愛妃 – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: 玄觞

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the artistry of 玄觞 through '愛妃,' a song that offers a glimpse into Chinese musical expression, even though detailed background information is limited. Dive into the melodies and rhythms to experience the unique qualities of this song.

[English]

Your cheeks, powdered, hide the tears that fall

The saddest heart is the empress’s, untouched by all

Zigzagging memories, like steps on a winding bridge, fade away

Alas, the one pouring the wine is but a reflection today

Spring’s mist and rain grace the palace, soft and fair

Yet the walls still hold the poetry once shared

Farewell in the flowing cup, verses adrift through the year

Whose love is mourned, pierced by arrows, lost and severe?

The beloved empress’s heart died in a single night

Held in your arms, yet the scene feels out of sight

In fate’s grand scheme, you’re but one in three thousand, slight

Which falling snowflake understands my melody’s might?

The empress’s smile seals the plum vase tight

A chilling beauty, granted death in the pale moonlight

The palace walls preserve our shattered, broken plight

Cold strings end, forgotten in the pavilion’s quiet night

Who plays the frontier tune deep within the palace’s height?

Lonely snow drifts in the strings, cold and frail in flight

The empress spills the bottle of time, a sorrowful sight

Let the past be, it’s fate, I’ll let it go, no more fight

I’ll think of you no more

Spring’s mist and rain grace the palace, soft and fair

Yet the walls still hold the poetry once shared

Farewell in the flowing cup, verses adrift through the year

Whose love is mourned, pierced by arrows, lost and severe?

The beloved empress’s heart died in a single night

Held in your arms, yet the scene feels out of sight

In fate’s grand scheme, you’re but one in three thousand, slight

Which falling snowflake understands my melody’s might?

The empress’s smile seals the plum vase tight

A chilling beauty, granted death in the pale moonlight

The palace walls preserve our shattered, broken plight

Cold strings end, forgotten in the pavilion’s quiet night

The beloved empress’s heart died in a single night

Held in your arms, yet the scene feels out of sight

In fate’s grand scheme, you’re but one in three thousand, slight

Which falling snowflake understands my melody’s might?

The empress’s smile seals the plum vase tight

A chilling beauty, granted death in the pale moonlight

The palace walls preserve our shattered, broken plight

Cold strings end, forgotten in the pavilion’s quiet night

[Vietnamese]

你的脸颊脂粉盖着泪滴

最伤心无人伤妃子心

九曲桥碎步离去之字形的回忆

只可惜斟酒人是倒影

烟雨掸落宫闱初春旖旎

扫不去满墙诗意曾经

流杯渠阔别四季仍漂泊的绝句

祭奠谁乱箭中的爱情

爱妃一夜死了心

揽入怀中难入戏

命中只是你三千分之一

落雪哪片懂我琴

爱妃一笑扣梅瓶

赐死凄冷的美景

宫墙封存了我们的残局

冷弦曲终忘我亭

深宫谁在弹着塞外曲

弦内孤雪寒意在飘殒

娘娘打翻岁月的酒瓶

爱过去都不提是宿命也任凭

不再想你

烟雨掸落宫闱初春旖旎

扫不去满墙诗意曾经

流杯渠阔别四季仍漂泊的绝句

祭奠谁乱箭中的爱情

爱妃一夜死了心

揽入怀中难入戏

命中只是你三千分之一

落雪哪片懂我琴

爱妃一笑扣梅瓶

赐死凄冷的美景

宫墙封存了我们的残局

冷弦曲终忘我亭

爱妃一夜死了心

揽入怀中难入戏

命中只是你三千分之一

落雪哪片懂我琴

爱妃一笑扣梅瓶

赐死凄冷的美景

宫墙封存了我们的残局

冷弦曲终忘我亭

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
脸颊 /liǎn jiá/ A2	noun - cheek
泪滴 /lèi dī/ A2	noun - teardrop
伤心 /shāng xīn/ A2	adjective - sad
妃子 /fēi zǐ/ B1	noun - concubine
回忆 /huí yì/ A2	noun - memory
倒影 /dǎo yǐng/ B1	noun - reflection
烟雨 /yān yǔ/ B2	noun - mist and rain
旖旎 /yǐ nǐ/ C1	adjective - picturesque
诗意 /shī yì/ B2	noun - poetic charm
绝句 /jué jù/ C1	noun - quatrains (a form of poetry)
祭奠 /jì diàn/ B2	verb - to pay respects to the dead
揽入 /lǎn rù/ B2	verb - to embrace
落雪 /luò xuě/ B1	noun - falling snow
梅瓶 /méi píng/ C1	noun - mead bottle (a type of vase)
凄冷 /qī lěng/ B2	adjective - desolate and cold
残局 /cán jú/ C1	noun - stalemate
塞外 /sāi wài/ C1	noun - beyond the frontier
飘殒 /piāo yǎng/ C2	verb - to drift and perish
宿命 /sù mìng/ B2	noun - fate

Key Grammar Structures

• 你的脸颊脂粉盖着泪滴

  ➔ Continuous aspect marker 「着」

  ➔ The verb "盖" is followed by the continuous aspect marker "着" to indicate an ongoing state: "盖着".

• 九曲桥碎步离去之字形的回忆

  ➔ Classical genitive particle 「之」 and attributive 「的」

  ➔ The phrase "离去之字形的回忆" uses "之" to link "离去" and "字形" in a literary style, while "的" turns the whole phrase into a noun modifier.

• 只可惜斟酒人是倒影

  ➔ Equative copula 「是」

  ➔ The verb "是" links the subject "斟酒人" with the predicate "倒影", stating that they are the same: "斟酒人是倒影".

• 扫不去满墙诗意曾经

  ➔ Potential complement with negative 「不去」

  ➔ The structure "扫不去" combines the verb "扫" with the negative potential complement "不去" to express that something cannot be swept away.

• 流杯渠阔别四季仍漂泊的绝句

  ➔ Adverb of continuity 「仍」

  ➔ The adverb "仍" placed before the verb phrase "漂泊的绝句" indicates that the drifting continues: "仍漂泊".

• 爱妃一夜死了心

  ➔ Perfective aspect particle 「了」 after a verb

  ➔ The verb phrase "死了心" uses "了" to mark that the action of "dying" the heart has been completed.

• 命中只是你三千分之一

  ➔ Emphatic particle 「只是」 (only, merely)

  ➔ The word "只是" limits the proportion to "only" one part in three thousand, emphasizing the smallness: "只是你三千分之一".

• 宫墙封存了我们的残局

  ➔ Perfective 「了」 and nominalizer "的"

  ➔ The verb "封存" is followed by "了" to show a completed action, and "的" turns the phrase "我们的残局" into a noun modifier.

• 冷弦曲终忘我亭

  ➔ Noun phrase "曲终" (the end of a tune)

  ➔ The expression "曲终" functions as a noun meaning “the end of the music”, and it modifies "忘我亭".