紅顏如霜 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周杰倫
• Album: Greatest Works of Art

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

信劄拆封誰為難 不過寥寥數行

Who is troubled by the unsealed letter? Just a few lines.

娟秀字跡溫柔 卻感傷

The elegant handwriting is gentle, yet sorrowful.

妳將心事 上了淡妝

You put your thoughts in light makeup.

該說的話 卻被仔細收藏

The words that should be said are carefully stored away.

暮色望垂楊 拱橋粼粼月光

In the twilight, I gaze at the willows, the bridge reflecting the shimmering moonlight.

憶往事我走筆 也闌珊

Recalling the past, my pen moves slowly, also dimming.

紅顏如霜 凝結了過往

A beauty like frost, crystallizing the past.

蘆葦花開歲已寒

The reeds bloom, yet the years are cold.

若霜又降路遙漫長

If frost falls again, the road is long and distant.

墻外是誰在吟唱 鳳求凰

Who is singing outside the wall? The phoenix seeks its mate.

梨園臺上 西皮二黃

On the stage of the pear garden, the melodies of the two styles.

卻少了妳 無人問暖

But without you, no one asks about warmth.

誰在彼岸 天涯一方

Who is on the other shore, at the ends of the earth?

一句甚安勿念 妳說落筆太難

A phrase of reassurance, you say it's too hard to write.

窗外古琴幽蘭 琴聲平添孤單

Outside the window, the ancient zither plays softly, adding to the loneliness.

我墨走了幾行 淚潸然落了款

I wrote a few lines with ink, tears fell quietly.

思念徒留紙上 一整篇被暈染

Longing is left on paper, an entire piece blurred.

一句甚安勿念 妳說落筆太難

A phrase of reassurance, you say it's too hard to write.

何故遠走瀟湘 妳卻語多委婉

Why did you leave for Xiao Xiang? Yet your words are so indirect.

走過蕭瑟秋涼 等來芒草催黃

Walking through the desolate autumn chill, waiting for the reeds to turn yellow.

而我遙望輕輕嘆

And I gaze far away, gently sighing.

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信劄拆封誰為難 不過寥寥數行

Who is troubled by the unsealed letter? Just a few lines.

娟秀字跡溫柔 卻感傷

The elegant handwriting is gentle, yet sorrowful.

妳將心事 上了淡妝

You put your thoughts in light makeup.

該說的話 卻被仔細收藏

The words that should be said are carefully stored away.

捎來的他鄉 到底隔幾條江

The message from afar, how many rivers apart?

一封信到底轉了幾道彎

How many twists did the letter take?

緣分飄落 在山外山

Fate drifts away, beyond the mountains.

蘆葦花開歲已寒

The reeds bloom, yet the years are cold.

若霜又降路遙漫長

If frost falls again, the road is long and distant.

墻外是誰在吟唱 鳳求凰

Who is singing outside the wall? The phoenix seeks its mate.

梨園臺上 西皮二黃

On the stage of the pear garden, the melodies of the two styles.

卻少了妳 無人問暖

But without you, no one asks about warmth.

誰在彼岸 天涯一方

Who is on the other shore, at the ends of the earth?

一句甚安勿念 妳說落筆太難

A phrase of reassurance, you say it's too hard to write.

窗外古琴幽蘭 琴聲平添孤單

Outside the window, the ancient zither plays softly, adding to the loneliness.

我墨走了幾行 淚潸然落了款

I wrote a few lines with ink, tears fell quietly.

思念徒留紙上 一整篇被暈染

Longing is left on paper, an entire piece blurred.

一句甚安勿念 妳說落筆太難

A phrase of reassurance, you say it's too hard to write.

何故遠走瀟湘 妳卻語多委婉

Why did you leave for Xiao Xiang? Yet your words are so indirect.

走過蕭瑟秋涼 等來芒草催黃

Walking through the desolate autumn chill, waiting for the reeds to turn yellow.

而我遙望輕輕嘆

And I gaze far away, gently sighing.

一句甚安勿念 妳說落筆太難 (妳說落筆太難)

A phrase of reassurance, you say it's too hard to write.

窗外古琴幽蘭 琴聲平添孤單 (琴聲平添孤單)

Outside the window, the ancient zither plays softly, adding to the loneliness.

我墨走了幾行 淚潸然落了款 (淚潸然落了款)

I wrote a few lines with ink, tears fell quietly.

思念徒留紙上 一整篇被暈染

Longing is left on paper, an entire piece blurred.

一句甚安勿念 妳說落筆太難

A phrase of reassurance, you say it's too hard to write.

何故遠走瀟湘 妳卻語多委婉

Why did you leave for Xiao Xiang? Yet your words are so indirect.

走過蕭瑟秋涼 等來芒草催黃

Walking through the desolate autumn chill, waiting for the reeds to turn yellow.

而魚雁不再往返

And the fish and wild geese no longer return.

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