Joey Yung 容祖儿
流沙 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2002
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:20
点点星光再耀眼 也会凋谢
Even the brightest starlight will eventually fade;
情话说的难分难解 终将一别
Sweet nothings spoken become hard to untangle, and we'll part ways in the end.
最后留在你身边 又会是谁
Who will ultimately remain beside you?
真心是否远比不上一千朵玫瑰
Is true love truly worth less than a thousand roses?
谁是真 谁是假
Who is real, who is fake?
在狡猾遇上多情也会变傻
When cunning meets passion, it can also turn foolish.
那频频回首 心碎的人啊
That lingering gaze, oh, the heartbroken one.
可明白爱仅咫尺天涯
Do you understand that love is just a stone's throw away yet feels like a lifetime?
有什么 放不下
What is it that cannot be let go?
昨日如烟火 未来如流沙
Yesterday was like fireworks, tomorrow slips away like fine sand.
谁知道 沙一把 下一秒会如何变化
Who knows how the sand will shift in the next moment?
有什么 放不下
What is it that you can't let go?
青春如昙花 岁月如流沙
Youth is like a fleeting flower, time flows like shifting sand.
天再高 地再大 也容不下寂寞啊
No matter how high the sky, how vast the earth, there's no room for loneliness.
谈感情要潇洒
When it comes to love, be carefree and casual.
别再强说愁 自哀自怜
Stop pretending to be sad, wallowing in self-pity.
旧情终成为过眼云烟
Old love has turned to passing clouds.
好景既已不再像从前
Good times won’t return like they used to.
又何必搁在心头 爱早已事过境迁
So why hold onto it in your heart? Love has long moved on.
有什么 放不下
What is it that you can't let go?
昨日如烟火 未来如流沙
Yesterday is like fireworks, the future like shifting sands
谁知道 沙一把 下一秒会如何变化
Who knows, with a handful of sand, how the next moment will change
有什么 放不下
What is it that I can't let go?
青春如昙花 岁月如流沙
Youth is as fleeting as a celestial bloom, time flows like sand
天再高 地再大 也容不下寂寞啊
No matter how high the sky, how vast the earth, it can't hold my loneliness
谈感情要潇洒
In love, be carefree
你真的很残酷 用消失来弥补
You're truly cruel, making up for it by vanishing
爱上你我扛的苦
Loving you, I bear the pain
背感情的包伏 用执著来报复
Carrying the burden of love, using persistence to retaliate
你怎能自私作主
How could you be so selfish to decide?
我很恍惚 不清楚
I'm in a daze, feeling unclear
为何孤独 学不会不在乎
Why can't loneliness learn to not care?
记忆是照片 总不停拿出来翻阅
Memories are like photos, always pulled out to share
就算 哭瞎了眼 流干了泪 爱从未熄灭
Even if tears blind my eyes, love has never disappeared
我们的照片 温柔在左边 深情在右边
Our pictures show tenderness on the left, passion on the right
少了你 故事没能到终点
Without you, the story couldn't reach its height
奇迹会出现
Miracles will appear
喔 爱是张跟得上你的地图
Oh, love's a map that keeps up with your pace
不怕等到盲目 找到麻木
Not afraid to wait blindly, finding numbness in this space
我的眼泪在笑里面哭
My tears are crying within a smile's embrace
记忆是照片 总不停拿出来翻阅
Memories are photos, always taken out to flip through.
就算 哭瞎了眼 流干了泪 爱从未熄灭
Even if tears blind my eyes, love has never faded away.
我们的照片 温柔在左边 深情在右边
Our photos, tenderness on the left, deep affection on the right.
少了你 故事没能到终点
Without you, the story couldn't reach its end.
奇迹会出现
Miracles will appear.
合照变成了独照
Group photos turned into solo shots.
爱情却一点也没少 遥远的你知道
Yet love hasn't diminished at all; you, far away, know it well.
Key vocabulary
- 干gān
- dry1
- 找到zhǎo dào
- find1
- 背bèi
- back2
- 消失xiāo shī
- disappear3
- 谈tán
- talk3
- 何必hé bì
- why bother7
- 扛káng
- carry7
- 报复bào fù
- revenge7
- 残酷cán kù
- cruel7
- 深情shēn qíng
- love7
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