飛女正傳 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 楊千嬅

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the rebellious spirit of Cantopop with Miriam Yeung's “飛女正傳.” This song offers a fantastic opportunity to learn Cantonese through its powerful and emotive lyrics, which tell a story of choosing a passionate, unconventional love. The song is special for its bold theme, inspired by the 1960s Hong Kong 'teddy girl' subculture, making it a unique window into Hong Kong's cultural history and the expressive power of its language.

[English]

Crossing life and death, reunited with you on a narrow road on my motorcycle

Maybe the wounds on your lips and the red and purple on my hair are the same size

I don't want just the second half of my life, I want the next moment

If I dare not kiss you again, you'll disappear again

Or perhaps someone is shouting, don’t move

I'm not afraid of tight spots or bullets flying past, walking through hardships with you

But I fear living a boring, numb life after marriage and children is just as hard

If every night’s dinner with someone I don't love

Is also tragic in its own way, I don’t know which story is more sad

All I wish is that I can spend tonight with you

The world surrounds me, together till the end

Spectacular like a wedding on a cliff

Maybe being born into this world doesn’t matter much

As long as true love remains

I’ve already disregarded danger, sworn to be with you till the end

Looking down on this prosperous world

Even if God’s mercy isn’t enough to prevent us from being filth

Holding you, I don’t regret offering myself to the world

...

Forget about meals or sleep, receiving a priest’s blessing—this kind of fate

Let me be content riding fast, holding on to my love, as a certain kind of person

Facing all the neon lights of this city

I dare say I love you with all my soul

Not betraying your trust, sharing that fleeting thrill with you

The world surrounds me, together till the end

Spectacular like a wedding on a cliff

Maybe being born into this world doesn’t matter much

As long as true love shines brightly

I’ve already disregarded danger, sworn to be with you till the end

Looking down on this prosperous world

Even if God’s mercy isn’t enough to prevent us from being filth

Holding you, I don’t regret offering myself to the world

...

The world surrounds me, together till the end

Spectacular like a wedding on a cliff

Maybe being born into this world doesn’t matter much

Still, true comradeship can transcend everything

I’ve already disregarded danger, sworn to be with you till the end

Loving you, why still hold back?

Maybe on the day I was born, I thought someone treated me like a doll

But in the end, I suffered and loved like an ant

Even a difficult love knows how to love

Find someone to share this fate with me

It’s not yet considered a shame

...

[Chinese]

越過生死一刻跟你電單車之中峽路再相逢

大概你嘴邊傷口與我髮端都一般大紫大紅

下半生不要只要下秒鐘

再不敢吻你你便再失蹤

抑或有 誰高呼 不要動

未怕挨緊頸邊穿過橫飛的子彈 跟你去走難

但怕結婚生子的平庸麻木地活著 亦一樣難

若與不心愛的每夜晚餐

也不知哪個故事更悲慘

只願我 能夠與你過得今晚

世界將我包圍 誓死都一齊

壯觀得有如 懸崖的婚禮

也許生於世上 無重要作為

仍有這種真愛會留低

我已不顧安危 誓死都一齊

看不起這個繁華盛世

縱使天主不忍心我們如垃圾般污穢

抱著你不枉獻世

別理三餐一宿 得到牧師的祝福 需要那種運

讓我滿足於飛車之中 抱緊苦戀的做一類人

面對這都市所有霓虹燈

我敢說我愛到動魄驚心

不負你 陪過我剎那的興奮

世界將我包圍 誓死都一齊

壯觀得有如 懸崖的婚禮

也許生於世上 無重要作為

仍有這種真愛耀眼生輝

我已不顧安危 誓死都一齊

看不起這個繁華盛世

縱使天主不忍心我們如垃圾般污穢

抱著你不枉獻世

世界將我包圍 誓死都一齊

壯觀得有如 懸崖的婚禮

也許生於世上 無重要作為

仍有生死之交可超越一切

我已不顧安危 誓死都一齊

愛得起你 為何還忌諱

也許出生當天本以為誰待我像公仔

最後卻苦戀螞蟻

難自愛都懂得怎相愛

找得到一個人共我分享這身世

還未算失禮

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
生死 /sheng1 si3/ B2	noun - life and death
傷口 /shāng kǒu/ B1	noun - wound
失蹤 /shī zōng/ B2	verb - to disappear
子彈 /zǐ dàn/ B1	noun - bullet
結婚 /jié hūn/ A2	verb - to marry
平庸 /píng yōng/ B2	adjective - mediocre
麻木 /má mù/ B2	adjective - numb
悲慘 /bēi cǎn/ B2	adjective - miserable
包圍 /bāo wéi/ B1	verb - to surround
誓死 /shì sǐ/ C1	adjective - vowing to die for something
壯觀 /zhuàng guān/ B2	adjective - spectacular
懸崖 /xuán yá/ B2	noun - cliff
婚禮 /hūn lǐ/ A2	noun - wedding
安危 /ān wēi/ B2	noun - safety and danger
繁華 /fán huá/ B2	adjective - flourishing, bustling
盛世 /shèng shì/ B2	noun - prosperous age
垃圾 /lā jī/ A2	noun - garbage, trash
污穢 /wū huì/ B2	adjective - dirty, filthy
獻世 /xiàn shì/ C1	verb - to make a fool of oneself (Cantonese slang), to sacrifice oneself (in a negative sense)
牧師 /mù shī/ B1	noun - pastor
祝福 /zhù fú/ B1	noun - blessing
苦戀 /kǔ liàn/ B2	noun - unrequited love, painful love
霓虹燈 /ní hóng dēng/ B1	noun - neon light
動魄驚心 /dòng pò jīng xīn/ C1	adjective - soul-stirring, breathtaking
興奮 /xīng fèn/ B1	noun - excitement
忌諱 /jì huì/ B2	verb - to avoid as taboo, to be afraid of
公仔 /gōng zǎi/ A2	noun - doll
螞蟻 /mǎ yǐ/ A1	noun - ant
身世 /shēn shì/ B2	noun - one's life experience, background

Key Grammar Structures

• 再不敢吻你你便再失蹤

  ➔ Using the double negation '再不敢...也不...' to express stronger negation or escalation.

  ➔ The phrase '再不敢' implies 'dare not anymore,' and combined with '你便再失蹤' ('then you will disappear again'), it emphasizes a stronger emotional plea.

• 縱使天主不忍心我們如垃圾般污穢

  ➔ Using '縱使...也...' (even if...) to express concessive or hypothetical situations.

  ➔ The structure '縱使' followed by a clause indicates 'even if' or 'although,' expressing a hypothetical or concessive idea.

• 我已不顧安危 誓死都一齊

  ➔ Using '已' + negative form to indicate an action has already been completed or an attitude of commitment.

  ➔ '已' (yǐ) indicates that an action has been completed or that a certain state has been reached, often combined with negative forms to emphasize commitment.

• 愛得起你 為何還忌諱

  ➔ Using '得起' (deqǐ) after a verb to indicate the ability or capacity to do something.

  ➔ '得起' (deqǐ) is a complement used after a verb to signify that one has the capacity, ability, or resilience to perform the action.

• 找得到一個人共我分享這身世

  ➔ Using '找得到' (zhǎo de dào) as a phrase meaning 'to be able to find' or 'can find' as an expression of possibility or ability.

  ➔ '找得到' (zhǎo de dào) is used to express the ability or possibility of finding something or someone.