Hebe Tien 田馥甄
离岛 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:34
我觉得这样的距离很好
I think this distance is just fine.
就隔著一片海互不打扰
Separated by a sea, we won't disturb each other.
我是一座离岛人海边的离岛
I’m an island, a little isle by the sea.
世界和我礼貌微笑
The world and I exchange polite smiles.
不担心我这岛居民太少
Not worried that my island has too few dwellers.
人口的密度就这样刚好
The population density is just right this way.
我是座小小岛装不下大烦恼
I’m a tiny island, too small for big worries.
观光客们下回请早
Tourists, please come back another time.
怎么会这样 我也不知道
How could this be? I really don’t know.
谢谢谁为我祈祷 可是我并不困扰
Thanks to whoever prayed for me, but I'm not troubled.
谁能够决定谁 怎样最好
Who can decide what is best for whom?
我疏离得很舒服 不想治疗
I feel comfortably distant, don't want to heal.
这种距离对大家都好
This kind of distance is good for everyone.
就隔著一片海互相远眺
Just gazing at each other across a vast sea.
我是一座离岛人海边的离岛
I am an island, a solitary isle by the ocean.
世界和我都不无聊
Neither the world nor I am bored.
怎么会这样 我也不知道
How could it be this way? I don’t really know.
谢谢谁为我祈祷 可是我并不困扰
Thanks to whoever prayed for me, but I’m not troubled.
不担心我这岛 居民太少
Don’t worry about my island; its residents are few.
来过的朋友们 都住下了
Friends who have come here have all settled down.
我是座小小岛 容易满足的小岛
I'm a tiny little island, easily satisfied little island
懂的人懂得就好
It's enough that those who understand do
我是座小小岛 心满意足的小岛
I'm a tiny little island, content and fulfilled little island
我爱的人爱我就好
It's enough that the one I love loves me too
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Key vocabulary
- 困扰困扰
- bother6
- 们men
- plural suffix1
- 最好zuì hǎo
- best1
- 大dà
- big1
- 打扰dǎ rǎo
- interrupt4
- 礼貌lǐ mào
- politeness4
- 互相hù xiāng
- each other3
- 人口rén kǒu
- population2
- 距离jù lí
- distance4
- 很好hěn hǎo
- very good
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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.