花

• By: G.E.M.
• Album: MySecret

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

花　如果種在沙漠

A flower, if planted in the desert

用甚麼灌溉　要如何綻開

What should I use to water it, how can it bloom?

我　迷失在沙漠

I am lost in the desert

蒸發了自我　心如何打開

Evaporated my self, how can my heart open?

鋪了塵的心　模糊了原形

A heart covered in dust, blurring its true form

原來我已忘了我　自己

It turns out I have forgotten myself

我一直在尋覓　卻一直聽不清

I have been searching, yet I can't hear clearly

The Voice Within my heart

The Voice Within my heart

誰能陪我尋覓　我該不該放棄

Who can accompany me in my search, should I give up?

Where's The Voice Within my heart

Where's The Voice Within my heart

剝落的色彩

The colors have peeled away

如何補回來　心缺了一塊

How can I restore it, my heart is missing a piece

請你　填補我的空白

Please fill my void

帶我回來　初生的時代

Take me back to the time of my birth

能不能靠近　潔淨我灰的心

Can I get close, to cleanse my gray heart?

呼喚我原始的　自己

Call back my original self

我一直在尋覓　卻一直聽不清

I have been searching, yet I can't hear clearly

The Voice Within my heart

The Voice Within my heart

誰能陪我尋覓　到底是不是你

Who can accompany me in my search, is it really you?

Where's The Voice Within my heart

Where's The Voice Within my heart

大概我的靈魂　有你才完整

Perhaps my soul is complete only with you

像雙手的默契　左右相反卻接近

Like the harmony of two hands, opposite yet close

你是鏡子裡的我　自己

You are the reflection of me in the mirror

我一直在尋覓　卻一直聽不清

I have been searching, yet I can't hear clearly

The Voice Within my heart

The Voice Within my heart

誰能陪我尋覓　我相信只有你

Who can accompany me in my search, I believe it's only you

You're The Voice Within my heart

You're The Voice Within my heart

終於遇見了你　我知道就是你

Finally met you, I know it's you

You're The Voice Within my heart

You're The Voice Within my heart

You're The Voice Within my heart

You're The Voice Within my heart

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
花 (huā) /xu̯aː/ A1	noun - flower
沙漠 (shāmò) /ʂá.mwô/ A2	noun - desert
灌溉 (guàngài) /kwân.kài/ B2	verb - to irrigate
綻開 (zhànkāi) /ʈʂân.kʰái/ C1	verb - to bloom, to burst open
迷失 (míshī) /mǐ.ʂɨ/ B1	verb - to lose (one's way), to be lost
蒸發 (zhēngfā) /ʈʂə́ŋ.fá/ B2	verb - to evaporate
自我 (zìwǒ) /tsz̥wǒ/ B2	noun - self, ego
塵 (chén) /ʈʂʰə̌n/ B1	noun - dust
模糊 (móhú) /mwǒ.xǔ/ B1	adjective - blurred, vague verb - to blur
原形 (yuánxíng) /y̌ɥæ̌n.ɕǐŋ/ B2	noun - original form, true colors
尋覓 (xúnmì) /ɕy̌n.mî/ B2	verb - to seek, to look for
剝落 (bōluò) /pwó.lwô/ B2	verb - to peel off, to come off
色彩 (sècǎi) /sɤ̂.tsʰài/ B1	noun - color
填補 (tiánbǔ) /tʰjɛ̌n.pù/ B2	verb - to fill a gap, to make up for
空白 (kòngbái) /kʰôŋ.pǎɪ/ B1	noun - blank space, gap
潔淨 (jiéjìng) /t͡ɕjɛ̌.t͡ɕîŋ/ B2	verb - to clean adjective - clean
靈魂 (línghún) /lǐŋ.xu̯ən/ B1	noun - soul
完整 (wánzhěng) /wǎn.ʈʂə̀ŋ/ B1	adjective - complete, intact
默契 (mòqì) /mwô.t͡ɕʰî/ B2	noun - tacit understanding, rapport
接近 (jiējìn) /t͡ɕjɛ́.t͡ɕîn/ B1	verb - to approach, to get close to
遇見 (yùjiàn) /ŷ.t͡ɕjɛ̂n/ A2	verb - to meet

Grammar:

• 用甚麼灌溉 要如何綻開

  ➔ Use of question words to inquire about methods or ways ('用甚麼', '要如何')

  ➔ '用甚麼' asks 'what' to inquire about the means, and '要如何' asks 'how' to inquire about the method.

• 我一直在尋覓 卻一直聽不清

  ➔ Use of continuous aspect with '一直在' to indicate ongoing action

  ➔ '一直在' indicates an ongoing action, meaning 'have been' doing something for a period.

• 心如何打開

  ➔ Using question word '如何' in a rhetorical question about method 'how to open the heart'

  ➔ '如何' means 'how' and is used here in a question about the method of opening the heart.

• 剝落的色彩 如何補回來

  ➔ Use of '如何' to question the way to restore '剝落的色彩' ('faded colors')

  ➔ '如何' questions the method or way to recover '剝落的色彩', which means faded or peeling colors.

• 能不能靠近 潔淨我灰的心

  ➔ Use of '能不能' to ask whether something is possible ('can or cannot')

  ➔ '能不能' is a modal phrase asking if something is possible or allowed, translating to 'can or cannot'.

• 你是鏡子裡的我 自己

  ➔ Use of '是' as a predicative verb meaning 'am/is/are' to equate 'you' and 'mirror's reflection'

  ➔ '是' functions as a linking verb meaning 'am' or 'is', equating 'you' with 'my reflection in the mirror'.