孤獨娛樂 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 林俊傑 JJ LIN

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant beauty of Mandarin through JJ Lin's "孤獨娛樂". This song offers a unique window into understanding complex emotions and finding solace in solitude, making it a compelling choice for language learners interested in exploring themes of resilience and self-discovery in modern music.

[English]

The day has ended, clouds are hazy, everything feels lukewarm.

The wind feels heavy, the rain tastes bitter, half-tired, half-thirsty.

I hear it, pain sensing joy.

Why do you ignore the hardships?

My heart is heavy, people have fallen, the Earth is crying out.

Categorized, unsolvable, a blind box of disasters.

Though light is formless, my pulse remembers.

You came at just the right time, to witness it all.

I turn loneliness into entertainment.

Slow and bitter.

Look at these past few years, half good, half bad.

With half a face, just barely surviving.

I make loneliness my own entertainment.

Who can I tell this to?

The peaceful mode I once overlooked.

In an instant, it truly became a thing of the past.

Became invisible.

Never to be seen again.

Ascetics and beginners.

An incomprehensible, locked riddle.

In adversity, by a clap of thunder,

Shattered, yet I laughed.

I know the world is quite dark.

But I'm also the one pressing forward, wounded.

No retreat, no tears, no disgrace.

I won't accept fate, nor will I conform.

I turn loneliness into entertainment.

Simple and unique.

Just wait a few years, when time flies by.

Black and white will make peace.

I take this loneliness as my entertainment.

Helpless, with no way out.

Let's silently lie dormant at the bottom of memory.

I won't say anything else.

Pain bordering on joy.

Pain aches for joy.

[Chinese]

天關了 雲混了 半冷半熟

風黏了 雨苦了 半累半渴

我聽見了 痛聞快樂

為什麼你 無視坎坷

心堵了 人倒了 地球喊著

分類的 無解的 災難盲盒

光雖無形 脈搏記得

你來的正好 正好見證了

我拿孤獨當娛樂

緩慢 苦澀

瞧這幾年的 半好半惡

半張臉求活著

我拿手孤獨娛樂

跟誰 講呢

以前忽略的 靜好模式呀

一瞬間真的 成了以前的

成了隱形的

再不見了

苦行僧和初學者

弄不懂的 謎語鎖

逆境中被一聲雷

搗碎了 笑了

我知道 世界蠻黑的

但是負傷挺進的也是我

不言退 不流淚 不狼狽

不認命 迎合

我拿孤獨當娛樂

簡單 獨特

等過幾年吧 風馳電掣

黑跟白言和

我拿這孤獨娛樂

無奈 沒轍

到記憶底層 無語潛伏吧

其它不說了

痛瀕臨快樂

痛心疼快樂

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
雲 /yún/ A1	noun - cloud
風 /fēng/ A1	noun - wind
雨 /yǔ/ A1	noun - rain
聽 /tīng/ A1	verb - to listen
痛 /tòng/ A2	noun - pain adjective - painful
快樂 /kuài lè/ A1	adjective - happy noun - happiness
坎坷 /kǎn kě/ B1	noun - rough road, hardship
孤獨 /gū dú/ B1	adjective - lonely noun - loneliness
娛樂 /yú lè/ A2	noun - entertainment verb - to entertain
緩慢 /huǎn màn/ B1	adjective - slow
苦澀 /kǔ sè/ B2	adjective - bitter and astringent
臉 /liǎn/ A1	noun - face
靜好 /jìng hǎo/ B2	adjective - peaceful and good
隱形 /yǐn xíng/ B1	adjective - invisible
逆境 /nì jìng/ B2	noun - adversity
世界 /shì jiè/ A2	noun - world
負傷 /fù shāng/ B1	verb - to be wounded
簡單 /jiǎn dān/ A2	adjective - simple

Key Grammar Structures

• 我聽見了 痛聞快樂

  ➔ 了 – aspect particle (completed action)

  ➔ The particle "了" marks that the listening action is completed.

• 心堵了 人倒了 地球喊著

  ➔ 了 – change-of-state marker

  ➔ "了" after “堵” and “倒” shows that the heart and the person have *changed* into a blocked or fallen state.

• 光雖無形 脈搏記得

  ➔ 雖…但… – concessive conjunction

  ➔ "雖" introduces a concession (although light is "無形"), while the implied "但" (but) links it to the next clause.

• 我拿孤獨當娛樂

  ➔ 當 – verb meaning “to treat as / to regard as”

  ➔ "當" links the noun “孤獨” to “娛樂”, meaning “take loneliness as entertainment”.

• 不言退 不流淚 不狼狽

  ➔ 不…也不… – parallel negative construction

  ➔ Each clause starts with “不” and is linked by the implied “也不”, creating a series of things the speaker does *not* do.

• 成了以前的 成了隱形的

  ➔ 成了 – resultative complement indicating a change into a state

  ➔ "成了" shows that something *has become* “the former” or “invisible”.

• 我拿手孤獨娛樂 跟誰 講呢

  ➔ 呢 – sentence‑final particle indicating a rhetorical question or softening

  ➔ The particle "呢" at the end of “講呢” turns the statement into a gentle, rhetorical question: “who should I tell?”

• 到記憶底層 無語潛伏吧

  ➔ 吧 – modal particle expressing suggestion or mild command

  ➔ "吧" at the end invites the listener to imagine the silent lurking "at the deep layer of memory".

• 等過幾年吧 風馳電掣

  ➔ 過 – experiential aspect marker indicating that an action has been experienced over time

  ➔ "等過" uses "過" to show that the waiting has *already been experienced* for several years.