後來 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 劉若英, René Liu
• Album: 我等你

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

後來　劉若英

Later, by Rene Liu

詞：施人誠　曲：玉城千春

Lyrics: Shiren Cheng, Music: Chiharu Tamaki

後來

Later

我總算學會了 如何去愛

At last, I learned how to love

可惜你

Unfortunately, you

早已遠去 消失在人海

Had already gone far away, vanished into the crowd

後來

Later

終於在眼淚中明白

Finally realized through tears

有些人

Some people

一旦錯過就不再

Once missed, they're gone forever

梔子花 白花瓣

Gardenia flowers, white petals

落在我藍色百褶裙上

Falling onto my blue pleated skirt

愛你

Loving you

你輕聲說

You softly said

我低下頭聞見一陣芬芳

I lowered my head and caught a gentle fragrance

那個永恆的夜晚

That eternal night

十七歲仲夏

Seventeen, midsummer night

你吻我的那個夜晚

The night you kissed me

讓我往後的時光

Made me remember all the moments afterward

每當有感嘆

Whenever I sigh

總想起 當天的星光

I always think of that night's starlight

那時候的愛情

The love we had back then

為什麼就能那樣簡單

Why was it so simple then

而又是為什麼

And why is it so complicated now

人年少時

When we're young

一定要讓深愛的人受傷

We often end up hurting the ones we love deeply

在這相似的深夜裡

On these similar, lonely nights

你是否一樣 也在靜靜追悔感傷

Are you quietly regretting and feeling sorrowful too

如果當時我們能

If only back then we could have

不那麼倔強

Been a little less stubborn

現在也 不那麼遺憾

Then maybe now I wouldn't feel so regretful

你都如何回憶我

How do you remember me

帶著笑或是很沉默

With a smile or in silence

這些年來 有沒有人能讓你不寂寞

Over the years, has anyone been able to keep you from feeling lonely

後來

Later

我總算學會了

I finally learned

如何去愛 可惜你

How to love. Yet, sadly, you

早已遠去 消失在人海

Had already gone far away, vanished into the crowd

後來

Later

終於在眼淚中明白

Finally understood through tears

有些人

Some people

一旦錯過就不再

Once missed, they’re gone for good

你都如何回憶我

How do you remember me

帶著笑或是很沉默

With a smile or in silence

這些年來 有沒有人能讓你不寂寞

Over these years, has anyone been able to keep you from loneliness

後來

Later

我總算學會了

I finally learned

如何去愛 可惜你

How to love. Sadly, you

早已遠去 消失在人海

Had already gone far, vanished into the crowd

後來

Later

終於在眼淚中明白

Finally realized through tears

有些人

Some people

一旦錯過就不再

Once missed, they’re gone forever

後來

Later

我總算學會了

At last, I learned

如何去愛 可惜你

How to love. Yet, sadly, you

早已遠去 消失在人海

Had already gone far away, vanished into the crowd

後來

Later

終於在眼淚中明白

Finally understood through tears

有些人

Some people

一旦錯過就不再

Once missed, they’re gone forever

永遠不會再重來

They will never come back again

有一個男孩

There was a boy

愛著那個女孩

Who loved that girl

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
學會 /xué huì/ B1	verb - to learn to master or understand
愛 /ài/ A2	noun - love verb - to love
遠去 /yuǎn qù/ B2	verb - to go away or disappear into the distance
消失 /xiāo shī/ B2	verb - to disappear
明白 /míng bái/ B1	verb - to understand or realize
錯過 /cuò guò/ B2	verb - to miss or lose (an opportunity, chance)
花瓣 /huā bàn/ B2	noun - petal (of a flower)
落在 /luò zài/ B1	verb - to fall and land on
沉默 /chén mò/ B2	noun - silence
感傷 /gǎn shāng/ C1	noun - sentimentality or sorrow
重來 /chóng lái/ C1	verb - to come again, to restart or do over
永遠 /yǒng yuǎn/ C2	adjective - eternal, forever

Key Grammar Structures

• 我總算學會了 如何去愛

  ➔ The use of "總算" (zǒngsuàn) shows the speaker's realization after effort or time, meaning "finally" or "at last".

  ➔ "学会了" (xuéhuì le) indicates the achievement of mastering a skill or knowledge.

• 有些人 一旦錯過就不再

  ➔ The phrase "一旦...就" (yídàn ... jiù) expresses a conditional or cause-and-effect relationship: "once... then..." or "if... then...".

  ➔ "錯過" (cuòguò) means to miss an opportunity or an event.

• 你都如何回憶我

  ➔ The word "如何" (rúhé) is used as an interrogative to ask "how" or "in what way".

  ➔ "回憶" (huíyì) means to recall or remember past events or memories.

• 永遠不會再重來

  ➔ The phrase "不會再" (bù huì zài) expresses future negation, meaning "will not again" or "will never".

  ➔ "重來" (chóng lái) means to come again or redo, indicating repetition or return.