髮如雪 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周杰倫

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of Mandarin through Jay Chou's '髮如雪' (Hair Like Snow). This classic 'China Wind' song offers a unique opportunity to learn a language rich in poetic and historical allusions. Its fusion of traditional Chinese instruments with modern R&B, combined with its deeply emotional story of timeless love, makes it a captivating piece of music that can inspire a deeper appreciation for Chinese culture and language.

[English]

Wolf fang moon, the beauty is weary

I raise my cup, drinking through the wind and snow

Who overturned the cabinet of past lives?

Stirring up dust and disputes

The fate's secret, how many reincarnations

You lock your brows, crying, the beauty cannot be called back

Even if the history has turned to ash

My love is eternal

Prosperity flows like the three thousand rivers

I only take a ladle of love to understand

Only in love with the butterfly you transform into

Your hair like snow, beautifully sorrowful at parting

Who have I moved with incense?

Inviting the bright moon, let the memories be pure

Love is perfect under the moonlight

Your hair like snow, tears flying everywhere

Who am I waiting for to grow old?

Drunk in the red dust, the slightly tipsy years

I carve an eternal stone for you with no regrets

Your hair like snow, beautifully sorrowful at parting

Who have I moved with incense?

Inviting the bright moon, let the memories be pure

Love is perfect under the moonlight

Your hair like snow, tears flying everywhere

Who am I waiting for to grow old?

Drunk in the red dust, the slightly tipsy years

Wolf fang moon, the beauty is weary

I raise my cup, drinking through the wind and snow

Who overturned the cabinet of past lives?

Stirring up dust and disputes

The fate's secret, how many reincarnations

You lock your brows, crying, the beauty cannot be called back

Even if the history has turned to ash

My love is eternal

Prosperity flows like the three thousand rivers

I only take a ladle of love to understand

Only in love with the butterfly you transform into

Your hair like snow, beautifully sorrowful at parting

Who have I moved with incense?

Inviting the bright moon, let the memories be pure

Love is perfect under the moonlight

Your hair like snow, tears flying everywhere

Who am I waiting for to grow old?

Drunk in the red dust, the slightly tipsy years

I carve an eternal stone for you with no regrets

Your hair like snow, beautifully sorrowful at parting

Who have I moved with incense?

Inviting the bright moon, let the memories be pure

Love is perfect under the moonlight

Your hair like snow, tears flying everywhere

Who am I waiting for to grow old?

Drunk in the red dust, the slightly tipsy years

Your hair like snow, beautifully sorrowful at parting

Who have I moved with incense?

Inviting the bright moon, let the memories be pure

Love is perfect under the moonlight

Your hair like snow, tears flying everywhere

Who am I waiting for to grow old?

Drunk in the red dust, the slightly tipsy years

I carve an eternal stone for you with no regrets

La la la, la la la, la la la la

La la la, la la la, la la la la

The copper mirror reflects innocence, tied in a ponytail

If you run wild, in this life I will drink with you

La la la, la la la, la la la la

La la la, la la la, la la la la

The copper mirror reflects innocence, tied in a ponytail

If you run wild, in this life I will drink with you

...

[Chinese]

