光焰 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 田栩宁
• Album: 光焰 / Flame of Light

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical beauty and emotional depth of Tian Xuning's "光焰" (Flame of Light). This song offers a window into contemporary Mandarin Pop, allowing you to learn new vocabulary and cultural expressions through its themes of hope, love, and resilience. Its heartfelt lyrics and melodic style make it a special piece for language learners to connect with authentic Chinese music.

[English]

Vocals: Tian Xun Ning

Lyrics: Yang Jongqiu

Music: Huang Zhaoxing

Arrangement: Zhang Haoran / Wen Yingqiu @CANDY CAN

Producer: Wen Yingqiu @CANDY CAN

Vocal Production: Du Jinying

String Arrangement: Zhang Haoran @CANDY CAN

Strings Performed by: International Chief Philharmonic Orchestra

Guitar: Li Qingyun

Harmony: Yang Jongqiu @CANDY CAN

Recording Engineer: Wu Yexi

Recording Studio: Hangzhou Xiaochang

Mixing/Mastering: Li Zongyuan @Studio 21A

Listening to the clamor outside the window, sinking into the deep night

Leaving a lamp for the world

Dim yellow light joined by the starry host

Watching summer nights, fireflies tracing light's glow

Each flicker so vivid and true

As fiercely intense

I chase that distant flame of light

Chasing toward the far-off

Yet so close within my heart

Let the years turn without end

Love still burns bright, urging me to boldly leap across

I want to borrow a few fallen leaves

I want to borrow an old letter sheet

Inscribe it in the blue, send it to tomorrow

When morning light blinks awake

Gentle breeze dances, the fire deep in my heart

Composes a poem

In the dusk, the setting sun spills over the horizon

Evening winds rush toward the long night

This journey feels special because of you

Under the starry sky, I borrow soft light to write

Every warm encounter

Dispels the biting cold

I chase that distant flame of light

Chasing toward the far-off

Yet so close within my heart

Let the years turn without end

Love still burns bright, urging me to boldly leap across

I want to borrow a few fallen leaves

I want to borrow an old letter sheet

Inscribe it in the blue, send it to tomorrow

When morning light blinks awake

Gentle breeze dances, the fire deep in my heart

Composes a poem

When I'm lost, there's always someone

Who becomes a lighthouse, guiding my way

I've seen the dawn on tiptoe

Waiting for a beam of light to appear

It turns out the passion in my heart

Has all been seen

Even my inner monologues find continuation

It's you, still by my side like the wind

Piercing through clouds and haze, letting dreams sprout green leaves

I want to borrow a few fallen leaves

I want to borrow an old letter sheet

Inscribe it in the blue, send it to tomorrow

When morning light blinks awake

Gentle breeze dances, behold the brilliant world

Right before my eyes

[Chinese]

