海底 – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: 一支榴莲

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Chinese through '海底' (Hǎidǐ) offers a unique opportunity to explore the language's poetic and emotional depth. The song's simple yet powerful lyrics provide a window into expressing complex feelings of sadness and longing. Its narrative structure can help learners understand storytelling in Mandarin, while the raw emotion of the song makes the language more relatable and memorable. This song is special for its ability to convey a profound message with delicate and beautiful language, making it a moving piece for both language learning and cultural understanding.

[English]

Scattered moonlight

Piercing through the clouds

Whose wail guides the way

The soul sinks into silence

No one wakes you up

You love the salty scent of the sea breeze

Stepping on the damp sand and pebbles

You say ashes should be scattered into the sea

You ask me where we go after death

Is there anyone who loves you?

Can the world cease to…

Always putting on a smiling face for the cold, indifferent

On the shore, people's faces wear indifference

The world holds no attachment

Everything dissolves into smoke

Scattered moonlight

Piercing through the clouds

Hiding from the crowd

Spreading like the sea's scales

Waves dampen a white dress

Trying to push you back

The waves wash away the bloodstains

Foolishly trying to warm you

Listen to the deep sea

Whose wail guides the way

The soul sinks into silence

No one wakes you up

You love the salty scent of the sea breeze

Stepping on the damp sand and pebbles

You say ashes should be scattered into the sea

You ask me where we go after death

Is there anyone who loves you?

Can the world cease to…

Always putting on a smiling face for the cold, indifferent

On the shore, people's faces wear indifference

The world holds no attachment

Everything dissolves into smoke

Scattered moonlight

Piercing through the clouds

Hiding from the crowd

Slipping into the sea

The waves wash away the bloodstains

Foolishly trying to warm you

The soul sinks into silence

No one wakes you up

You love the salty scent of the sea breeze

Stepping on the damp sand and pebbles

You say ashes should be scattered into the sea

You ask me where we go after death

Is there anyone who loves you?

The world has already abandoned you

Always putting on a smiling face for the cold, indifferent

On the shore, people's faces wear indifference

The world holds no attachment

Everything dissolves into smoke

Too late, too late

You once laughed while crying

Too late, too late

Your trembling arm

Too late, too late

No one rescues you

Too late, too late

You clearly hate suffocation

[Vietnamese]

散落的月光

穿過了雲

誰的哀鳴在指引

靈魂沒入寂靜

無人將你吵醒

你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

踩著濕濕的沙礫

你說人們的骨灰應該撒進海裡

你問我死後會去哪裡

有沒有人愛你

世界能否不再

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

人間毫無留戀

一切散為煙

散落的月光

穿過了雲

躲著人群

鋪成大海的鱗

海浪打濕白裙

試圖推你回去

海浪清洗了血跡

妄想溫暖你

往海的深處聽

誰的哀鳴在指引

靈魂沒入寂靜

無人將你吵醒

你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

踩著濕濕的沙礫

你說人們的骨灰應該撒進海裡

你問我死後會去哪裡

有沒有人愛你

世界能否不再

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

人間毫無留戀

一切散為煙

散落的月光

穿過了雲

躲著人群

溜進海裡

海浪清洗了血跡

妄想溫暖你

靈魂沒入寂靜

無人將你吵醒

你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

踩著濕濕的沙礫

你說人們的骨灰應該撒進海裡

你問我死後會去哪裡

有沒有人愛你

世界已然將你拋棄

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

人間毫無留戀

一切散為煙

來不及來不及

你曾笑著哭泣

來不及來不及

你顫抖的手臂

來不及來不及

無人將你打撈起

來不及來不及

你明明討厭窒息

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
月光 /yuè guāng/ A2	noun - moonlight
海風 /hǎi fēng/ A2	noun - sea breeze
沙礫 /shā lì/ B1	noun - gravel
骨灰 /gǔ huī/ B2	noun - ashes
哀鳴 /āi míng/ B2	noun - wail
靈魂 /líng hún/ B1	noun - soul
寂靜 /jì jìng/ B2	noun - silence
海浪 /hǎi làng/ A2	noun - sea wave
血跡 /xuè jì/ B1	noun - bloodstain
涼薄 /liáng bó/ C1	adjective - cold and indifferent
無關 /wú guān/ B2	adjective - unrelated
留戀 /liú liàn/ B2	verb - to be reluctant to leave
散落 /sǎn luò/ B1	verb - to scatter
指引 /zhǐ yǐn/ B1	verb - to guide
溫暖 /wēn nuǎn/ A2	adjective - warm
窒息 /zhì xī/ B2	verb - to suffocate
扯著 /chě zhe/ B1	verb - to pull
打撈 /dǎ lāo/ B2	verb - to salvage
顫抖 /chàn dǒu/ B1	verb - to tremble

Key Grammar Structures

• 散落的月光

  ➔ Attributive clause using 的 to modify a noun with a past participle

  ➔ In the sentence, the word '散落的' forms an attributive modifier by attaching '的' to the verb 散落, turning it into an adjective that describes 月光.

• 穿過了雲

  ➔ Past aspect with 了 after a verb; 过 indicates traversal in 處構; completed action

  ➔ The line uses 了 to mark completion after the verb 穿過, indicating that the act of passing through the clouds is finished.

• 誰的哀鳴在指引

  ➔ 在 + verb expresses progressive aspect; indefinite subject with 谁的哀鳴

  ➔ The line uses 在 to express ongoing action (指引) and 谁的哀鳴 shows an indefinite possessive phrase leading the question.

• 無人將你吵醒

  ➔ 将 as pre-verbal object marker; passive/causative flavor with 无人

  ➔ The line uses 将 to mark the object 你 as the target of 吵醒, giving a strong causal/dispositional nuance, with 无人 meaning no one.

• 你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

  ➔ Reduplication for emphasis in adjectives; 可爱/口语化的 表达

  ➔ The phrase '鹹鹹的' uses reduplication to intensify the noun phrase '氣息'.

• 骨灰應該撒進海裡

  ➔ 應該 + V to express recommendation/obligation; 進 is a directional complement indicating movement into the sea

  ➔ The line uses 应该 to express a recommendation or normative action, and 进 as a directional complement meaning 'into the sea'.

• 死後會去哪裡

  ➔ 死後 as time phrase; 會 as future auxiliary; 去哪裡 forms an indirect question

  ➔ 死後 marks time after death; 會 expresses future meaning; 去哪裡 forms an indirect question embedded in the sentence.

• 一切散為煙

  ➔ 散為 + Y expresses transformation: X becomes Y

  ➔ The phrase '一切散為煙' uses 散為 to indicate that everything becomes smoke, a transformation into the new state.

• 躲著人群

  ➔ 著 indicates ongoing action; 躲著 = hiding while ongoing

  ➔ The verb 躲 with 著 shows the action of hiding is ongoing or continuous.

• 往海的深處聽

  ➔ 往 + destination + 的 + noun to indicate direction; listening as action

  ➔ The phrase uses 往 to indicate direction toward the deep parts of the sea, with 聽 as the action of listening toward that depth.

• 來不及來不及

  ➔ Dual repetition for emphasis; 來不及 = not enough time

  ➔ The repetition of 來不及 emphasizes the sense that there is not enough time for what follows or for rescue.

• 你曾笑著哭泣

  ➔ 著 after a verb to indicate ongoing action; 笑著哭泣 shows simultaneous actions

  ➔ The line uses 著 to mark the ongoing, simultaneous actions of smiling and crying at once.