拜月神 – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: Đẳng Thập Ma Quân
• Album: 拜月

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The 18th day of the first lunar month, an auspicious zodiac day.

Sorghum is lifted.

Lifted into red decorations.

A foot of grudges.

Cut hastily.

Leaving behind the good man.

How could we not go back?

Feigning a smile.

The red sandalwood clapper sounds.

Spoken cheerfully.

Truly hard to guess.

Listen.

At dawn, three miles away, it turned over.

Even and odd tones.

The clatter of hooves fades, and sorrowful words start.

He says it’s late, yet it feels swift.

When the door is pushed, the fog lifts.

Stray cats trailed a few blocks.

Climbing the tree with a crooked neck.

Peering, she sees her waiting.

The village feels odd.

All doors are closed.

It’s Wang Er Gou’s shoe again.

Lying outside the doorstep.

She stays alone, still remembering.

A love that cuts to the bone exists beyond right and wrong.

It hasn’t gotten off the horse yet.

The gentleman laughs.

The gentleman, amused, pondered for a long time.

He only hums a sorrow of parting.

This time she couldn’t respond.

She laughed as she cried.

Can you guess how she laughs while crying?

Crying.

Can you guess why, when she bows to heaven and earth, I laughed and cried?

First bow to heaven and earth.

Second bow to the ancestral hall.

Husband and wife bow to each other.

In front of the hall.

He said heartfelt words.

It doesn’t line up with the promise.

How could one be carefree?

Clear and overcast.

Sighing about childhood sweethearts.

Waiting for a jade-like wish.

A wine barrel.

She pricked up her ears to listen.

Outside the bridal chamber.

The kind Wang Er Gou ran over.

He came with snacks for her.

This time she truly couldn’t say a word.

She laughed as she cried.

Can you guess how she laughs while crying?

Crying.

Can you guess how she cries while laughing?

First bow to heaven and earth.

[Vietnamese]

正月十八 这黄道吉日

高粱抬

抬上红装

一尺一恨

匆匆裁

撇下良人

奈何不归

故作颜开

响板红檀

说得轻快

着实难猜

听着

卯时那三里之外翻起来

平仄

马蹄声渐渐落惆怅字开

说迟那时快

推门雾自开

野猫都跟了几条街

上树脖子歪

张望瞧她在等

这村里也怪

把门全一关

又是王二狗的鞋

落在家门外

独留她还记着

切肤之爱属是非之外

这不下马方才

那官人笑起来

那官人乐着寻思了半天

只哼唧出个离人愁来

她这次又是没能接得上话

她笑着哭来着

你猜她怎么笑着哭来着

哭来着

你猜她一拜天地我怎么笑着哭了

一拜天地

二拜高堂

夫妻对拜

堂前

他说了掏心窝子话

不对上诺言

岂能潇洒

晴阴

叹青梅竹马

等玉如意

一酒桶啊

她竖起耳朵一听

这洞房外

那好心的王二狗跑这

给她送点心来了

她这次可是没能说得上话

她笑着哭来着

你猜她怎么笑着哭来着

哭来着

你猜她怎么哭着笑来着

一拜天地

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
拜 /bài/ A2	verb - to worship or bow to
月 /yuè/ A1	noun - moon
神 /shén/ A2	noun - god or spirit
高粱 /gāoliáng/ B1	noun - sorghum
红装 /hóngzhuāng/ B1	noun - red dress or decoration
良人 /liángrén/ B2	noun - husband or kind-hearted person
响板 /xiǎngbǎn/ C1	noun - clapper or wooden instrument
马蹄 /mǎtí/ B1	noun - horse hoof
惆怅 /chóuchàng/ C1	adjective - melancholic or dejected
野猫 /yěmāo/ B1	noun - wild cat
切肤 /qièfū/ C2	adjective - deeply felt or piercing
洞房 /dòngfáng/ B2	noun - bridal chamber
点心 /diǎnxīn/ B1	noun - dim sum or snacks
青梅竹马 /qīngméizhúmǎ/ C1	noun - childhood sweethearts
玉如意 /yùrúyì/ C2	noun - jade scepter or symbol of good fortune