護航 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 許廷鏗
• Album: Shelter - Single

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the emotive world of Cantopop with Alfred Hui's "護航" (Keep Guard/Shelter). This powerful ballad offers a rich linguistic experience, allowing learners to grasp expressions of deep love, unwavering support, and longing in Cantonese. Its clear, evocative lyrics and Alfred Hui's heartfelt delivery make it an excellent song for understanding emotional vocabulary and poetic phrasing in the language, truly making it special for its lyrical depth and sincere sentiment.

[English]

Tonight, you and I are on two separate sides

Tonight, no stars to look up to

Who’s guiding me, where is the other side of my suffering sea

But I’m not sad, I’ve asked myself I’ve gained so much

Still hoping that you still need me or maybe you do

Wherever I am, I’ll always come to agree with you

In the past, in cold winter, when the stars dimmed and there was no moonlight

Your outline, unwilling to abandon me

Loving you, forever, will never be too much

Why, across the endless sky, only loneliness remains

Who’s guiding me, where will be my suffering sea’s other side

But I’m not sad, what does it matter what others say

Still hoping that you still need me or maybe you do

Wherever I am, I’ll always come to agree with you

I’ve never left, if you still permit

In the future, I will protect and guide you through dangers

Memories are too many, like raging fires evaporating me

Aimlessly drifting, glad that I can still keep you company in loneliness

Across thousands of years, in cold winter, when the stars dimmed and there was no moonlight

Your outline, unwilling to abandon me

I know the ending very clearly, existence is like a funeral song

Loving you is me, in the mortal world, out of remedy

Always hoping that you still need me or maybe you do

No matter where, I’ll always accept your storms

Across thousands of years, in cold winter, when the stars dimmed and there was no moonlight

Without your outline, I don’t know how to go on

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[Chinese]

這晚 你與我分隔兩方

這晚 無繁星給我仰望

誰提示我 哪裡是我苦海對岸

但我不難過 自問已得到太多

仍會期望 你仍然或者需要我

人於哪方 我隨時來替你附和

從前 寒冬裡 當星辰黯淡無月光

是你的輪廓 不肯捨棄我

愛你 永遠也不會太多

為何 無涯天邊只有冷落

誰提示我 哪裡會是我苦海對岸

但我不難過 旁人共我又何干

仍會期望 你仍然或者需要我

人於哪方 我隨時來替你附和

從無離開過 假使你仍許可

來日再由我 危劫中護航

回憶太多 似洪洪烈火蒸發我

無悔飄蕩 慶幸仍能替你寂寞

千百年 寒冬裡 當星辰黯淡無月光

是你的輪廓 不肯捨棄我

結局我很清楚 存在好比一首輓歌

愛你的是我 紅塵內救藥無方

始終盼望 你仍然或者需要我

不管哪方 我隨時承接你風浪

千百年 寒冬裡 當星辰黯淡無月光

沒你的輪廓 我不知怎去過

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
分隔 /fēngé/ B1	verb - to separate or divide
繁星 /fánxīng/ A2	noun - stars
提示 /tíshì/ B1	verb - to hint, to suggest
苦海 /kǔhǎi/ B2	noun - sea of suffering, a metaphor for hardships
期望 /Qīwàng/ B1	verb/noun - to hope; hope, expectation
輪廓 /lúnkuò/ B2	noun - outline, profile
捨棄 /shěqì/ B2	verb - to abandon, to discard
寂寞 /jìmò/ B1	adjective/noun - lonely, loneliness
救藥 /jiùyào/ C1	noun - remedy, cure
承接 /chéngjiē/ C1	verb - to undertake, to absorb, to take over
洪洪烈火 /hóng hóng lièhuǒ/ C2	noun - raging fire, conflagration
飄蕩 /piāodàng/ C2	verb - to drift, to wander

Key Grammar Structures

• 這晚 你與我分隔兩方

  ➔ Subject + 與 + Object + Verb + Adverbial Phrase

  ➔ The structure "你與我" (you and I) uses 與 to connect two nouns, indicating a relationship between them. "分隔兩方" (separated in two places) is an adverbial phrase modifying the verb.

• 誰提示我 哪裡是我苦海對岸

  ➔ Interrogative Pronoun + Verb + Pronoun + Interrogative Pronoun + 是 + Subject + Noun

  ➔ "誰提示我" (Who reminds me) is an interrogative sentence. "哪裡是我苦海對岸" (Where is the other side of my sea of suffering) uses "哪裡" (where) as an interrogative pronoun.

• 但我不難過 自問已得到太多

  ➔ Conjunction + Pronoun + Not + Adjective, Verb + Pronoun + Already + Verb + Too much

  ➔ "但我不難過" (But I am not sad) uses "但" (but) to introduce a contrasting statement. "自問已得到太多" (Asking myself, I have already received too much) uses "已" to indicate completion.

• 仍會期望 你仍然或者需要我

  ➔ Adverb + Modal Verb + Verb, Pronoun + Adverb + Adverb + Verb + Pronoun

  ➔ "仍會期望" (Still will hope) uses "會" as a modal verb to express willingness. "仍然或者需要我" (Still perhaps need me) uses "仍然" (still) and "或者" (perhaps) as adverbs to express uncertainty.

• 人於哪方 我隨時來替你附和

  ➔ Noun + Preposition + Interrogative Pronoun, Pronoun + Adverb + Verb + Preposition + Pronoun + Verb

  ➔ "人於哪方" (People in which place) uses "於" as a preposition indicating location. "我隨時來替你附和" (I will always come to support you) uses "隨時" (always, anytime) as an adverb of time.

• 回憶太多 似洪洪烈火蒸發我

  ➔ Noun + Too Much, Verb + Adjective + Noun + Verb + Pronoun

  ➔ "回憶太多" (Too many memories) uses "太多" (too much) to indicate quantity. "似洪洪烈火蒸發我" (Like raging fire evaporates me) uses "似" (like) to create a simile.

• 愛你的是我 紅塵內救藥無方

  ➔ Verb + Pronoun + 的 + 是 + Pronoun, Noun + Preposition + Verb + Noun + No + Method

  ➔ "愛你的是我" (The one who loves you is me) uses the "的...是..." construction to emphasize the subject. "紅塵內救藥無方" (Within the mortal world, there's no way to save it) uses "無方" (no way) to indicate impossibility.