黑夜問白天 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 林俊傑

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of Mandarin through JJ Lin's “黑夜問白天,” a song that uses vivid imagery and profound metaphors to depict life's trials. Learn about resilience and self-reflection as you delve into the rich vocabulary and emotional nuances of this compelling song.

[English]

The face of the vulture in the half sky

Memories from half a lifetime are swirling

The day and night line after the fifty-third day

...

Waiting for the night to ask the day

Can it forgive the gray world?

Don't exchange day and night, the frozen tears are salty with just a drop

A postcard from twilight

It is silent, colorless, and wordless

Climb over the mountain peak and make a funny face with me

But the night hates the day

Desperately moving forward, unable to hear the rescue

Fate is too crazy, every blink feels profound

The black geese against the light also fly far away

Waiting for goodbye is not as good as saying goodbye once

Pick a day

...

The bruises beneath the skin seep blood

The despair within the cells cries out for justice

Whipped by the loneliness of fifty-three days

...

Waiting for the night to ask the day

Can it forgive the gray world?

Don't exchange day and night, the frozen tears are salty with just a drop

A postcard from twilight

It is silent, colorless, and wordless

Climb over the mountain peak and make a funny face with me

Shout, the night kisses the day

Thank you, time, for reddening my eyes

The halo of the past, every moment feels absolute

The day and night that ran past

Is a lonely practice

Saying goodbye is not as good as forgetting to meet again

...

It's nice in mid-air, no noise, fewer people

But you can see those storms close on the horizon

...

(The night kisses the day)

Thank you, time, for reddening my eyes

The halo of the past, every moment feels absolute

The day and night that ran past

Is a lonely practice

Saying goodbye is not as good as forgetting to meet again

...

Today

...

[Chinese]

半天上的禿鷹那張臉

半生中的記憶在盤旋

第五十三天後的日夜線

等黑夜問白天

能不能赦免 灰色的人間

別交換吧日夜 冰封的眼淚 一滴就很鹹

來自暮光的明信片

它無聲無色無言

翻過山巔跟我扮鬼臉

但黑夜恨白天

拼命的往前 聽不到救援

命運太瘋癲 每一眨眼 都很玄

那對逆光中的黑雁 也飛過去老遠

等再見不如說一次 再見

挑一天

皮膚之下的瘀青滲著血

細胞之中的絕望在喊冤

被五十三天的孤單抽一鞭

等黑夜問白天

能不能赦免 灰色的人間

別交換吧日夜 冰封的眼淚 一滴就很鹹

來自暮光的明信片

它無聲無色無言

翻過山巔跟我扮鬼臉

喊黑夜吻白天

謝謝了時間 弄紅了雙眼

往事的光圈 每一瞬間 都很絕

那跑過去的晝夜

是孤獨的修煉

說再見不如忘掉能再見

在半空中真好 不會吵 人少

卻看得到那些近在天邊的風暴

(黑夜吻白天)

謝謝了時間 弄紅了雙眼

往事的光圈 每一瞬間 都很絕

那跑過去的晝夜

是孤獨的修煉

說再見不如忘掉能再見

今天

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
黑夜 /hēi yè/ B1	noun - night
白天 /bái tiān/ B1	noun - daytime
記憶 /jì yì/ B2	noun - memory
孤單 /gū dān/ B2	adjective - lonely
眼淚 /yǎn lèi/ B1	noun - tears
時間 /shí jiān/ A2	noun - time
光圈 /guāng quān/ C1	noun - light circle
絕望 /jué wàng/ B2	noun - despair
明信片 /míng xìn piàn/ B1	noun - postcard
命運 /mìng yùn/ B2	noun - destiny
翻過 /fān guò/ B1	verb - to turn over
挑 /tiāo/ A2	verb - to choose
飛 /fēi/ A1	verb - to fly
鹹 /xián/ B2	adjective - salty
修煉 /xiū liàn/ C1	noun - cultivation