Hebe Tien 田馥甄
讽刺的情书 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:19
爱过几个人 笃定的眼神
Loved a few people, with a determined gaze.
差点以为世界多天真
Almost thought the world was so naive.
纠缠几回合 问自己要不要这么笨
Entangled in a few rounds, asking myself if I should be this foolish.
屡次挥霍信任
Repeatedly squandering trust.
当夜让房间失温 才晓得心要止疼
When the night makes the room lose warmth, only then do I realize my heart needs to stop the pain.
忘却要是本能就好了
If forgetting were just a natural instinct, that would be great.
我执迷的 渴求的
What I cling to, what I long for,
爱绽放的烟火
Is the fireworks of love blooming.
被熄灭了 冷却了
Extinguished, cooled down.
是否我还不够虔诚
Am I still not devoted enough?
让一个人 活著的
What keeps a person alive,
是不自知的温柔
is unaware tenderness.
那糖果盒子打开以后
After the candy box is opened,
唯一真相是你不属于我
the only truth is that you don't belong to me.
从前笑别人 写言情为生
Once I laughed at others, writing romance for a living,
好成那样哪里有可能
how could things be that perfect?
写文字的人 怎么冷静写自己愚蠢
The one who writes, how can they calmly pen their foolishness?
落款是泪痕
The signature is a trace of tears.
当咖啡店也清冷 只能回寓所出神
When the coffee shop feels so cold, I can only return home and drift away.
似乎还有事情要做
It seems there's still something to be done.
我焚烧的 吹散的
What I burn and scatter away,
是讽刺的情书
Is a satirical love letter.
将我淹没的窒息的
Drowning me in suffocation,
是你镇定的信口开河
Is your calm, careless chatter.
让一个人重生的
What allows a person to be reborn,
是不自知的温柔
Is an unknowing gentleness.
这并不是什么塞翁的传说
This isn't any old tale of loss,
只是两个随风的灵魂错过
Just two wandering souls passing by.
谈不上失去什么
It's hardly about losing anything,
怎能为没发生的事难过
How can one be sad for what never happened?
我们终究要对自己坦诚
We ultimately must be honest with ourselves
我执迷的 渴求的
What I've been obsessed with, what I've craved
爱绽放的烟火
Love blooming like fireworks
被熄灭了 冷却了
Has been extinguished, has cooled down
莫非梦得还不够虔诚
Could it be that my dreams aren't sincere enough?
让一个人 活著的
What keeps a person alive
是不自知的温柔
Is a gentle warmth unknown to them
那糖果盒子打开以后
After the candy box is opened
唯一真相是你不属于我
The only truth is that you don't belong to me
这讽刺的情书
This ironic love letter
将我淹没的窒息的
Drowning me, suffocating still;
是你讳莫如深的信口开河
It's your deep, mysterious babble that fills the air.
让一个人重生的
What brings a person back to life,
是不自知的温柔
Is an unknowing kind of tenderness.
这并不是什么塞翁的传说
This isn’t some ancient fable,
只是两个随风的灵魂错过
Just two drifting souls that missed each other.
爱过几个人 笃定的眼神
Having loved a few, with a decisive gaze,
好像这个世界多天真
It's as if this world is so naive.
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Key vocabulary
- 熄灭xī miè
- extinguish7
- 窒息zhì xī
- suffocate7
- 终究zhōng jiū
- ultimately7
- 两liǎng
- two1
- 只能zhǐ néng
- can only2
- 好像hǎo xiàng
- seems2
- 当dāng
- when2
- 河hé
- river2
- 冷静lěng jìng
- calm4
- 将jiāng
- will4
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About this song
Hebe Tien (田馥甄) is a Taiwanese singer and actress in Mandopop. She rose to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the girl group S.H.E and later established her solo career with albums such as To Hebe, including the hit “A Little Happiness” from the film Our Times.