灰色 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 徐佳瑩
• Album: 心裡學

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of Mandarin through Lala Hsu's '灰色' (The Gray). This song is a wonderful tool for language learners as its lyrics paint vivid pictures with contrasting colors of 'white' and 'black' to describe love and life's complexities. The poetic language offers a rich vocabulary for expressing deep emotions, making the learning process both meaningful and memorable. What makes this song special is its profound message about finding harmony and balance, a universal theme that resonates deeply, all wrapped in a powerful and moving melody.

[English]

The beautiful dream I hate to wake from is you

That gentle, sweet cotton candy is you

The gardenia flower sending blessings is you

That lazy, drifting cloud is you

If life could be compared to colors

Only your presence can merge with me as one

Baby, I have loved you from the start

Now, past, present—all the same

There’s nothing but love for you

It’s all the same

I wish everything could stay the same

White (you)

White (you)

White, oh white you

White (you)

White (you)

White us

Where are we?

The dust I secretly brush away each day is me

That mysterious sealed black box is me

The triggered trap is me

The tears that suddenly fall are

How could they be me?

If we could be compared to colors

That would be the gray of having loved you to become my own

Baby, I have loved you from the start

Now, past, future—all the same

There’s nothing but love for you

It’s all the same

Past, future, all the same

You come walking slowly

Everything needs no words to understand

Let reality

Game over on the hearts full of scars

Even the marks of those years above my head

Are just light illuminating us

Still wanting to hold hands through hardships

...

Now, past, future—all the same

There’s nothing but love for you

It’s all the same

Past, future, all the same

White

White

White, oh white you

White

White

White us

White

White

White, oh you

White

White

White

Dependent on darkness

...

[Chinese]

清晨捨不得醒的美夢是你

那柔和清甜的棉花糖是你

傳遞祝福的梔子花是你

那慵懶飄飄蕩蕩的雲朵是你

如果生命可以用顏色比喻

只有你的存在能和我融為一體

Baby I have loved you from the start

現在過去未來都一樣

對你除了愛沒有其他

都一樣

多希望始終都一樣

白色 (的你)

白色 (的你)

白色的你啊

白色 (的你)

白色 (的你)

白色的我們

在哪裡

每日暗自拂去的塵埃是我

那神秘封印的黑盒子是我

一觸即發的卡特拉是我

那無故流下眼淚的

怎麼是我

如果我們可以用顏色比喻

那是愛過你才能成為的灰色自己

Baby I have loved you from the start

現在過去未來都一樣

對你除了愛沒有其他

都一樣

過去未來都一樣

你緩緩走來

一切都不言而喻

任憑現實

在我們佈滿傷痕的心底遊戲

就連我頭上那些歲月的痕跡

都是光喔照亮我們

還想要牽手走過的困境

現在過去未來都一樣

對你除了愛沒有其他

都一樣

過去未來都一樣

白色

白色

白色的你啊

白色

白色

白色的我們

白色

白色

白色的你啊

白色

白色

白色

跟闇黑相依

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
美夢 (měimèng) /meɪ mɛŋ/ B2	noun - sweet dream, beautiful dream
柔和 (róuhé) /roʊ hɛ/ B2	adjective - soft, gentle, mild
清甜 (qīngtián) /tʃɪŋ tian/ B2	adjective - fresh and sweet
棉花糖 (miánhuatáng) /mjɛn hwɑ tʰɑŋ/ A2	noun - cotton candy
祝福 (zhùfú) /ʈʂu fu/ B1	noun - blessing verb - to wish well, to bless
慵懶 (yōnglǎn) /jʊŋ lɑn/ B2	adjective - lethargic, lazy, indolent
飄蕩 (piāodàng) /pʰjaʊ dɑŋ/ B2	verb - to drift, to float
顏色 (yánsè) /jɛn sɤ/ A1	noun - color
生命 (shēngmìng) /ʂɤŋ mɪŋ/ A2	noun - life
存在 (cúnzài) /tsʰwən tsai/ B1	noun - existence verb - to exist
融 (róng) /rʊŋ/ B2	verb - to melt, to blend, to merge
塵埃 (chén'āi) /tʃʰən aɪ/ B2	noun - dust
神秘 (shénmì) /ʂən mi/ B1	adjective - mysterious
封印 (fēngyìn) /fəŋ in/ B2	verb - to seal noun - seal
觸發 (chùfā) /tʃʰu fa/ B2	verb - to trigger, to activate
卡特拉 (kǎtèlā) /kʰɑ tʰɤ lɑ/ N/A	noun - Katla (Icelandic volcano)
眼淚 (yǎnlèi) /jɛn leɪ/ A2	noun - tears
灰色 (huīsè) /xweɪ sɤ/ A2	noun - grey, gray adjective - gray
緩緩 (huǎnhuǎn) /xwan xwan/ B1	adverb - slowly, gradually
現實 (xiànshí) /ɕjɛn ʂɨ/ B1	noun - reality
傷痕 (shānghén) /ʂɑŋ xən/ B2	noun - scar
遊戲 (yóuxì) /joʊ ɕi/ A1	noun - game verb - to play (a game)
歲月 (suìyuè) /sweɪ jɥɛ/ B2	noun - years, time
痕跡 (hénjì) /xən ʥi/ B1	noun - trace, mark
照亮 (zhàoliàng) /tʂɑʊ liɑŋ/ B1	verb - to illuminate, to light up
牽手 (qiānshǒu) /tɕʰjɛn ʂoʊ/ A2	verb - to hold hands
困境 (kùnjìng) /kʰwən ʥiŋ/ B2	noun - difficult situation, predicament
闇黑 (àn hēi) /an xeɪ/ B2	adjective - dark, gloomy