Silence Wang 汪苏泷
巴赫旧约 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 2010
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:48
巴赫旧约
Bach's Old Testament
作词：汪苏泷
Lyrics by: Wang Sulong
作曲：汪苏泷、金若晨
Music by: Wang Sulong, Jin Ruocheng
演唱：汪苏泷
Performed by: Wang Sulong
八五三月二十一
March twenty-first, eighty-five
爱森纳赫小镇里
In the town of Eisenach,
赫瑟尔河畔边流淌的旋律
A melody flowing by the Hesser River
在圣托马斯的教堂里
In the church of St. Thomas,
没人会去在意
No one will care
那管风琴的声音
About the sound of the organ
勃兰登堡协奏曲
Brandenburg Concerto,
克膝宫的大键琴
The harpsichord of the Kneiphof Palace,
巴赫为了生计写着平均律
Bach wrote the Well-Tempered Clavier for a living.
魏玛宫廷的月光是咏叹的前奏曲
The moonlight at the Weimar court is a prelude for a serenade.
你拉着提琴
You hold the violin,
优雅美丽
Elegant and beautiful,
眼神却逃避
But your gaze turns away.
我会像巴赫记录我们约定的爱情
I will record our promised love like Bach did.
古典钢琴弹不出的回忆
Memories the classical piano can't play,
像巴赫音乐隐没人海里
Like Bach's music hidden in the sea of people.
我为你创作了几百世纪
I composed for you for centuries on end,
也是注定没结局
Yet it's destined to have no ending.
用笔在乐谱雕刻着唯一
With a pen, engraving the one and only on the score,
叹息你永远不懂我的心
Sighing, you'll never understand my heart.
我的旧约圣经
My old Bible of promises,
也没挽回你
Couldn’t bring you back to me.
窗外摇曳着紫色的风铃
Outside the window, the purple wind chimes sway,
像你清脆在耳边的声音
Like your clear voice ringing in my ears.
我说对你的爱已经远去
I say that my love for you has already faded,
你会不会也相信
Do you ever believe it too?
去年秋天我为你写的信
Last autumn I wrote you a letter
记着我多么想与你相遇
Remember how much I longed to meet you
可惜旧约圣经
But alas, the old covenant
已经没意义
Has lost all its meaning
Key vocabulary
- 河畔hé pàn
- riverbank7
- 注定zhù dìng
- fated7
- 清脆qīng cuì
- crisp7
- 相遇xiāng yù
- meet7
- 眼神yǎn shén
- gaze7
- 管风琴guǎn fēng qín
- organ7
- 结局jié jú
- ending7
- 逃避táo bì
- avoid7
- 雕刻diāo kè
- carve7
- 信xìn
- letter2
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About this song
Silence Wang is a Chinese singer-songwriter and record producer known in Mandarin pop (Mandopop). His work spans hip hop, EDM, rap, classical, and contemporary pop, and he has released multiple albums since debuting with Dreams Come True (慢慢懂) in 2010.