百年樹木 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 張敬軒

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a journey of cultural and emotional discovery, and “百年樹木” by Hins Cheung is a perfect companion for learners of Cantonese. The song's rich narrative and poetic lyrics offer a beautiful window into contemporary Cantonese storytelling. By exploring the song, you'll not only enhance your vocabulary and listening skills but also delve into the subtleties of expressing complex emotions like nostalgia and bittersweet acceptance, making your language learning experience both meaningful and memorable.

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Thinking of the alumni annual dinner

I'll meet you soon

It makes my face flush red

As tender as yesterday

Cruel farewell, you appear so polite and humble

The story may have ended for ten years

There's not much to worry about anymore

How to use the most extravagant remembrance

To put it into practice for you

This is what I owe from my ignorant youth

No development with you

The road of love goes further, how many couples love and change

The vicissitudes of life are like

The cigarette in your lips

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In the most brilliant time, weave a beautiful wrong love

If there is helplessness

Only use new love to replace it

If you can't see through it

It's just that there won't be such a tense love from now on

Never grasped you, letting go like that

Facing the happiness competition we must go through in growing up

Fifteen years later, when you realize your beautiful future

Can dilute my sorrow

Meet again in the crowd

Say something general

You want to go, I want to chase the car

Each other's survival route

Each has its own platform

Can you

Use your smile today

To take a group photo again

It makes the memories all polluted

The truth is revealed

It turns out that I am the only one here with a bitter smile to mourn

This game

Beautifully ran aground

In the most brilliant time, weave a beautiful wrong love

If there is helplessness

Only use new love to replace it

If you can't see through it

It's just that there won't be such a tense love from now on

Never grasped you, letting go like that

Facing the happiness competition we must go through in growing up

Twenty-five years later

When you realize your beautiful future

Can dilute my sorrow

Meet again in the crowd

Say something general

You embrace

I'm separating

Watering each other's needs

The shade of the tree watches the joys and sorrows of people, love and hate are recorded

Two hundred years later

All things grow moss

The tomb witnesses the flowers blooming

Why bother

A love at the speed of light

I'm shy, you're also frank

The most beloved that cannot be obtained

Even if you regret it, it's wonderful

[Chinese]

聯想 校友會的周年宴

即將跟你遇見

竟 令我紅起一張臉

幼嫩得媲美昨天

殘酷地再見 是你顯得禮貌謙謙

故事也許終結十年

已沒太多需要掛牽

怎 用最奢侈的懷愐

好好給你實踐

這 是我無知青春的結欠

跟你沒發展

情路越行越遠幾多對象相愛和情變

滄桑瀰漫似

你唇上香煙

在最燦爛時光交織美麗的錯愛

若有無奈

只有用新的愛情來做替代

若看不開

只不過從此沒有這麼緊張一段愛

未曾捉緊你那樣放開

面對我們成長必經鬥幸福競賽

十五年後 當你實現的美好將來

能淡化我悲哀

在人海再遇

說一些大概

你要走 我要追車

彼此生存路線

各有月台

能否

用你今天的微笑

補影一次合照

竟 令到回憶都給污染了

真相被揭曉

原來是唯獨我此刻帶著苦笑來憑弔

這一場玩笑

漂亮地觸礁

在最燦爛時光交織美麗的錯愛

若有無奈

只有用新的愛情來做替代

若看不開

只不過從此沒有這麼緊張一段愛

未曾捉緊你那樣放開

面對我們成長必經鬥幸福競賽

廿五年後

當你實現的美好將來

能淡化我悲哀

在人海再遇

說一些大概

你抱擁

我正分開

互取所需的灌溉

樹蔭看著人海悲歡愛恨都記載

二百年後

所有事物都種出青苔

墳墓見證花開

又何必掛礙

秒速一段愛

我靦腆 你也坦率

未可得到的最愛

再後悔都精采

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
遇見 /yù jiàn/ B1	verb - to meet
紅 /hóng/ A2	adjective - red
故事 /gù shì/ A2	noun - story
愛情 /ài qíng/ B1	noun - love
悲哀 /bēi āi/ B2	noun - sorrow
成長 /chéng zhǎng/ B1	noun - growth
美麗 /měi lì/ B2	adjective - beautiful
錯愛 /cuò ài/ C1	noun - misplaced love
回憶 /huí yì/ B1	noun - memory
未曾 /wèi céng/ C1	adverb - never before
灌溉 /guàn gài/ C2	verb - to irrigate
靦腆 /tiǎn tiǎn/ C2	adjective - shy
坦率 /tǎn shuài/ C2	adjective - frank

Key Grammar Structures

• 若有無奈

  ➔ Conditional clause using "若" (ruò) + verb phrase

  ➔ "若" means "if" or "should", indicating a hypothetical or conditional situation.

• 面對我們成長必經鬥幸福競賽

  ➔ Use of "必經" (bìjīng) to express something that must go through or experience

  ➔ "必經" means "must pass through" or "inevitable to go through", indicating unavoidable experience.

• 在最燦爛時光交織美麗的錯愛

  ➔ Use of "交織" (jiāozhī) to depict "intertwine" or "weave together"

  ➔ "交織" means "intertwine" or "weave together," used metaphorically to describe how aspects of time or experience are intertwined.

• 再後悔都精采

  ➔ Use of "都" (dōu) to emphasize inclusiveness or universality

  ➔ "都" means "all" or "even" to emphasize that regardless of circumstances, something remains true.

• 原來是唯獨我此刻帶著苦笑來憑弔

  ➔ Use of "是" (shì) as a copula linking subject and complement

  ➔ "是" functions as a copula, linking the subject "原來" with the predicate "唯獨我此刻帶著苦笑來憑弔" to establish identity or realization.