A-Mei 张惠妹
别在伤口洒盐 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Released
- 1999
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 5:10
好久不见 你瘦了一大圈 苦笑的脸忙而累
Long time no see, you've slimmed down a lot, your bitter smile is busy and worn-out.
你说好男人绝种了 爱一年往往要伤个三五年
You say good men have gone extinct, loving for a year often brings three to five years of pain.
你拒绝再看见晴天 却总问离快乐有多远
You refuse to see the sunny days again, yet you keep asking how far happiness is.
爱的平衡点小心拿捏 该醒的时候 你却还想醉
Be careful with the balance of love, just when you should wake up, you still want to be drunk.
最后只有往幸福门外退
In the end, you can only step back from the door of happiness.
别让昨天在你伤口 狂妄的撒盐
Don't let yesterday pour salt on your wounds with arrogance.
一碰就痛 一想就悲
A single touch brings pain, a single thought brings sorrow.
爱一遍教人老了好几十岁
Loving once makes you age several decades.
别让昨天在你伤口 狂妄的撒盐
Don't let yesterday pour salt on your wounds with arrogance.
冲掉心中爱的余味 再活一遍
Wash away the lingering taste of love in your heart, and live once more.
那种人不值得留恋 那些爱拖一天错一天
Such a person isn't worth reminiscing, that love drags on, day by day it's wrong.
相爱的情歌 你听不厌 相仇的局面 你又躲不远
Love songs we share, you never tire of them, enmity's scene, you can't escape from.
你步步的往自由门外退
You're stepping back towards the door of freedom.
别让昨天在你伤口 狂妄的撒盐
Don’t let yesterday recklessly salt your wounds.
一碰就痛 一想就悲
One touch brings pain, one thought brings sorrow.
爱一遍教人老了好几十岁
Loving once can age you by decades.
别让昨天在你伤口狂妄的撒盐
Don’t let yesterday recklessly salt your wounds.
冲掉心中爱的余味 再活一遍
Wash away the lingering taste of love in your heart, live once more.
别让昨天在你伤口 狂妄的撒盐
Don’t let yesterday recklessly salt your wounds.
一碰就痛 一想就悲
One touch brings pain, one thought brings sorrow.
爱一遍教人老了好几十岁
Loving once can age you by several decades,
别让昨天在你伤口狂妄的撒盐
Don't let yesterday recklessly rub salt in your wounds.
冲掉心中爱的余味 再活一遍
Wash away the remnants of love in your heart, and live anew.
怕寂寞的人 在城市中相爱
Lonely souls find love amidst the city noise.
你要勇敢 一点点
You must be brave, just a little bit.
Key vocabulary
- 幸福xìng fú
- happiness3
- 活huó
- live3
- 痛tòng
- pain3
- 退tuì
- retreat3
- 好久hǎo jiǔ
- for a long time2
- 不见bú jiàn
- disappear3
- 瘦了shòu le
- got skinny
- 一大yí-dà
- great
- 圈quān
- ring6
- 苦笑kǔ xiào
- grimace7
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About this song
A-Mei 张惠妹 is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and producer with a husky vocal style that has been a mainstay of contemporary Mandarin pop since her debut in 1996. She is known for albums like 姊妹 (Sisters) and for her advocacy work supporting underrepresented groups, including Aboriginal communities, the LGBTQ+ community, and independent Taiwanese artists.