画情 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 姚贝娜

Lyrics & Translation

Immerse yourself in the elegance of the Chinese language through 'Hua Qing.' This song is a perfect gateway for learners to explore poetic vocabulary and 'Zhongguo Feng' (Chinese style) music, offering a glimpse into how classical imagery is used to express deep emotion in modern Mandopop.

[English]

I'll keep your image, painted in my heart

No one can take away the scene of our first meeting

Even if time alters my youthful beauty

You will still be that passionate young man from the past

...

The story between us is now just a hollow shell

Lovers have long since changed their ways

But I hold on tight, forcing myself to be strong through the pain

Left with the wild arrogance of memories

Don't let go, don't seek the truth

Because I want to be the shoulder you lean on

I'll keep your image, painted in my heart

No one can take away the scene of our first meeting

Even if time alters my youthful beauty

You will still be that passionate young man from the past

Having you for just one night, our very souls entwined

Let the world gossip; let them judge who loves whom

What is so hard about life and death? Let no one interfere

Without you, I am merely gasping for breath

...

The story between us is now just a hollow shell

Lovers have long since changed their ways

But I hold on tight, forcing myself to be strong through the pain

Left with the wild arrogance of memories

Don't let go, don't seek the truth

Because I want to be the shoulder you lean on

I'll keep your image, painted in my heart

No one can take away the scene of our first meeting

Even if time alters my youthful beauty

You will still be that passionate young man from the past

Having you for just one night, our very souls entwined

Let the world gossip; let them judge who loves whom

What is so hard about life and death? Let no one interfere

Without you, I am merely gasping for breath

Without you, I am merely gasping for breath

...

[Chinese]

留住你一面 畫在我心間

誰也拿不走 初見的畫面

哪怕是歲月 篡改我紅顏

你還是昔日 多情的少年

我和你這故事 只剩皮囊

戀人早換了模樣

但我緊抓不放 痛也要逞強

剩下記憶的猖狂

不要遺忘 不要真相

因為我要 是你的肩膀

留住你一面 畫在我心間

誰也拿不走 初見的畫面

哪怕是歲月 篡改我紅顏

你還是昔日 多情的少年

留得你一晚 骨骼都相纏

人世的流言 誰愛誰評斷

生死有何難 誰都別來管

若是沒有你 我苟延殘喘

我和你這故事 只剩皮囊

戀人早換了模樣

但我緊抓不放 痛也要逞強

剩下記憶的猖狂

不要遺忘 不要真相

因為我要 是你的肩膀

留住你一面 畫在我心間

誰也拿不走 初見的畫面

哪怕是歲月 篡改我紅顏

你還是昔日 多情的少年

留得你一晚 骨骼都相纏

人世的流言 誰愛誰評斷

生死有何難 誰都別來管

若是沒有你 我苟延殘喘

若是沒有你 我苟延殘喘

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
画 huà HSK1	verb - to draw/paint
岁月 suìyuè HSK5	noun - years/time
篡改 cuàngǎi HSK6	verb - to tamper with/falsify
红颜 hóngyán HSK6	noun - pretty woman/youthful face
昔日 xīrì HSK5	noun - formerly/in the past
多情 duōqíng HSK6	adjective - sentimental/affectionate
皮囊 pínáng HSK6	noun - physical body (often used dismissively)
逞强 chěngqiáng HSK6	verb - to show off strength/pretend to be strong
猖狂 chāngkuáng HSK6	adjective - rampant/furious
遗忘 yíwàng HSK5	verb - to forget
真相 zhēnxiàng HSK5	noun - truth
骨骼 gǔgé HSK5	noun - skeleton/bones
流言 liúyán HSK6	noun - rumor/gossip
评断 píngduàn HSK6	verb - to judge/evaluate
苟延残喘 gǒuyán cánchuǎn HSK6	idiom - to hang by a thread/to linger on in a steadily worsening condition