难过
Seeing them makes me feel so sad
上班下班的植物人流
The flow of zombies in and out of work
在菜市场里
In the vegetable market
人行道上
On the sidewalk
他们冷漠地走着
They walk by indifferently
妈妈 那里面有你
Mama, you're in there
你们面无表情
You wear blank expressions
你们衰老了已是满头白发
You have aged, your hair now white as snow
妈妈 我恶心
Mom, I'm feeling sick
在他们的世界
In their world
生活是这么旧
Life is so outdated
让我总不快乐
It keeps me from being happy
我活得不耐烦
I'm living in impatience
可是又不想死
But I don’t want to die
他们是这么硬
They are so hard
让我撞他 撞得头破血流吧
Let me smash into him, let my head bleed
妈妈 是你曾赐给我的生命
Mom, it was you who gave me life
我已经把他吐得一片狼藉
I've already vomited it all into a mess
我恶心 我恶心
I'm disgusted, I'm disgusted
究竟是他们还是我们全疯了
Are they crazy or are we all just mad?
妈妈 我恶心
Mom, I'm disgusted
在他们的世界
In their world
生活是这么旧
Life feels so old
让我总不快乐
It leaves me feeling so unhappy
我活得不耐烦
I'm living in impatience
可是又不想死
Yet I don't want to die
他们是这么硬
They're so tough
让我撞他 让我撞他
Let me crash into him, let me crash into him
我恶心
I'm disgusted
在他们的世界
In their world
生活是这么旧
Life feels so stale
让我总不快乐
It keeps me from being happy
我活得不耐烦
I live with such impatience
可是又不想死
But I don't want to die
他们是这么硬
They are so tough
让我撞他 让我撞他 让我撞他 撞得头破血流吧
Let me crash into him, let me crash into him, let me crash into him, until my head bleeds.
知道吗
Do you know?
我是金子 我要闪光的
I'm golden, I want to shine.
Key vocabulary
- 妈妈mā ma
- mom1
- 电视diàn shì
- TV1
- 白bái
- white1
- 看到kàn dào
- see1
- 有轨电车yǒu guǐ diàn chē
- tram7
- 满mǎn
- full2
- 生活shēng huó
- life2
- 知道zhī dào
- know1
- 走zǒu
- walk1
- 还是hái shì
- or1
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About this song
Pu Shu is a Chinese singer-songwriter from Nanjing whose pop and rock-influenced music is rooted in his debut-era mainland releases. He is known for becoming the first singer from mainland China signed to Warner Music Group in 1999 and for the award-winning film theme song “The Ordinary Road” for The Continent.