百年不合 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周柏豪

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the nuanced beauty of Cantonese through 周柏豪's "百年不合," a song that masterfully uses evocative lyrics to paint a picture of longing and acceptance in a relationship marked by destiny's barriers. Explore how the song's poignant message and melodic composition capture the bittersweet essence of a love willing to endure the test of time and circumstance.

[English]

Goodbye

Being with you was always a distance that couldn't be closed

Or maybe you're too good, which makes me even more afraid

Love might be killing that last bit

Goodbye

Let's just treat this inner drama as unrehearsed

If it's not raw enough to touch eternity

Can tears be made a little more blurry?

Ask myself how to give up when you take a step forward

Loving and then finding you standing aside

Parting ways with you for a hundred years, enduring this life before we meet again

Pulling on that string; if it can't be cut, then it can develop properly

Waiting another hundred years until it blossoms and we meet again

Even if the scenery changes, don't change the people or the place

Even if this life stalls, painfully waiting for an everlasting feast

See you again in wedding attire

...

Glad that we are still kind and not entangled in deceit

But it confirms this love had no starting point

Parting ways with you for a hundred years, enduring this life before we meet again

Pulling on that string; if it can't be cut, then it can develop properly

Waiting another hundred years until it blossoms and we meet again

Even if the scenery changes, don't change the people or the place

Even if this life stalls, painfully waiting for an everlasting feast

See you again in wedding attire

...

Only parting for a hundred years, enduring this life before we meet again

Pulling on that string; wanting to break but can't, still secretly loves

Tossed and turned for a hundred years, until it blooms and we meet again

Freezing that warmth, making love without weakness

Even if this life stalls, painfully waiting for an everlasting feast

But in this life, we won't meet again

...

[Chinese]

再見

共你本來就分得 那樣遠

或是你太好 因此我更怕

相戀會殺掉最後的 那點

再見

就當這場內心戲 不好演

若未夠赤裸 撫摸到永遠

可否叫眼淚再模糊 一點

試問我如何決絕 當你想行前一寸

愛下去又發現你 站到一邊

和你分開一百年 捱過今生才遇見

拉扯著那根線 若切不斷 才好好發展

多等一百年 捱到開花才遇見

風景就算改變 別要改變人物地點

即使今生擱淺 苦等隔世盛宴

在婚紗中再見

慶幸我們還友善 不算糾纏和欺騙

卻是證實這段愛 沒有起點

和你分開一百年 捱過今生才遇見

拉扯著那根線 若切不斷 才好好發展

多等一百年 捱到開花才遇見

風景就算改變 別要改變人物地點

即使今生擱淺 苦等隔世盛宴

在婚紗中再見

唯有分開一百年 捱過今生才遇見

拉扯著那根線 欲斷不斷 仍偷偷眷戀

輾轉一百年 捱到開花才遇見

冰封著那溫暖 讓那戀愛毫無弱點

即使今生擱淺 苦等隔世盛宴

但今生不再見

Key Grammar Structures

• 就當這場內心戲 不好演

  ➔ Use of '就當' to indicate 'regard as' or 'consider as' an action or situation.

  ➔ '就當' suggests treating or considering something in a certain way, often implying a perspective or attitude.

• 若未夠赤裸 撫摸到永遠

  ➔ Use of '若未夠' meaning 'if not enough' or 'if insufficient' in conditional expressions.

  ➔ '若未夠' introduces a conditional clause indicating insufficiency or inadequacy.

• 多等一百年 捱到開花才遇見

  ➔ Use of '多等' indicating 'wait longer' or 'many more', emphasizing an extended duration.

  ➔ '多等' emphasizes a prolonged wait, often for something meaningful or significant to happen.

• 冰封著那溫暖 讓那戀愛毫無弱點

  ➔ Use of '冰封著' meaning 'frozen' or 'entombed', metaphorically describing suppressed feelings.

  ➔ '冰封著' uses a metaphor of being frozen or sealed to describe hiding or suppressing feelings.

• 在婚紗中再見

  ➔ Use of '在...中' indicating 'within' or 'in' a physical or metaphorical space.

  ➔ '在...中' expresses that an action or state occurs within a specific space or context.