花千樹 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 容祖兒, Joey Yung

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth of Joey Yung's "花千樹" (A Thousand Trees of Flowers) to enrich your Cantonese language learning journey. This beautiful Cantopop ballad offers a profound exploration of love, regret, and the human tendency to seek perfection, often at the cost of present happiness. The song's evocative poetry and emotionally resonant narrative make it an excellent piece for understanding nuanced expressions of feeling in Cantonese, while its gentle melody and clear vocals provide an accessible and engaging listening experience for language learners.

[English]

If love is just like traveling, I happily watch the scenes unfold

Just afraid that even if I walk the world for you, it might still happen

Does the universe hold a paradise beyond this world? Still searching

Falling for someone at first sight, is like being cruel to you

Who can guarantee a lifetime without regrets? Maybe something better is waiting right before us

Meet many lovers, flowers and forests alike

You haven't decided which suits you more; how to give your heart

Afraid that today’s choice is this person, but around the corner there's someone else

Offering a more passionate, breathtaking kiss

Why didn't you wait? You've already been trapped from the start

...

Flowers bloom everywhere, strange trees fill the woods; the many sights make it hard to choose

Turning back, afraid that wandering too long has left me no harvest, already dusk

Meeting many lovers, flowers and forests alike

You haven't decided which suits you more; how to give your heart

Afraid that today’s choice is this person, but around the corner there's someone else

Offering a more passionate, breathtaking kiss

Why didn't you wait? You've already been trapped from the start

...

Perhaps you're also very sorry, hurting hundreds of hearts

And still haven't decided who suits you, or perhaps you already know by now

The one you should be with has become a close relative

Watching who you’re with, then parting again

The beautiful things haven't yet happened, winter is gradually approaching

...

[Chinese]

戀愛若然像旅行 風景看盡至甘心

就怕給你走遍世間仍可能

疑問宇宙有沒世外桃源 尚要覓尋

一見就情定某人 等於對待你殘忍

誰能保証終生不抱憾 沒更好在眼前等

遇過很多很多戀人 一朵花跟森林

你未決定哪邊合襯 如何投入你情感

害怕今天挑選這人 轉角有個某君

送贈更動魄的熱吻

你為何沒有等 一早已被困

花滿地奇樹滿林 花多眼亂難評分

回頭只怕兜兜轉太耐 沒有採就已黃昏

遇過很多很多戀人 一朵花跟森林

你未決定哪邊合襯 如何投入你情感

害怕今天挑選這人 轉角有個某君

送贈更動魄的熱吻

你為何沒有等 一早已被困

大概你也抱歉得很 傷了幾百個心

也未決定那位合襯 或你知事到如今

共你應該一起的人 已變了做至親

看着你共誰合又分

美事還未發生 冬天已漸近