Jay Chou 周杰伦
青花瓷 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Mandopop
- Length
- 4:00
素胚勾勒出青花笔锋浓转淡
The plain clay outlines the intricate blue and white, fading from rich to light.
瓶身描绘的牡丹一如你初妆
The peony painted on the vase resembles your first makeup.
冉冉檀香透过窗心事我了然
The faint scent of sandalwood drifts through the window, and I understand my innermost thoughts.
宣纸上走笔至此搁一半
The brushwork on the rice paper halts halfway.
釉色渲染仕女图韵味被私藏
The colors of the glaze render the beauty of the lady, an essence kept secret.
而你嫣然的一笑如含苞待放
And your charming smile blossoms like a bud about to open.
你的美一缕飘散
Your beauty drifts away like a wisp.
去到我去不了的地方
To places I cannot reach.
天青色等烟雨 而我在等你
The sky blue waits for the misty rain, while I wait for you.
炊烟袅袅升起 隔江千万里
The curling smoke rises, stretching across a thousand miles of river.
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸
At the bottle's bottom, calligraphy mimics the elegance of the past.
就当我为遇见你伏笔
Let me consider this as a precursor to meeting you.
天青色等烟雨 而我在等你
The sky is a blue hue waiting for the misty rain while I wait for you.
月色被打捞起 晕开了结局
The moonlight has been captured, revealing the unfolding of the ending.
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
Like a timeless blue and white porcelain, radiantly beautiful on its own.
你眼带笑意
Your eyes sparkle with joy.
色白花青的锦鲤跃然于碗底
The white and blue koi swims gracefully at the bottom of the bowl.
临摹宋体落款时却惦记着你
While imitating the Song Dynasty script, my thoughts are still on you.
你隐藏在窑烧里千年的秘密
You hide the secrets of a thousand years within the kiln's fire.
极细腻犹如绣花针落地
So delicate, like a needle dropping from embroidery.
帘外芭蕉惹骤雨门环惹铜绿
Outside the curtain, the banana leaves stir in the sudden rain, the door knocker gleams in green oxide.
而我路过那江南小镇惹了你
And as I pass through that small town in Jiangnan, I found you.
在泼墨山水画里
In the ink-wash landscape painting,
你从墨色深处被隐去
You are hidden deep within the ink's embrace.
天青色等烟雨 而我在等你
The sky is blue waiting for the misty rain, while I wait for you.
炊烟袅袅升起 隔江千万里
The cooking smoke rises gently, separated by a thousand rivers.
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸
At the bottom of the vase, ancient scripts flow like past elegance.
就当我为遇见你伏笔
Let it be my prelude to meeting you.
天青色等烟雨 而我在等你
The sky is blue waiting for the misty rain, while I wait for you.
月色被打捞起 晕开了结局
The moonlight is pulled up, radiating into an ending.
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
Like porcelain blue-and-white, beautiful in its own way,
你眼带笑意
Your eyes carry a smile,
天青色等烟雨 而我在等你
The sky is a shade of blue, waiting for the misty rain, while I wait for you.
炊烟袅袅升起 隔江千万里
The smoke from the kitchens rises gently, a thousand miles across the river.
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸
At the bottom of the bottle, I write in Han script, echoing the elegance of the past.
就当我为遇见你伏笔
Let it be a prelude to my encounter with you.
天青色等烟雨 而我在等你
The sky is a shade of blue, waiting for the misty rain, while I wait for you.
月色被打捞起 晕开了结局
The moonlight is pulled up, unfolding the conclusion.
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
Like porcelain blue-and-white, beautiful in its own way,
你眼带笑意
Your eyes carry a smile.
你眼带笑意
Your eyes hold a smile
想说谢谢你 (谢谢)
I want to say thank you (thank you)
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Key vocabulary
- 素sù
- plain7
- 胚pēi
- embryo
- 勾勒gōu lè
- outline7
- 出chū
- come out1
- 青花qīng huā
- blue-and-white
- 笔锋bǐ fēng
- brush tip
- 转zhuǎn
- turn3
- 淡dàn
- light5
- 瓶píng
- bottle2
- 身shēn
- body4
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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.