倒刺 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 薛凱琪, Fiona Sit

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of Fiona Sit's "倒刺" (Hangnail), a poignant Cantonese R&B song that delves into the universal struggle of self-forgiveness and overcoming personal regrets. Its rich, metaphorical lyrics by Lam Po offer a unique opportunity for language learners to engage with complex emotional vocabulary and understand cultural nuances related to inner healing and reflection, making it a powerful and relatable piece to study.

[English]

Like a painting, like poetry, drunkenly living unaware

Splatting ink on the paper, reckless and splashing around

Like flowers, like smoke, who knew half a lifetime

There are still regrets, hearing after dreams die

Forgiving you, but the voice remains a pity

Hidden regrets like a foreshadowing line

Like a thorn in a diary

Can't escape, why lie to myself

Forgiving you

Who is at the end

Still blaming you

If it's fake, if it's real, words spoken unwittingly

Punished in dreams, can't rest easy

Pulled out by the root, feeling pain beyond words

But grateful for the harsh lesson that changed me

Everyone has a knot they can't untie

Full of mysteries, like tangled threads

Everyone has a sneaky thorn

Unable to escape or deceive myself

Everyone has fallen

Everyone has hurt

Everyone has tried

Gone through, done wrong, awakened

Self-revealed guilt, made amends

Let me

Forgive you, but the voice remains a pity

Hidden regrets like a foreshadowing line

Like a thorn in a diary

Can't escape, why lie to myself

Gone through, done wrong, awakened (everyone has a knot they can't untie, full of mysteries, like tangled threads)

Tell me, reveal the guilt, let me (everyone has sneaky thorns, unable to escape or deceive myself)

Let me

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[Chinese]

如畫如詩 醉生無知

落線潑墨 任性飛濺

如花如煙 半生誰知

尚有缺憾 夢死過後聽見

原諒了你 總可惜聲線

埋藏憾事 如伏線

如日記裡的一根倒刺

無從自拔 何自騙

原諒了你

誰在最尾

還是怪你

如假如真 語出無心

夢裡責罰 沒法安枕

拔起連根 痛不欲生

但卻慶幸 換了美麗教訓

誰亦有過 解不到的結

密佈懸疑 如亂線

誰亦有過 勾心的倒刺

無從自拔和自騙

誰亦跌過

誰亦痛過

誰沒試過

經過 做過 犯錯 醒覺

自我 道破 罪過 補過

讓我

原諒了你 總可惜聲線

埋藏憾事 如伏線

如日記裡的一根倒刺

無從自拔 何自騙

經過 做過 犯錯 醒覺 (誰亦有過 解不到的結 密佈懸疑 如亂線)

給我 道破 罪過 讓我 (誰亦有過 勾心的倒刺 無從自拔和自騙)

讓我

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
醉 /zuì/ B1	verb - to be intoxicated
夢 /mèng/ A2	noun - dream
痛 /tòng/ B1	adjective - painful
原諒 /yuán liàng/ B2	verb - to forgive
埋藏 /mái cáng/ B2	verb - to bury
結 /jié/ B1	noun - knot, tie
教訓 /jiào xùn/ B2	noun - lesson, teaching
自拔 /zì bá/ C1	verb - to extricate oneself
懸疑 /xuán yí/ C1	noun - suspense, mystery
犯錯 /fàn cuò/ B2	verb - to make a mistake
醒覺 /xǐng jué/ B2	verb - to awaken, to realize
美麗 /měi lì/ B1	adjective - beautiful
誰 /shéi/ A1	pronoun - who
如 /rú/ A2	preposition - like, as
飛濺 /fēi jiàn/ C1	verb - to splash