不要驚動愛情 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 鄭秀文

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

很想輕撫你 所以避開你

I really want to caress you, so I avoid you

寧願用距離 去令你好奇

I’d rather use distance to make you curious

回️避過眼神 先偷偷喘氣

Avoiding eye contact, I secretly catch my breath

吩咐手臂 放在原地

Instructing my arms to stay in place

傳聞浪漫太快 愛戀都走得快

Rumors say romance is too fast, love fades quickly

才會遲遲未步向你 説一世愛護你

That's why I hesitate to step towards you, to say I’ll love you for a lifetime

情太過洶湧像深海 而我卻會忍耐

Feelings are too turbulent like the deep sea, yet I will endure

但求來日你醒過來 這份情像翅膀打開

I only wish that one day you wake up, this love spreads its wings

還沒有相擁別意外 神教會我等待

Not yet embracing, don’t be surprised, God teaches me to wait

待情流像細水 才去承諾你 拿一生兑換愛

Waiting for love to flow like a gentle stream, only then will I promise you, exchanging my life for love

很心急擁抱 所以在禱告

I’m eager to embrace, so I’m praying

求甜蜜以前 帶著你慢步

Before the sweetness, I walk slowly with you

遊歷過旅途 等一天終老

Having traveled through the journey, waiting for the day to grow old together

生老病死 一起細數

Counting life, aging, sickness, and death together

原來慢慢靠近 更珍惜這一吻

It turns out that getting closer slowly makes this kiss more precious

而我停留是為了你 要給予你護蔭

And I stay for you, to give you shelter

情太過洶湧像深海 而我卻會忍耐

Feelings are too turbulent like the deep sea, yet I will endure

但求來日你醒過來 這份情像翅膀打開

I only wish that one day you wake up, this love spreads its wings

還沒有相戀別意外 神教會我等待

Not yet in love, don’t be surprised, God teaches me to wait

待情流像細水 才去承諾你 拿一生兑換愛

Waiting for love to flow like a gentle stream, only then will I promise you, exchanging my life for love

能為愛戀學習按奈 情信寄進心內

Learning to restrain for love, faith is entrusted in my heart

但求能學會倚靠神 愛被馴服過更精采

I only wish to learn to rely on God, love tamed becomes more wonderful

連地老天荒亦不更改 時間永遠等待

Even if the earth ages and the sky changes, time will always wait

等你情願那天 才去承諾你 無止境那份愛

Waiting for the day you are willing, only then will I promise you, that endless love

我用沉默叫醒愛情 你用期待做你反應

I wake love with silence, you react with anticipation

繼續行近直至開始愛

Continuing to approach until we start to love

「不要驚動愛情」

“Don’t disturb love”

演唱會來到呢度 係唔係唔夠喉啊?

The concert has come to this point, is it not enough?

喂點啊你 俾嗰688 唱死人咩?

Hey, what’s up? Are you going to sing that 688 until someone dies?

好攰啊 第11場㗎啦

So tired, it’s the 11th show

大佬啊 真係要唱啊?

Come on, do we really have to sing?

好啦 既然係咁

Alright, since it’s like this

就送支我11場都冇唱嘅 係你哋先有呢支歌嘅

I’ll give you a song I haven’t sung in all 11 shows, you’re the first to hear it

我都可能唔記得咗歌詞啦 都冇練過

I might not even remember the lyrics, I haven’t practiced

好啦 送俾你哋

Alright, this is for you

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛情 /àiqíng/ B1	noun - love
浪漫 /làngmàn/ B2	noun - romance
睇 /tái/ A2	verb - to see/to look
難過 /nàn'guò/ B1	adjective - sad
擁抱 /yōngbào/ B1	verb/noun - to embrace / embrace
等待 /dài/děng/ B2	verb - to wait
快 /kuài/ A2	adjective - fast / quick
深海 /shēnhǎi/ B2	noun - deep sea
翅膀 /chìbǎng/ B2	noun - wing
承諾 /chéngnuò/ B2	noun/verb - promise / to promise
流 /liú/ B2	verb - to flow
心內 /xīn nèi/ C1	noun - within the heart / inside the heart
等待 /dài/děng/ B2	verb - to wait

Key Grammar Structures

• 很想輕撫你 所以避開你

  ➔ Expressing desire + reason (很想 + verb + because)

  ➔ Uses "很想" to show strong desire, combined with a reason introduced by "所以"

• 傳聞浪漫太快 愛戀都走得快

  ➔ Passive voice construction + result clause (傳聞浪漫太快 + 愛戀都走得快)

  ➔ Uses passive construction to indicate common hearsay, with a result clause describing the rapid progression

• 我都可能唔記得咗歌詞啦 都冇練過

  ➔ Modal verb expressing possibility + negative perfective aspect (都可能唔記得, 冇練過)

  ➔ Uses modal verbs with negative perfectives to express uncertainty or lack of preparation

• 只用期待做你反應

  ➔ Use of verb + resultative complement (只用期待 + 做你反應)

  ➔ Highlights the use of a verb followed by a resultative aspect to emphasize reliance on expectation

• 待情流像細水

  ➔ Simile structure: X like Y (待情流像細水)

  ➔ Uses simile to compare the flow of love to gentle water, emphasizing patience and gentleness

• 神教會我等待

  ➔ Passive voice + verb of perception or learning (神教會我等待)

  ➔ Expresses that God has taught or guided the person to learn patience through a passive construction

• 時間永遠等待

  ➔ Adverb + verb (時間永遠等待)

  ➔ Uses an adverb of duration + verb to emphasize the timeless, endless nature of waiting