Blue Monkey – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Anson Kong 江𤒹生

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

一千噸漳氣熏天

A thousand tons of fog smothers the sky

辛苦得壓碎雙肩

Hardship crushing shoulders so tight

幾多位自怨自憐

How many self-pitying souls remain

請拉起最厚窗簾

Please draw the thickest curtains again

就 翻滾一周 挑弄世人

Then spin around, tease the world apart

跣過去 讓笑片開演

Stumble forward, let laughter start

轉個眼界 叫快樂自燃

Shift your view, let happiness ignite

可以瘋 可以癲

You can go crazy, go wild

如藍猴脫繮 敲破目前

Like a blue monkey escaping its chain, smashing the now

講玩 各有路線

Talking, each has its own way

應該怎麼好

What’s the best way

哪裏有訊號

Where’s the signal

我大概不會回答

I probably won’t answer

根本不知道

I honestly don’t know

哪裏有去路

Where’s the way out

卻沒法停下腳步

But I can’t stop my footsteps

還有很長路

There’s still a long road ahead

不要 怕 奇怪 怕 污糟

Don’t be afraid, don’t be strange, don’t fear the dirt

頑童越放肆 越自豪

The more reckless the kid, the prouder they feel

不想困惱困一世

Don’t want to be trapped all my life

不恭都總要玩世

Even disrespecting the world is sometimes necessary

假使腦裏太封閉

If my mind’s too closed off

段段日子會浪費

The days will just be wasted

好好的問個問題

Ask a real question

怎玩至會更加曳

How can we play better

玩得起哪怕失禮

Even if it’s rude, it’s worth the gamble

好的醜的 真的假的 你有你計

Good or bad, real or fake, you’ve got your own plan

不要問我

Don’t ask me

唯求遊玩快樂 不驚搞錯

Just seek joy in the play, no fear of messing up

來回唱 來回跳 我迷上我的歌

Singing back and forth, jumping around, I’m addicted to my song

你愛的 就來迎合我

What you love, come and match me

應該怎麼選

How should I choose

哪個勝與負

Which wins, which loses

我沒有心計預算

I have no hidden tricks or plans

根本不知道

Honestly, I don’t know

我有我志願

I have my own goals

冇耐性沉着判斷

Patience to stay calm and judge

而卻很情願

Yet I’m willing

跟每個朋友 再兜圈

To circle around with every friend

頑童望世界 是樂園

The rebel sees the world as a playground

不想困惱困一世

Don’t want to be trapped all my life

不恭都總要玩世

Even disrespecting the world is sometimes necessary

假使腦裏太封閉

If my mind’s too closed off

段段日子會浪費

The days will just be wasted

好好的問個問題

Ask a real question

怎玩至會更加曳

How can we play better

玩得起哪怕失禮

Even if it’s rude, it’s worth the gamble

舊日也 ～許太繃緊 有種不甘

Old days — perhaps too tense, a kind of frustration

全然蠶食信心 夜空天暗地暗

Completely consuming confidence, the night sky dark and deep

不懂作樂 未知快感

Not knowing how to enjoy, an unknown thrill

就是原因 (換氣氛)

That’s the reason (change the vibe)

不想困惱困一世

Don’t want to be trapped all my life

不恭都總要玩世

Even disrespecting the world is sometimes necessary

假使腦裏太封閉

If my mind’s too closed off

段段日子會浪費

The days will just be wasted

好好的問個問題

Ask a real question

怎玩至會更加曳

How can we play better

玩得起哪怕失禮

Even if it’s rude, it’s worth the gamble

把死鬥當作消遣

Treat deadly fights as entertainment

打機都需要實戰

Gaming also needs real combat

把苦澀當作餐點

Bitter tastes as a meal to savor

大大啖轟似盛宴

Feasting wildly like a banquet

幾多位自怨自憐

How many self-pitying souls remain

請跟我脫去鎖鏈

Come with me, shed your chains

請拉起最厚窗簾

Draw the thickest curtains again

開心我要更加曳

I want more joy

開心可以更失禮

Happiness can be more reckless

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
猴 /hoʊ/ A1	noun - monkey
藍 /lɑːn/ A1	adjective - blue
玩 /wɑːn/ A1	verb - to play
快樂 /ˈfaɪ.lək/ A2	adjective - happy, joyful noun - happiness, joy
路 /luː/ A1	noun - road, path
歌 /kɔː/ A1	noun - song
世界 /ˈsaɪ.ɡeɪt/ A2	noun - world
朋友 /pʰɛn˧˥ juː˨˩˦/ A1	noun - friend
應該 /ɪŋˌɡaɪ/ A2	verb - should, ought to
問題 /wun˨˩ tʰai̯˨/ A2	noun - question, problem
頑童 /wɑːn tʰʊŋ/ B1	noun - naughty child, playful child
封閉 /fʊŋ pɐi/ B2	adjective - closed, sealed, isolated verb - to close, to seal off
鎖鏈 /sɔː ˈliːn/ B1	noun - chain
信心 /ˈsɪn.fən/ B1	noun - confidence, faith
原因 /juːn jɐn/ B1	noun - reason, cause

Key Grammar Structures

• 應該怎麼好

  ➔ modal verb + question word + verb

  ➔ This structure combines a modal verb with a question word and a verb to form a question about how to do something.

• 請拉起最厚窗簾

  ➔ imperative form + verb + object

  ➔ The sentence uses the imperative mood to give a direct command to 'pull up the thickest curtains'.

• 玩得起哪怕失禮

  ➔ phrase + even if + verb (失禮)

  ➔ This structure uses a concessive phrase to say you can play even if it means being rude or disrespectful.

• 不想困惱困一世

  ➔ double negation + verb + time phrase

  ➔ The phrase uses double negation to express a desire not to be troubled forever.

• 全然蠶食信心

  ➔ adverb of totally + verb phrase

  ➔ This structure uses an adverb to intensify the verb, indicating something is completely consuming confidence.

• 假使腦裏太封閉

  ➔ concessive clause + subject + verb

  ➔ This is a concessive clause expressing a hypothetical condition, meaning 'even if the mind is too closed'.