活 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Jeremy 李駿傑

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

難道有些渴望如雛菊開於崩的盤

Could some desires be like daisies blooming on a broken plate

似沙飄於乾的湖

Like sand drifting over a dry lake

我已愛上你的挑撥

I’ve fallen in love with your provocation

難道有些缺憾能擔當但是未能替換

Could some regrets be bearable but never replaceable

太多不想知道有時為了 不想看穿

There’s too much I don’t want to know, sometimes to avoid seeing through

誰管它死活

Who cares about life or death

但求在呼吸你的呼吸先叫活

Just hoping that in breathing your breath, I can truly feel alive

沒法真的得到有時為了

Can't really have everything, sometimes it’s enough to

只需要盡情將一個洞穴填滿

Fill a cave completely with passion

我懷疑必須愛的必須吃點苦

I doubt that to love is to suffer a little

就當淪為奴僕只等支配

Just accept being a slave, waiting for control

心將會死 但不會枯

The heart will die, but won’t wither

明白你的叫喚如詩歌將哀哭淹沒

Realizing your call is like poetry drowning in sorrow

瘦的身軀不信衣衫太寬

My thin body refuses to believe my clothes are too loose

活下來 該怎樣好好去活

How to go on living, how to truly live well

明白我的血脈能稀釋但是未能了斷

Understanding my bloodline can dilute, but can’t resolve everything

有些瘡疤揭開感覺是你 或是背叛

Some wounds opened up, feeling either you or betrayal

誰管它死活

Who cares about life or death

但求在呼吸你的呼吸先叫活

Just hoping that in breathing your breath, I can truly feel alive

沒法真的得到有時為了

Can't really have everything, sometimes it’s enough to

只需要盡情將一個洞穴填滿

Fill a cave completely with passion

我懷疑必須愛的必須吃點苦

I doubt that to love is to suffer a little

就當淪為奴僕只等支配

Just accept being a slave, waiting for control

心不會枯

The heart won’t wither

願我永遠記得戀愛有時為了

May I always remember that sometimes love is about

永遠瘋癲

Never going insane

誰管它死活

Who cares about life or death

但求在呼吸你的呼吸先叫活

Just hoping that in breathing your breath, I can truly feel alive

沒了呼吸先要活

Without breath, I must keep living

沒了 更加努力跟一切命運談判

Without it, I’ll work even harder to negotiate with fate

我懷疑必須愛的必須吃點苦

I doubt that to love is to suffer a little

就當淪為奴僕只等支配

Just accept being a slave, waiting for control

心不怕死 偏偏怕枯

The heart fears death, but fears withering even more

活著就要活

To live is to truly live

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
渴望 /kě wàng/ B2	noun - desire or longing
崩 /bēng/ C1	verb/noun - collapse or break apart
盤 /pán/ C2	noun - plate, tray, or disc
沙 /shā/ B2	noun - sand
湖 /hú/ B1	noun - lake
愛 /ài/ A2	noun/verb - love; to love
挑撥 /tiǎo bō/ C1	noun/verb - provocation, to provoke
缺憾 /quē hàn/ C2	noun - regret, imperfection
擔當 /dān dāng/ C1	verb/noun - to undertake, responsibility
空洞 /kōng dòng/ B2	noun/adj - hollow, void
懷疑 /huái yí/ B2	verb/noun - to doubt; doubt
填滿 /tián mǎn/ B2	verb - to fill completely
苦 /kǔ/ A2	noun/adj - suffering, bitter
奴僕 /nú pú/ C1	noun - slave
支配 /zhī pèi/ C1	verb/noun - to dominate; domination
死 /sǐ/ A2	noun/verb - death; to die
枯 /kū/ C1	verb/adj - wither, withered
活 /huó/ A1	verb/adjective - to live, alive

Key Grammar Structures

• 難道有些渴望如雛菊開於崩的盤

  ➔ Simile (如...般)

  ➔ The phrase uses the structure '如...般' to create a simile, comparing desires to daisies blooming.

• 我已愛上你的挑撥

  ➔ Present perfect tense (已...上)

  ➔ The use of '已' indicates that the action of falling in love has been completed.

• 心將會死 但不會枯

  ➔ Future tense (將會)

  ➔ The phrase '將會' indicates a future action or state, suggesting that the heart will die but not wither.

• 願我永遠記得戀愛有時為了

  ➔ Subjunctive mood (願)

  ➔ The use of '願' expresses a wish or desire, indicating a hypothetical situation.

• 沒法真的得到有時為了

  ➔ Negative form (沒法)

  ➔ The phrase '沒法' indicates the inability to achieve something, emphasizing a negative aspect.

• 心不會枯

  ➔ Future tense with negation (不會)

  ➔ The phrase '不會' indicates a future action that will not happen, suggesting resilience.

• 活著就要活

  ➔ Imperative mood (就要)

  ➔ The phrase '就要' expresses a command or necessity, emphasizing the importance of living.