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千里之外 – Jay Chou 周杰伦

Jay Chou 周杰伦

千里之外 lyrics with English translation

Language
Chinese
Level
Advanced
Released
2006
Genre
Pop
Length
4:17
  1. 风铃如沧海

    The wind chimes sound like the vast sea

  2. 我等燕归来

    I wait for the swallows' return

  3. 时间被安排

    Time is carefully arranged

  4. 演一场意外

    To play out an unexpected scene

  5. 你悄然走开

    You quietly slip away

  6. 故事在城外

    The story unfolds outside the city

  7. 浓雾散不开

    The thick fog lingers on

  8. 看不清对白

    Unclear dialogue remains hidden

  1. 你听不出来

    You can't hear it clearly

  2. 风声不存在

    The sound of the wind doesn't exist

  3. 是我在感慨

    It's me, filled with emotion

  4. 梦醒来是谁在窗台

    Who’s at the window when the dream wakes?

  5. 把结局打开

    Unveiling the endings

  6. 那薄如蝉翼的未来

    That future as thin as a cicada's wing

  7. 经不起谁来拆

    It's fragile, can't withstand anyone's touch

  8. 我送你离开

    I bid you farewell

  9. 千里之外

    A thousand miles away

  10. 你无声黑白

    You, silent in black and white

  11. 沉默年代

    In this silent era

  12. 或许不该

    Perhaps it shouldn't be

  13. 太遥远的相爱

    Love so distant, it's hard to grasp

  14. 我送你离开

    I send you on your way

  15. 天涯之外

    Beyond the end of the earth

  16. 你是否还在

    Are you still out there?

  17. 琴声何来

    Where does the music come from?

  18. 生死难猜

    Life and death, a mystery to unfold

  19. 用一生 去等待

    Waiting a lifetime for your return

  20. 闻泪声入林 寻梨花白 只得一行 青苔

    Hearing the sound of tears in the woods, seeking white pear blossoms, just a single line of moss

  21. 天在山之外 雨落花台 我两鬓斑白

    The sky is beyond the mountains, as rain falls on the flower terrace, my temples are turning gray

  22. 闻泪声入林 寻梨花白 只得一行 青苔

    Hearing the sound of tears in the woods, seeking white pear blossoms, just a single line of moss

  23. 天在山之外 雨落花台 我等你来

    The sky beyond the mountains, rain falls on the flower terrace, I'm waiting for your arrival.

  24. 一身琉璃白

    Dressed in shimmering white,

  25. 透明著尘埃

    Transparent against the dust,

  26. 你无瑕的爱

    Your love is flawless,

  27. 你从雨中来

    You come from the rain,

  28. 诗化了悲哀

    Transforming sorrow into poetry,

  29. 我淋湿现在

    I'm drenched in the present,

  30. 芙蓉水面采

    Picking flowers on the water's surface,

  31. 船行影犹在

    The boat leaves its shadow still,

  32. 你却不回来

    But you do not come back.

  33. 被岁月覆盖

    Covered by the years

  34. 你说的花开

    The flowers you spoke of bloom

  35. 过去成空白

    The past turns to blank

  36. 梦醒来是谁在窗台

    Who is at the windowsill when dreams awaken?

  37. 把结局打开

    Unraveling the conclusion

  38. 那薄如蝉翼的未来

    That future as thin as a cicada's wing

  39. 经不起谁来拆

    Cannot withstand anyone who comes to dismantle it

  40. 我送你离开

    I let you go

  41. 千里之外

    A thousand miles away

  42. 你无声黑白

    You, silent in black and white

  43. 沉默年代

    Age of silence

  44. 或许不该

    Perhaps we shouldn’t

  45. 太遥远的相爱

    Love from afar

  46. 我送你离开

    I send you away

  47. 天涯之外

    Beyond the horizon

  48. 你是否还在

    Are you still there?

  49. 琴声何来

    Where does the music come from?

  50. 生死难猜

    Life and death, so hard to predict

  51. 用一生

    With a lifetime

  52. 我送你离开

    I send you away

  53. 千里之外

    A thousand miles away

  54. 你无声黑白

    Your silent black and white

  55. 沉默年代

    In an age of silence

  56. 或许不该

    Perhaps it shouldn't be

  57. 太遥远的相爱

    Love that is too far apart

  58. 我送你离开

    I send you on your way

  59. 天涯之外

    Beyond the horizon

  60. 你是否还在

    Are you still there?

  61. 琴声何来

    Where does the music come from?

  62. 生死难猜

    Life and death are hard to predict

  63. 用一生去等待

    To wait a lifetime

Key vocabulary

遥远yáo yuǎn
distant6
未来wèi lái
future5
沉默chén mò
silence5
泪lèi
tears5
两liǎng
two1
浓nóng
thick5
窗台chuāng tái
windowsill5
诗shī
poem5
何hé
what7
对白duì bái
dialogue7

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About this song

Jay Chou is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actor, director, and businessman in the Mandopop genre. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential Chinese-speaking artists and is often called the King of Mandopop.

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千里之外

风fēng铃líng如rú沧cāng海hǎi

The wind chimes sound like the vast sea

我wǒ等děng燕yàn归guī来lái

I wait for the swallows' return

时shí间jiān被bèi安ān排pái

Time is carefully arranged

演yǎn一yì场chǎng意yì外wài

To play out an unexpected scene

你nǐ悄qiǎo然rán走zǒu开kāi

You quietly slip away

故gù事shì在zài城chéng外wài

The story unfolds outside the city

浓nóng雾wù散sàn不bù开kāi

The thick fog lingers on

看kàn不bù清qīng对duì白bái

Unclear dialogue remains hidden

你nǐ听tīng不bù出chū来lái

You can't hear it clearly

风fēng声shēng不bù存cún在zài

The sound of the wind doesn't exist

是shì我wǒ在zài感gǎn慨kǎi

It's me, filled with emotion

梦mèng醒xǐng来lái是shì谁shuí在zài窗chuāng台tái

Who’s at the window when the dream wakes?

