謙讓 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 王靖雯

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

It’s so hard for me

to refuse all those simple shells

No matter who is by my side

I’ve already gotten used to blocking it off with distance

Only you touch my

surrounded heart, continuously tangled with it

You always say shooting stars shine brightly across the sky

But never cared about what wishes I made

I long ago forgot the pain and hurt you brought me

I long ago forgot the beautiful dreams and paradise you promised

Don’t hide even a bit

Don’t leave me any daydreams, take it all away, okay?

I long ago forgot the future you beautified

I long ago forgot the overused promises, whose forgiveness they sought

Let go of all emotional illusions

Hiding titles here and there, let’s stop yielding to each other

The moment the wind rushes by

Always joins with the fallen leaves

Then carries them to a quiet corner

But where exactly are we meant to go?

The directions you point to have no end

I long ago forgot the pain and hurt you brought me

I long ago forgot the beautiful dreams and paradise you promised

Don’t hide even a bit

Don’t leave me any daydreams, take it all away, okay?

I long ago forgot the future you beautified

I long ago forgot the overused promises, whose forgiveness they sought

Let go of all emotional illusions

Hiding titles here and there, let’s stop yielding to each other

[Chinese]

我好不容易的

能拒絕所有像簡易的軀殼

無關身邊誰陪著

都已經習慣了用距離感阻隔

唯有你觸碰我那

被包圍的心 持續與它產生糾葛

你總說流星劃過天空時很亮

卻從沒在乎我許過什麼願望

我早就忘了 你帶給我 那些痛和傷

我早就忘了 你許我的 美夢與天堂

一分都別多藏

別留給我遐想 全部都帶走 好嗎

我早就忘了 你美化的 未來的模樣

我早就忘了 濫用承諾 討誰的原諒

拋開感情幻想

名份東躲西藏 就別互相 謙讓

風飛馳過的那刻

總與落葉匯合

再將它帶到 安靜角落

可我們究竟 要去到什麼地方

你指的都是 沒有盡頭的方向

我早就忘了 你帶給我 那些痛和傷

我早就忘了 你承諾的 美夢與天堂

一分都別多藏

別留給我遐想 全部都帶走 好嗎

我早就忘了 你美化的 未來的模樣

我早就忘了 濫用承諾 討誰的原諒

拋開感情幻想

名份東躲西藏 就別互相 謙讓

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
拒絕 /jùjué/ B2	verb - to refuse or reject
心 /xīn/ A1	noun - heart/mind
願望 /yuànwàng/ B1	noun - wish/desire
痛 /tòng/ A2	noun - pain
未來 /wèilái/ B1	noun - future
承諾 /chéngnuò/ B2	noun - promise
幻想 /huànxiǎng/ B2	noun - fantasy/illusion
模樣 /móyàng/ B2	noun - appearance/form
痛苦 /tòngkǔ/ B2	noun - suffering
方向 /fāngxiàng/ A2	noun - direction
原諒 /yuánliàng/ B2	verb - to forgive
觸碰 /chùpèng/ B2	verb - to touch

Key Grammar Structures

• 我好不容易的 能拒絕所有像簡易的軀殼

  ➔ Modal verb phrase expressing ability or possibility with added adverbial intensifier

  ➔ "能" indicates ability, and "好不容易" emphasizes that the action is done with difficulty or rarity.

• 都已經習慣了用距離感阻隔

  ➔ Use of 已經 + 了 to indicate completed habitual action

  ➔ "已經習慣了" expresses that the speaker has already become accustomed to the action.

• 你總說流星劃過天空時很亮

  ➔ Use of 時 (when) to form a temporal clause; adverb 總 to indicate habitual action

  ➔ "流星劃過天空時" means 'when the meteor crosses the sky'; "總說" means 'always says', habitual action.

• 我早就忘了 你帶給我 那些痛和傷

  ➔ Use of the structure 早就 + verb + 了 to indicate an action that happened long ago

  ➔ "早就忘了" means having forgotten something a long time ago.

• 一分都別多藏

  ➔ Negative imperative using 別 + verb to express 'don't do'

  ➔ "別多藏" means 'don't hide (anything) more'.

• 拋開感情幻想

  ➔ Use of verb phrase with verb + noun forming a separable compound phrase

  ➔ "拋開" means 'throw away/put aside', and combined with "感情幻想" (emotional fantasies) it forms an action phrase.

• 名份東躲西藏 就別互相 謙讓

  ➔ Contrastive sentence using 就 (then) to mark consequence; imperative 別互相謙讓

  ➔ "就別互相謙讓" means 'then don't mutually yield to each other', with 就 indicating a consequence or conclusion.