等十三月 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳小滿

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotional depth of Mandopop with Chen Xiaoman's '等十三月' (Waiting for the 13th Month). This song uses evocative, figurative Chinese to express profound feelings of longing and regret, offering listeners a beautiful yet melancholic journey into themes of lost love and the desire to undo the past.

[English]

Chen Xiaoman – Waiting for Thirteen Months

The passionate feeling freezes in yesterday.

The two of us drift farther apart, slowly losing understanding.

We unintentionally turn communication into arguments.

In that instant, we are separated by a world.

Memories are written like a scroll that I've turned over many times.

Even without coffee, I can stay up all night.

I wish to start over, to correct the mistaken details.

I'm waiting for the thirteenth month, waiting until 25 o'clock.

Waiting until the sunshine lights up the whole night.

Waiting for the 61st minute, you smile and return to my side.

I'm waiting in the thirteenth month for you in a certain season.

Waiting for a heavy snowfall that could fall into summer.

Waiting for the next corner to see you again.

Memories are written in a circle that I've turned over many times.

When I have no coffee, I can still stay up all night.

I wish to start over, to correct the mistaken details.

I'm waiting for the 10th of March, waiting for 25 days.

Waiting until the sunshine lights up the whole night.

Waiting for the 61st minute, you smile and return to my side.

I'm waiting in the thirteenth month for the fifth season.

Waiting for a heavy snowfall that could land in summer.

Waiting for the next corner to see you again.

I'm waiting in the thirteenth month for 25 days.

Waiting until the sunshine lights up the whole night.

Waiting until the 61st minute, you smile and come back to my side.

I am in the thirteenth month, waiting for the fifth season.

Waiting for a heavy snowfall that could land in summer.

Waiting for the next corner to see you again.

[Chinese]

陳小滿 - 等十三月

熱烈的感覺 定格在昨天

兩個人越遠 慢慢不瞭解

才會不自覺 將溝通變成了爭辯

那瞬間我們隔著一個世界

回憶寫成卷 被我翻了好幾遍

讓我沒咖啡 也能失眠一夜

想重來一遍 讓我去修正錯誤的細節

我在等13月等到25點

等到陽光照亮整個黑夜

等第61分 你就笑著回來我身邊

我在等13月等你某個季節

等一場大雪 能落進夏天

等下個轉角 能再見你一面

回憶寫成圈 被我翻了好幾遍

當我沒咖啡 也能失眠一夜

想重來一遍 讓我去修正錯誤的細節

我在等10三月 等到25天

等到陽光照亮整個黑夜

等第61分 你就笑著回來我身邊

我在等13月等第五個季節

等一場大雪 能落地夏天

等下個轉角 能再見你一面

我在等13月等到25天

等到陽光照亮整個黑夜

等到61分 你就笑著回來我身邊

我在第十三月 等第五個季節

等一場大雪 能落地夏天

等下個轉角 能再見你一面

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
回憶 huí yì B1	noun - memory; recollection
世界 shì jiè A2	noun - world
感覺 gǎn jué B1	noun - feeling; sensation verb - to feel; to perceive
溝通 gōu tōng B2	verb - to communicate noun - communication
爭辯 zhēng biàn B2	verb - to argue; to debate
隔 gé B2	verb - to separate; to be apart
細節 xì jié B2	noun - detail; particulars
修正 xiū zhèng C1	verb - to correct; to amend
錯誤 cuò wù B2	noun - error; mistake adjective - wrong; incorrect
失眠 shī mián B2	verb - to suffer from insomnia
陽光 yáng guāng B1	noun - sunlight; sunshine
黑夜 hēi yè B1	noun - dark night
微笑 wēi xiào B1	verb - to smile noun - smile
季節 jì jié A2	noun - season
轉角 zhuǎn jiǎo B2	noun - corner; turn (of a road)
再見 zài jiàn A1	verb - to see again; to meet again
大雪 dà xuě A2	noun - heavy snow

Key Grammar Structures

• 熱烈的感覺 定格在昨天

  ➔ Location particle 在 after a verb to indicate where a state or action occurs.

  ➔ The verb "定格" is followed by ""在"" to show that the feeling is fixed ""at"" yesterday.

• 才會不自覺 将沟通变成了争辩

  ➔ The adverb 才會 expresses a condition that something happens only after a preceding circumstance.

  ➔ Here ""才會"" signals that only after a certain feeling do we become ""unconsciously"" argumentative.

• 回憶寫成卷 被我翻了好幾遍

  ➔ Passive construction using 被 to indicate the subject is acted upon.

  ➔ The verb "翻" is preceded by ""被"" to show that the memories are ""flipped"" by me multiple times.

• 讓我沒咖啡 也能失眠一夜

  ➔ The adverb 也能 expresses ability or possibility in addition to something else.

  ➔ The phrase ""也能"" highlights that even without coffee I can ""stay up all night"".

• 想重來一遍 讓我去修正錯誤的細節

  ➔ Causative construction using 讓 + verb to indicate making someone do something.

  ➔ The word ""讓"" introduces a causative clause: ""let me go"" and correct the details.

• 我在等13月等到25點

  ➔ Verb + 到 indicating the point in time up to which an action continues (wait until).

  ➔ "等" + ""到"" shows that the waiting lasts ""until"" 25 o'clock.

• 等第61分 你就笑著回來我身邊

  ➔ Use of 就 to indicate an immediate or expected result following a condition.

  ➔ When the ""61st minute"" arrives, ""就"" you laugh and return beside me.

• 等一場大雪 能落進夏天

  ➔ Potential modal 能 expressing ability or possibility.

  ➔ "能" indicates that the snowfall ""can"" somehow reach the summer.

• 等下個轉角 能再見你一面

  ➔ Use of 再 to express repetition or another occurrence, combined with 能 for possibility.

  ➔ "再" + "見" plus "能" shows that I ""can"" see you again at the next corner.