把bǎ结jié局jú打dǎ开kāi

Unveiling the endings

那nà薄báo如rú蝉chán翼yì的de未wèi来lái

That future as thin as a cicada's wing

经jīng不bù起qǐ谁shuí来lái拆chāi

It's fragile, can't withstand anyone's touch

我wǒ送sòng你nǐ离lí开kāi

I bid you farewell

千qiān里lǐ之zhī外wài

A thousand miles away

你nǐ无wú声shēng黑hēi白bái

You, silent in black and white

沉chén默mò年nián代dài

In this silent era

或huò许xǔ不bù该gāi

Perhaps it shouldn't be

太tài遥yáo远yuǎn的de相xiāng爱ài

Love so distant, it's hard to grasp

我wǒ送sòng你nǐ离lí开kāi

I send you on your way

天tiān涯yá之zhī外wài

Beyond the end of the earth

你nǐ是shì否fǒu还hái在zài

Are you still out there?

琴qín声shēng何hé来lái

Where does the music come from?

生shēng死sǐ难nán猜cāi

Life and death, a mystery to unfold

用yòng一yì生shēng 去qù等děng待dài

Waiting a lifetime for your return

闻wén泪lèi声shēng入rù林lín 寻xún梨lí花huā白bái 只zhī得dé一yì行háng 青qīng苔tái

Hearing the sound of tears in the woods, seeking white pear blossoms, just a single line of moss

天tiān在zài山shān之zhī外wài 雨yǔ落luò花huā台tái 我wǒ两liǎng鬓bìn斑bān白bái

The sky is beyond the mountains, as rain falls on the flower terrace, my temples are turning gray

闻wén泪lèi声shēng入rù林lín 寻xún梨lí花huā白bái 只zhī得dé一yì行háng 青qīng苔tái

Hearing the sound of tears in the woods, seeking white pear blossoms, just a single line of moss

天tiān在zài山shān之zhī外wài 雨yǔ落luò花huā台tái 我wǒ等děng你nǐ来lái

The sky beyond the mountains, rain falls on the flower terrace, I'm waiting for your arrival.

一yì身shēn琉liú璃lí白bái

Dressed in shimmering white,

透tòu明míng著zhù尘chén埃āi

Transparent against the dust,

你nǐ无wú瑕xiá的de爱ài

Your love is flawless,

你nǐ从cóng雨yǔ中zhōng来lái

You come from the rain,

诗shī化huà了le悲bēi哀āi

Transforming sorrow into poetry,

我wǒ淋lín湿shī现xiàn在zài

I'm drenched in the present,

芙fú蓉róng水shuǐ面miàn采cǎi

Picking flowers on the water's surface,

船chuán行xíng影yǐng犹yóu在zài

The boat leaves its shadow still,

你nǐ却què不bù回huí来lái

But you do not come back.

被bèi岁suì月yuè覆fù盖gài

Covered by the years

你nǐ说shuō的de花huā开kāi

The flowers you spoke of bloom

过guò去qù成chéng空kòng白bái

The past turns to blank

梦mèng醒xǐng来lái是shì谁shuí在zài窗chuāng台tái

Who is at the windowsill when dreams awaken?

把bǎ结jié局jú打dǎ开kāi

Unraveling the conclusion

那nà薄báo如rú蝉chán翼yì的de未wèi来lái

That future as thin as a cicada's wing

经jīng不bù起qǐ谁shuí来lái拆chāi

Cannot withstand anyone who comes to dismantle it

我wǒ送sòng你nǐ离lí开kāi

I let you go

千qiān里lǐ之zhī外wài

A thousand miles away

你nǐ无wú声shēng黑hēi白bái

You, silent in black and white

沉chén默mò年nián代dài

Age of silence

或huò许xǔ不bù该gāi

Perhaps we shouldn’t

太tài遥yáo远yuǎn的de相xiāng爱ài

Love from afar

我wǒ送sòng你nǐ离lí开kāi

I send you away

天tiān涯yá之zhī外wài

Beyond the horizon

你nǐ是shì否fǒu还hái在zài

Are you still there?

琴qín声shēng何hé来lái

Where does the music come from?

生shēng死sǐ难nán猜cāi

Life and death, so hard to predict

用yòng一yì生shēng

With a lifetime

我wǒ送sòng你nǐ离lí开kāi

I send you away

千qiān里lǐ之zhī外wài

A thousand miles away

你nǐ无wú声shēng黑hēi白bái

Your silent black and white

沉chén默mò年nián代dài

In an age of silence

或huò许xǔ不bù该gāi

Perhaps it shouldn't be

太tài遥yáo远yuǎn的de相xiāng爱ài

Love that is too far apart

我wǒ送sòng你nǐ离lí开kāi

I send you on your way

天tiān涯yá之zhī外wài

Beyond the horizon

你nǐ是shì否fǒu还hái在zài

Are you still there?

琴qín声shēng何hé来lái

Where does the music come from?

生shēng死sǐ难nán猜cāi

Life and death are hard to predict

用yòng一yì生shēng去qù等děng待dài

To wait a lifetime