狼牙月 伊人憔悴

我舉杯 飲盡了風雪

是誰打翻前世櫃

惹塵埃是非

緣字訣 幾番輪迴

妳鎖眉 哭紅顏喚不回

縱然青史已經成灰

我愛不滅

繁華如三千東流水

我只取一瓢愛了解

只戀妳化身的蝶

妳髮如雪 淒美了離別

我焚香感動了誰

邀明月 讓回憶皎潔

愛在月光下完美

妳髮如雪 紛飛了眼淚

我等待蒼老了誰

红塵醉 微醺的歲月

我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑

妳髮雪 淒美了離別

我焚香感動了誰

邀明月 讓回憶皎潔

愛在月光下完美

妳髮如雪 紛飛了眼液

我等待蒼老了誰

红塵醉 微醺的歲月

狼牙月 伊人憔悴

我舉杯 飲盡了風雪

是誰打翻前世櫃

惹塵埃是非

緣字訣 幾番輪迴

妳鎖眉 哭红顏喚不回

縱然青史已經成灰

我愛不滅

繁華如三千東流水

我只取一瓢愛了解

只戀妳化身的蝶

妳髮如雪 淒美了離別

我焚香感動了誰

邀明月 襲讓回憶皎潔

愛在月光下完美

妳髮如雪 紛飛了眼淚

我等待蒼老了誰

红塵醉 微醺的歲月

我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑

妳髮如雪 淒美了離別

我焚香感動了誰

邀明月 讓回憶皎潔

愛在月光下完美

妳髮如雪 紛飛了眼淚

我等待蒼老了誰

红塵醉 微醺的歲月

妳髮如雪 淒美了離別

我焚香感動了誰

邀明月 讓回憶皎潔

愛在月光下完美

妳髮如雪 紛飛了眼淚

我等待蒼老了誰

紅塵醉 微醺的歲月

我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑

啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦

啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦

銅鏡映無邪 紮馬尾

妳若撒野 今生我把酒奉陪

啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦

啦兒啦 啦兒啦 啦兒啦兒啦

銅鏡映無邪 紮馬尾

妳若撒野 今生我把酒奉陪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
狼牙月 /láng yá yuè/ B2	noun - wolf fang moon
憔悴 /qiáo cuì/ B2	adjective - haggard; worn out
風雪 /fēng xuě/ B1	noun - wind and snow
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
淒美 /qī měi/ B2	adjective - sadly beautiful
回憶 /huí yì/ B1	noun - memory; recollection
月光 /yuè guāng/ A2	noun - moonlight
眼淚 /yǎn lèi/ A2	noun - tears
碑 /bēi/ B1	noun - tombstone; monument
醉 /zuì/ B1	verb - to be drunk
微醺 /wēi xūn/ B2	adjective - slightly drunk
輪迴 /lún huí/ C1	noun - reincarnation; cycle of life
感動 /gǎn dòng/ B1	verb - to be moved; to be touched
明月 /míng yuè/ B2	noun - bright moon
蝶 /dié/ A2	noun - butterfly

Key Grammar Structures

• 我舉杯 飲盡了風雪

  ➔ 用了“舉 + object + verb”結構，表示舉起某物進行某動作。

  ➔ ‘舉’ means ‘to raise’ or ‘to lift’, indicating the action of raising the cup.

• 是誰打翻前世櫃

  ➔ 用了“是誰 + verb”句型，表示疑問句，詢問動作的主體。

  ➔ ‘是誰’ means ‘who’, making the sentence a question about the subject performing the action.

• 我用無悔 刻永世愛妳的碑

  ➔ 使用“用 + 名詞”結構表示施事者或工具，後接動詞描述用途。

  ➔ ‘用’ means ‘to use’, indicating the means by which the action is performed — here, using ‘无悔’ (no regrets) as the metaphor or method.

• 妳髮如雪 淒美了離別

  ➔ 用了“如 + adjective”結構，比喻地描述“髮”像“雪”。

  ➔ ‘如’ means ‘like’ or ‘as’, used here to create a simile comparing ‘hair’ to ‘snow’.

• 我焚香感動了誰

  ➔ 用了“焚香 + verb”結構，表示焚香的行為，暗示情感或宗教意境。

  ➔ ‘焚香’ means ‘burning incense’, which often signifies invoking feelings or spiritual reflection.

• 愛在月光下完美

  ➔ 用了“在 + 地點 + + 下”結構，表示動作進行的場景或狀態。

  ➔ ‘在’ means ‘at’ or ‘under’, indicating the location or context where love is ‘perfect’.

• 妳鎖眉 哭紅顏喚不回

  ➔ 用了“鎖 + noun”結構，表示“鎖住某物”。

  ➔ ‘鎖’ means ‘to lock’ or ‘to chain’, indicating the action of locking the eyebrows suggestively.