Blue Monkey – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Anson Kong 江𤒹生

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Anson Kong's "Blue Monkey" and discover a vibrant Cantonese pop song that encourages listeners to embrace joy and let go of life's seriousness. Learn about New Age philosophies, American music video aesthetics, and playful Cantonese expressions, all while enjoying a groovy, carefree vibe.

[English]

A thousand tons of fog smothers the sky

Hardship crushing shoulders so tight

How many self-pitying souls remain

Please draw the thickest curtains again

Then spin around, tease the world apart

Stumble forward, let laughter start

Shift your view, let happiness ignite

You can go crazy, go wild

Like a blue monkey escaping its chain, smashing the now

Talking, each has its own way

What’s the best way

Where’s the signal

I probably won’t answer

I honestly don’t know

Where’s the way out

But I can’t stop my footsteps

There’s still a long road ahead

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

The more reckless the kid, the prouder they feel

Don’t want to be trapped all my life

Even disrespecting the world is sometimes necessary

If my mind’s too closed off

The days will just be wasted

Ask a real question

How can we play better

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

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

Don’t ask me

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

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

What you love, come and match me

How should I choose

Which wins, which loses

I have no hidden tricks or plans

Honestly, I don’t know

I have my own goals

Patience to stay calm and judge

Yet I’m willing

To circle around with every friend

The rebel sees the world as a playground

Don’t want to be trapped all my life

Even disrespecting the world is sometimes necessary

If my mind’s too closed off

The days will just be wasted

Ask a real question

How can we play better

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

Old days — perhaps too tense, a kind of frustration

Completely consuming confidence, the night sky dark and deep

Not knowing how to enjoy, an unknown thrill

That’s the reason (change the vibe)

Don’t want to be trapped all my life

Even disrespecting the world is sometimes necessary

If my mind’s too closed off

The days will just be wasted

Ask a real question

How can we play better

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

Treat deadly fights as entertainment

Gaming also needs real combat

Bitter tastes as a meal to savor

Feasting wildly like a banquet

How many self-pitying souls remain

Come with me, shed your chains

Draw the thickest curtains again

I want more joy

Happiness can be more reckless

[Chinese]

一千噸漳氣熏天

辛苦得壓碎雙肩

幾多位自怨自憐

請拉起最厚窗簾

就 翻滾一周 挑弄世人

跣過去 讓笑片開演

轉個眼界 叫快樂自燃

可以瘋 可以癲

如藍猴脫繮 敲破目前

講玩 各有路線

應該怎麼好

哪裏有訊號

我大概不會回答

根本不知道

哪裏有去路

卻沒法停下腳步

還有很長路

不要 怕 奇怪 怕 污糟

頑童越放肆 越自豪

不想困惱困一世

不恭都總要玩世

假使腦裏太封閉

段段日子會浪費

好好的問個問題

怎玩至會更加曳

玩得起哪怕失禮

好的醜的 真的假的 你有你計

不要問我

唯求遊玩快樂 不驚搞錯

來回唱 來回跳 我迷上我的歌

你愛的 就來迎合我

應該怎麼選

哪個勝與負

我沒有心計預算

根本不知道

我有我志願

冇耐性沉着判斷

而卻很情願

跟每個朋友 再兜圈

頑童望世界 是樂園

不想困惱困一世

不恭都總要玩世

假使腦裏太封閉

段段日子會浪費

好好的問個問題

怎玩至會更加曳

玩得起哪怕失禮

舊日也 ～許太繃緊 有種不甘

全然蠶食信心 夜空天暗地暗

不懂作樂 未知快感

就是原因 (換氣氛)

不想困惱困一世

不恭都總要玩世

假使腦裏太封閉

段段日子會浪費

好好的問個問題

怎玩至會更加曳

玩得起哪怕失禮

把死鬥當作消遣

打機都需要實戰

把苦澀當作餐點

大大啖轟似盛宴

幾多位自怨自憐

請跟我脫去鎖鏈

請拉起最厚窗簾

開心我要更加曳

開心可以更失禮

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'.