不要驚動愛情

• By: 鄭秀文

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

很想輕撫你 所以避開你

I want to caress you, so I avoid you

寧願用距離 去令你好奇

Preferring to use distance to make you curious

回️避過眼神 先偷偷喘氣

Avoiding eye contact, then secretly gasp for air

吩咐手臂 放在原地

Commanding my arms to stay where they are

傳聞浪漫太快 愛戀都走得快

Rumor has it romance is too fast, love affairs also leave quickly

才會遲遲未步向你 説一世愛護你

That's why I'm slow to walk towards you, saying I'll love and protect you forever

情太過洶湧像深海 而我卻會忍耐

Love is too turbulent, like a deep sea, but I will endure

但求來日你醒過來 這份情像翅膀打開

Hoping that one day when you wake up, this love will open its wings

還沒有相擁別意外 神教會我等待

Don't be surprised we haven't embraced yet, 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 stream, then I'll promise you, exchanging a lifetime for love

很心急擁抱 所以在禱告

I'm so eager to hug you, so I'm praying

求甜蜜以前 帶著你慢步

Seeking to stroll with you before sweetness

遊歷過旅途 等一天終老

Traveling together, waiting for the day we grow old together

生老病死 一起細數

Birth, aging, illness, and death, counting them together

原來慢慢靠近 更珍惜這一吻

Turns out slowly getting closer makes this kiss more cherished

而我停留是為了你 要給予你護蔭

And I stay for you, wanting to give you shelter

情太過洶湧像深海 而我卻會忍耐

Love is too turbulent, like a deep sea, but I will endure

但求來日你醒過來 這份情像翅膀打開

Hoping that one day when you wake up, this love will open its wings

還沒有相戀別意外 神教會我等待

Don't be surprised we haven't fallen in love yet, 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 stream, then I'll promise you, exchanging a lifetime for love

能為愛戀學習按奈 情信寄進心內

I can learn to restrain for the sake of love, sending love letters into my heart

但求能學會倚靠神 愛被馴服過更精采

Hoping to learn to rely on God, love that has been tamed is more wonderful

連地老天荒亦不更改 時間永遠等待

Even eternity will not change, time is always waiting

等你情願那天 才去承諾你 無止境那份愛

Waiting for the day you are willing, then I'll promise you, that boundless love

我用沉默叫醒愛情 你用期待做你反應

I use silence to awaken love, you use expectation as your response

繼續行近直至開始愛

Continue to approach until we start to love

「不要驚動愛情」

"Don't Alarm Love"

演唱會來到呢度 係唔係唔夠喉啊?

The concert has come to this point, are you not satisfied?

喂點啊你 俾嗰688 唱死人咩?

Hey what's wrong with you, did you spend 688 and want to sing me to death?

好攰啊 第11場㗎啦

So tired, this is the 11th show

大佬啊 真係要唱啊?

Seriously need to sing more?

好啦 既然係咁

Okay, since that's the case

就送支我11場都冇唱嘅 係你哋先有呢支歌嘅

Then I'll give you a song that I haven't sung in all 11 shows, this song is just for you

我都可能唔記得咗歌詞啦 都冇練過

I might have forgotten the lyrics, I haven't practiced it

好啦 送俾你哋

Okay, giving it to you all

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛情 /àiqíng/ B2	noun - romantic love
等待 /děngdài/ B2	verb - to wait for
情 /qíng/ B1	noun - emotion, feeling, love
打開 /dǎkāi/ A2	verb - to open
浪漫 /làngmàn/ B2	noun - romance, romanticism
承諾 /chéngnuò/ B2	verb - to promise, to commit
尋找 /xúnzhǎo/ B1	verb - to seek, to look for
深海 /shēnhǎi/ B2	noun - deep sea
忍耐 /rěnnài/ B2	verb - to endure, to tolerate
翅膀 /chìbǎng/ B2	noun - wing
流 /liú/ A2	verb - to flow
慢慢 /mànmàn/ A2	adverb - slowly
珍惜 /zhēnxī/ B1	verb - to cherish, to value
戀 /liàn/ B2	noun - romance, love affair

Grammar:

• 很想輕撫你 所以避開你

  ➔ Reason and Result (所以)

  ➔ The structure "A 所以 B" expresses that A is the reason and B is the result. Here, "I really want to caress you" (A) is the reason, and "so I avoid you" (B) is the result.

• 寧願用距離 去令你好奇

  ➔ The use of "寧願" (nìngyuàn) to express preference (would rather)

  ➔ "寧願" indicates a preferred choice. The sentence means "I would rather use distance to make you curious."

• 才會遲遲未步向你 説一世愛護你

  ➔ "才會" (cái huì) - Emphasizing the condition needed for something to happen, indicating a necessary condition.

  ➔ "才會" highlights that only under certain conditions will something occur. It suggests that being slow to approach is *the reason* to say "I will love and protect you forever."

• 情太過洶湧像深海 而我卻會忍耐

  ➔ Use of "像" (xiàng) for simile (like/as)

  ➔ "像" creates a simile, comparing the strong emotions to a deep sea: "The emotion is too surging, like a deep sea."

• 待情流像細水 才去承諾你 拿一生兑換愛

  ➔ "待…才…" (dài...cái...) structure indicating a condition and result/consequence.

  ➔ The structure "待 A 才 B" means "Wait until A happens, then B will happen." Here, "Wait until the emotions flow like a gentle stream, then I will promise you and exchange my life for love."

• 能為愛戀學習按奈 情信寄進心內

  ➔ Using "為" (wèi) to express purpose or reason (for the sake of, in order to)

  ➔ "能為愛戀學習按奈" means "Can learn to restrain oneself for the sake of love."

• 等你情願那天 才去承諾你 無止境那份愛

  ➔ Use of "情願" (qíngyuàn) - willing to, ready to; preferring

  ➔ The sentence "等你情願那天 才去承諾你 無止境那份愛" means "Wait until the day you are willing, then I will promise you that endless love."