薄情歌 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: C AllStar
• Album: CANTOPOPSIBILITY

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the heartfelt world of Cantonese pop with C AllStar's "薄情歌" (Fickle Love Song). This poignant ballad offers a unique window into the rich expressiveness of Cantonese, exploring themes of love, abandonment, and resilience through deeply metaphorical lyrics. Learning Cantonese through this song will not only introduce you to its beautiful poetic structure but also provide insights into Hong Kong's cultural identity and the passion behind its music. Its emotional depth and the allegorical narrative make it a truly special piece for language learners.

[English]

Once wrote about loneliness and sadness everywhere

Once turned tears into poetry and songs

But one day, you suddenly had no time to appreciate me

The song requests now no longer play

Did I sing something wrong

That would tear us apart

Or maybe the cruel listener's words are true

The song I wrote for you

Makes listeners feel no pain, just pass by

The lyricist mentions countless breakups, endless falls

Do the listeners learn to be colder than me

The song I wrote for you

And how it finally turns around and gives back to me

Or how I wrote the impossible for you

Now you use it to mourn us both

There’s no song more hopeless and heartbreaking than reality

There’s no song that makes me suffer more than you

The more I sing, the more love grows

The more I feel love humming in my heart

Still not free-spirited, it’s truly my mistake

The song I wrote for you

Makes listeners feel no pain, just pass by

The lyricist mentions countless breakups, endless falls

Do the listeners learn to be colder than me

The song I wrote for you

And how it finally turns around and gives back to me

Or how I wrote the impossible for you

Now you use it to mourn us both

There are many substitutes

Teaching people how to loyally stay by my side

Knowing that fate falls into the rapid current, the great river of time

Finally, the one who can survive is the one who changes their heart

The song I wrote for you

But in pain, I curse, just like I’m writing about myself

Which song could be so foolish

Gasping as I watch the sunset, still believing in a breakthrough

Maybe this song should be given to me

...

[Chinese]

曾經 寫遍地上寂寞難過

曾經 將眼淚幻作詩與歌

但有天 你突然 沒有空再欣賞我

誰的點唱 現在並沒再播

我有唱錯了什麼

至會拆散你和我

還是傳說裡 聽者薄情的說法不錯

為你寫的歌

教聞者不心酸直行直過

詞人 提及萬遍分手 無數跌墮

聽歌的人是否 學會狠過我

為你寫的歌

最後怎麼相反饋贈給我

代你寫出了奈何

如今你卻在 拿來憑弔你共我

沒有歌 比那現實絕望難過

沒有歌 比你讓我苦 苦更多

越與歌 種下情

越覺得 愛哼的我

仍不灑脫 實在就是我錯

為你寫的歌

教聞者不心酸直行直過

詞人 提及萬遍分手 無數跌墮

聽歌的人是否 學會狠過我

為你寫的歌

最後怎麼相反饋贈給我

代你寫出了奈何

如今你卻在 拿來憑弔你共我

代替品很多

教人怎麼忠心地陪伴我

明暸 緣份落到湍急 時間大河

終於可存活的 是變心那個

為你寫的歌

卻恨當中悲慘就像寫我

問哪首歌那樣儍

殘喘到看著斜陽 還信有突破

也許這歌應該送給我

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
寂寞 /jì mò/ B1	noun - loneliness
難過 /nàn guò/ B1	adjective - upset, upset feeling
淚 /lèi/ A2	noun - tear
詩 /shī/ A2	noun - poetry
歌 /gē/ A1	noun - song
空 /kòng/ A2	noun - empty space, void
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love
痛 /tòng/ A2	noun - pain
回憶 /huí yì/ B1	noun - memory, recollection
心 /xīn/ A1	noun - heart, mind
孤單 /gū dān/ B1	adjective - lonely
失去 /shī qù/ B2	verb - to lose
期望 /qī wàng/ B2	noun - expectation, hope