告別我 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 薛凱琪,Fiona Sit

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a fantastic way to connect with its culture, and Fiona Sit's "告別我" is a beautiful entry point into the nuances of Cantonese. The song's gentle melody and emotive lyrics about unspoken love can help you learn vocabulary related to feelings and relationships. What makes this song special is its poetic use of metaphor, like the 'goodbye me' flower, which adds a layer of depth to the language and storytelling.

[English]

I don't want to tell you, I once used ten thousand words, each filled with feelings.

Love sentences, writing countless words. How many times

I just want to let you know, it's hard to sleep peacefully outside in the rain.

On your side, why not listen closely, to the meaning of the melody.

Like my heart, gently trembling, missing the warm weather of this climate.

Leaving behind remnants, as if something had happened.

Can't find the words, just remember me a little.

Even without a conclusion, you and I still went through this.

Fleeting moments, grasping tight, short but deep.

How much is left behind? Still, there's nothing more to say.

Never truly possessed, but never forgotten.

Before parting, I send a 'Goodbye from Me.'

...

I don't want to tell you, maybe I won't speak, crossing the line.

Cherishing every current moment even more, we can already do that.

I just want to let you know, no regrets, no need to explain, but forever.

Loving you—why bother forgetting possession? Leaving fragments behind.

If, if our love is too beautiful, too fleeting and insignificant.

Allowing time to brush past us second by second.

Only raw feelings remain, unwashable, those feelings.

Even without a conclusion, you and I still went through this.

Fleeting moments, grasping tight, short but deep.

How much is left behind? Still, there's nothing more to say.

Never truly possessed, but never forgotten.

Before parting, I send a 'Goodbye from Me.'

...

If some feelings are destined to end in just a sensation.

Fleeting moments, grasping tight, short but deep.

How much is left behind? Still, there's nothing more to say.

Glad that I was given silent bloom.

Who once sent me a 'Goodbye from Me.'

...

[Chinese]

不想講你知 曾用十萬字 段段佈滿

愛句子 寫出千語萬言 有多少次

只想講你知 難平靜入睡 外面有雨

你那邊 何妨同樣細聽 旋律意思

如心 微晃 惦念氣候這份暖和

留低 餘芳 像有些發生過

沒法去講 只需要略記起我

沒結果仍可 你共我 這經過

輕渺捉緊過 短促深刻過

留下的何樣多 可說的仍不過

未嘗擁有也未忘掉過

臨行送過一朵「告別我」

不想講你知 也許不開口 犯越界線

會更加 珍惜分秒目前 已經可以

只想講你知 無憾沒道白 但是永遠

愛你的 何妨忘掉佔有 留下碎片

如果 如果 過份美麗 過份渺茫

容許 時光 逐秒的擦身過

剩了赤裸 洗不退那些感覺

沒結果仍可 你共我這經過

輕渺捉緊過 短促深刻過

留下的何樣多 可說的仍不過

未嘗擁有也未忘掉過

臨行送過一朵「告別我」

若有些情感 注定止於感覺

輕渺捉緊過 短促深刻過

留下的何樣多 可說的仍不過

慶幸給過我默然盛放

誰曾送我一朵「告別我」

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
告別 (gàobié) /gaʊ biːˈɛl/ B2	verb - to say goodbye to; to bid farewell
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
感覺 (gǎnjué) /ɡan˨˩ tɕɥɛ/ B1	noun - feeling, sense, perception
惦念 (diànniàn) /ti̯ɛn˥˩ ni̯ɛn˥˩/ B2	verb - to think about, to remember with affection
暖和 (nuǎnhuo) /nwan˨˩ xwo/ A2	adjective - warm
留 (liú) /ljoʊ/ A2	verb - to stay, to remain, to leave behind
餘芳 (yúfāng) /y̌ fyɑŋ/ C1	noun - lingering fragrance; lingering influence
結果 (jiéguǒ) /t͡ɕje˧˥ kwɔ/ B1	noun - result, outcome
輕渺 (qīngmiǎo) /t͡ɕʰiŋ˥ mjaʊ˨˩/ C1	adjective - fleeting, faint, vague
捉緊 (zhuōjǐn) /ʈ͡ʂwo ˥ t͡ɕin/ B2	verb - to hold tightly; to grasp firmly
短促 (duǎncù) /twan˨˩ tsʰu/ B2	adjective - brief, short, fleeting
深刻 (shēnkè) /ʂən˥ kʰɤ/ B1	adjective - profound, deep
忘掉 (wàngdiào) /wɑŋ ti̯ɑʊ/ A2	verb - to forget
美麗 (měilì) /meɪ li/ A2	adjective - beautiful
盛放 (shèngfàng) /ʂɤŋ faŋ/ C1	verb - to bloom in full splendor; to blossom luxuriantly