Jay Chou has been the most influential singer and songwriter in the field of Chinese fashion music for almost past two decades. I especially like his sad love songs. Not only the melodies are so touched to my heart but also the lyrics, which are written by Vincent Fang, give so much imaginations to listeners because Vincent’s lyrics are possessed of many gorgeous and classical Chinese words, I think. When these words are combined together, the song becomes a beautiful Chinese literature and easy to appreciate accompanied with Jay’s melody.
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周杰倫 — 我落淚。情緒零碎¹
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歌詞翻譯 LYRICS
地上斷了翅的蝶
Broken-wings butterflies are on the ground
霧散之後²的滿月
After the fog dispelled, the full moon appears
原來³愛跟心碎,都可以很細節
It come to be known that the love and broken heart could be so detailed
聽夜風繞過幾條街
Listen to the night wind passes around some streets
秋天瘦了⁴滿地的落葉
Autumn makes leaves fall all over the ground
於是又一整夜
Then, another whole night again
感性的句子 都枯萎 凋謝
Emotional sentences are all withered, faded
我不想再寫
I don’t want to write anymore
隨手⁵撕下這一頁(這一頁)
I tear this page casually
原來詩跟離別 可以沒有結尾(沒有結尾)
It come to be known the poem and separation could have no ending
憔悴後悔等等 這些
Wan and sallow, regret and so on ….
於是我把詩摺疊⁶
Then, I fold the poem up
郵寄出感覺 夾一束白玫瑰
I mail out my feeling with a white rose
你將愛退回
But you return my love
Chorus*
我不落淚 忍住感覺
I don’t cry, I endure my emotion
分手在起風 這個季節
Our break-up happens in this season when the wind is rising
哭久了會累 也只是別人的以為
Crying for a long time will be tired which is merely a guess of other people
冷的咖啡 我清醒著 一再續杯
A cold coffee, I’m conscious and ask for refilling it over and over
我落淚 情緒零碎
Tears of scattered emotion
你的世界 一幕幕紛飛
Your world flies disorderly piece by piece
門外的薔薇 帶刺傷人的很直接⁷
Roses with thorns outside the door hurt me so directly
過去被翻閱
Our past is read across
結局滿天的風雪
The ending is full of wind and snow
歌曲註解 ANNOTATIONS
1. 情緒零碎 (qíngxù língsuì)
情緒,here represents emotions. 零碎 is fragmentary. This song is about a man’s lover has broken up with him. He cries. His emotion is fragmentary and scattering, which signifies how sad he is.
2. 之後 (zhīhòu)
The meaning is “After”, same as 以後。之後 is more classical and formal.
3. 原來 (yuánlái)
The man didn’t know before and now finally realizes something. Here something refers to being broken up is so painful and hard to forget.
4. 瘦了 (shòule)
Normally, the subject of 瘦 is life beings . But here the subject is 秋天. Vincent uses 瘦 as a verb for the subject “秋天” and the object “落葉” in order to signify the male leading role becomes thin due to the break-up.
了, here, represents the perfective aspect, which meas leaves have been fallen.
5. 隨手(suíshǒu)
The meaning is similar to 隨便, but 隨手 is more classical and often used in the situation when hands are tearing paper. The sentence means the man doesn’t want to miss his lover. He causally tears the page which might be written about their relationship to signify he doesn’t want to care.
6. 我把(bǎ)詩折疊 (wǒ bǎ shī zhédié)
The 把 construction is pretty much often used in Mandarin. Most 把 construction indicates how the subject deals with/influences on the direct object. The structure is “subject + 把 + direct object (N.) + verb”. So in this song is :
“我 (subject) + 把 + 詩 (direct object) + 摺疊 (verb)” means “I fold the poem up.”
7. 很直接 (hěn zhíjiē)
直接 means “directly”. Usually, we put 很 before 直接 to emphasize the degree. The situation here signifies the man was hurt by his lover very ruthless.
問題 QUESTIONS
1. What does the man in the song write and mail it out?
2. Do you like this song? How do you feel?
Kindly share your thoughts in Chinese to me via the link “Contact“, I would be happy to tutor in.
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