Jacky Cheung 张学友
情书 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Mandopop
- Length
- 4:05
你瘦了憔悴得让我好心疼
You've lost weight, becoming so haggard, it pains my heart.
有时候爱情比时间还残忍
Sometimes love is more cruel than time.
把人变得盲目而奋不顾身
It blinds people, making them reckless and desperate.
忘了爱要两个同样用心的人
Forgetting that love needs two hearts equally devoted.
你醉了脆弱得藏不住泪痕
You're drunk, fragile, unable to hide your tears.
我知道绝望比冬天还寒冷
I know despair is colder than winter.
你恨自己是个怕孤独的人
You hate that you're someone who fears loneliness.
偏偏又爱上自由自私的灵魂
Yet you fall for that selfish soul of freedom.
你带著它唯一写过的情书
You carry the only love letter it ever wrote.
想证明当初爱得并不糊涂
Wanting to prove that our initial love wasn't in vain.
他曾为了你的逃离颓废痛苦
He once suffered and fell into despair for your escape,
也为了破镜重圆抱著你哭
And cried while holding you, hoping to mend the broken mirror.
哦 可惜爱不是几滴眼泪几封情书 哦...
Oh, but love is not just a few tears and a handful of love letters, oh...
这样的话或许有点残酷
Such words might be a bit cruel,
等待著别人给幸福的人
Waiting for someone else to bring happiness,
往往过的都不怎么幸福
Often leads to a life that's not so blissful.
哦 可惜爱不是忍著眼泪留著情书 哦...
Oh, but love is not about holding back tears and keeping love letters, oh...
伤口清醒要比昏迷痛楚
Facing the wound awake is more painful than being in a stupor.
禁闭著双眼又拖著错误
With closed eyes, dragging along the mistakes,
真爱来临时 你要怎么留得住
When true love comes, how will you hold on to it?
你醉了脆弱得藏不住泪痕
You're tipsy, your fragility hiding the tear stains.
我知道绝望比冬天还寒冷
I know despair is colder than winter's embrace.
你恨自己是个怕孤独的人
You hate yourself for being afraid of solitude.
偏偏又爱上自由自私的灵魂
Yet you fall for a soul that's free and selfish.
你带著它唯一写过的情书
You carry the only love letter it ever wrote.
想证明当初爱得并不糊涂
Hoping to prove that the love back then was not confused.
他曾为了你的逃离颓废痛苦
He once suffered in pain for your escape from him.
也为了破镜重圆抱著你哭
And cried while holding you, wishing for a second chance.
哦 可惜爱不是几滴眼泪几封情书 哦...
Oh, it's a pity that love isn't just a few drops of tears or letters penned, oh...
这样的话或许有点残酷
Such words may perhaps sound a bit cruel.
等待著别人给幸福的人
Waiting for others to bring you happiness,
往往过的都不怎么幸福
Often leads to a life that lacks true joy.
哦 可惜爱不是忍著眼泪留著情书 哦...
Oh, it's a pity love isn't just holding back tears while writing love letters, oh...
伤口清醒要比昏迷痛楚
To awaken from wounds is often more painful than a daze.
禁闭著双眼又拖著错误
With closed eyes, dragging along mistakes,
真爱来临时 你要怎么留得住
When true love arrives, how can you hold onto it?
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Key vocabulary
- 绝望jué wàng
- despair6
- 逃táo
- escape6
- 昏迷hūn mí
- coma7
- 怕pà
- afraid2
- 重zhòng
- heavy1
- 残酷cán kù
- cruel7
- 自私zì sī
- selfish7
- 颓废tuí fèi
- decadent7
- 瘦了shòu le
- got skinny
- 憔悴qiáo cuì
- haggard7
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About this song
Jacky Cheung is a Hong Kong singer and actor regarded as one of Cantopop’s Four Heavenly Kings. He is one of the best-selling Chinese-language recording artists, known for his Mandopop and Cantopop ballads.