演唱 : 田栩宁

作词 : 羊炯秋

作曲 : 黄兆兴

编曲 : 张皓然/文颖秋@CANDY CAN

制作人 : 文颖秋@CANDY CAN

配唱制作人 : 杜婧荧

弦乐编写 : 张皓然@CANDY CAN

弦乐演奏 : 国际首席爱乐乐团

吉他 : 李青云

和声 : 羊炯秋@CANDY CAN

录音师 : 吴烨希

录音室 : 杭州小唱

混音/母带 : 李宗远@Studio 21A

听窗外 喧嚣沉入深夜

留一盏给世界

昏黄伴着繁星作陪

看夏夜 流萤沿着光圈

每次闪烁多真切

就有多浓烈

我追向那远处光焰

追向那遥远

却又咫尺的心间

任岁月它不停更迭

爱仍炽烈 陪我决然翻越

想借落叶几片

想借旧信笺

写进蔚蓝寄向明天

当晨光眨眼

微风轻跃 心底的滚烫

谱出 诗篇

暮色中 斜阳漫过边界

晚风涌向长夜

这旅程有你而特别

星空下 我借柔光书写

每份温暖的遇见

驱散了冷冽

我追向那远处光焰

追向那遥远

却又咫尺的心间

任岁月它不停更迭

爱仍炽烈 陪我决然翻越

想借落叶几片

想借旧信笺

写进蔚蓝寄向明天

当晨光眨眼

微风轻跃 心底的滚烫

谱出 诗篇

迷途时总有谁

化身灯塔予我方位

我曾见过晨曦踮起脚尖

等一束光的出现

原来我心底的热烈

都有被看见

独白都有了续写

是你依然如风相随

穿过云烟 让梦长出绿叶

想借落叶几片

想借旧信笺

写进蔚蓝寄向明天

当晨光眨眼

微风轻跃 看绚烂世界

就在 眼前

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
光焰 guāng yàn B2	noun - bright flame; flare
远处 yuǎn chù B1	noun - faraway place
心间 xīn jiān B2	noun - in the heart; within one's mind
岁月 suì yuè C1	noun - years; passage of time
炽烈 cì liè C1	adjective - fiery; intense
翻越 fān yuè B2	verb - to climb over; to surpass
落叶 luò yè B1	noun - fallen leaf
旧信笺 jiù xìn jiān C1	noun - old letter
蔚蓝 wèi lán B2	adjective - azure; deep blue
晨光 chén guāng B2	noun - morning light
微风 wēi fēng B1	noun - breeze
滚烫 gǔn tàng B2	adjective - scalding; very hot
诗篇 shī piān B2	noun - poem; verse
斜阳 xié yáng B2	noun - setting sun; slanting sun
星空 xīng kōng B1	noun - starry sky
柔光 róu guāng B2	noun - soft light
温暖 wēn nuǎn B1	adjective - warm
遇见 yù jiàn A2	verb - to meet
冷冽 lěng liè C1	adjective - cold; chilling
灯塔 dēng tǎ B2	noun - lighthouse

Key Grammar Structures

• 我追向那远处光焰

  ➔ Directional complement (verb + 向 + object)

  ➔ The verb **"追向"** indicates movement toward a destination; the structure is verb + 向 + object.

• 却又咫尺的心间

  ➔ Concessive adverbial "却又" + nominalization with 的

  ➔ The adverb **"却又"** expresses a contrast (“but also”), and **"的"** turns the phrase “咫尺” into a noun phrase "咫尺的心间".

• 任岁月它不停更迭

  ➔ Preposition "任" meaning “no matter” + verb phrase

  ➔ The preposition **"任"** introduces a concessive meaning (“no matter how”), followed by the verb phrase **"它不停更迭"**.

• 当晨光眨眼

  ➔ Temporal clause "当…时" (when) – omitted “时”

  ➔ The word **"当"** introduces a time condition (“when”), and the noun **"晨光"** functions as the subject; the verb **"眨眼"** completes the clause.

• 驱散了冷冽

  ➔ Perfective aspect marker "了" after verb

  ➔ The verb **"驱散"** plus the aspect particle **"了"** indicates that the action of dispersing the coldness has been completed.

• 迷路时总有谁

  ➔ Existential phrase "总有" + interrogative pronoun

  ➔ The pattern **"总有"** (always there is) followed by **"谁**" creates a rhetorical question meaning “there is always someone when one is lost”.

• 想借落叶几片

  ➔ Verb of desire "想" + verb "借" + measure word "几片"

  ➔ The structure **"想借"** expresses a wish to borrow, and **"几片"** is a measure word phrase indicating an indeterminate small quantity.

• 写进蔚蓝寄向明天

  ➔ Serial verb construction (V1 + V2) – "写进…寄向…"

  ➔ Two verbs **"写进"** (write into) and **"寄向"** (send towards) are linked without a conjunction, showing a sequence of actions.

• 独白都有了续写

  ➔ Structure "都有了" + noun – expresses acquisition/completion

  ➔ The phrase **"都有了"** (all have got) followed by **"续写"** shows that every monologue has now been continued or completed.