漸漸 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅
• Album: 漸漸

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the nuances of Cantonese through 陳奕迅's poignant ballad, “漸漸”. This song delves into the complexities of fading love, offering listeners a chance to connect with heartfelt emotions while learning expressive phrases and subtle cultural undertones in the lyrics. Discover how language can capture the delicate dance of a relationship drifting apart.

[English]

Talking about morning in the night

After chatting, you seem more like a stranger

Subtitles say the winter is gray and gloomy

I answer you about the atmosphere here

It's like you've already forgotten

Even nostalgia feels exceptionally lonely

Among the clutter, there are relics and old photos

Who sells them off, who throws them away, who sees the dawn

Gradually, I don't want to know anything anymore

I feel that being lost is better than being awake

Gradually, I don't even want to announce my departure

Afraid that memories will eventually become a cliché topic

...

Don't let me suffer from insomnia again

...

After indulging, there are still unfulfilled dreams

In reality, you wander far away

And even advise me not to be attached

But I can see through it

Whose promise seems like a wavering belief

I've memorized small talk and jokes

Forget it, who remembers, who wants me to comment

Gradually, I don't want to know anything anymore

I feel that being lost is better than being awake

Gradually, I don't even want to announce my departure

Afraid that memories will eventually become a cliché topic

Loneliness, loneliness stems from your emptiness

Leaving me to be slapped by memories

If I leave behind quotes, who will read them

Nostalgia can only cover the quilt

Gradually, I don't even want to dance when I hear songs

I feel it's wonderful to lose all my senses

Being muddle-headed is better than remembering the horror

Remembering all kinds of feelings, but lacking our lifelong companionship

...

[Chinese]

在夜晚 說早晨

閒談後 你更像別人

字幕裡 說冬日灰暗

回答你 這邊的氣氛

就像你 已記不起了

連懷舊 也格外寂寥

雜物裡 遺物和舊照

誰變賣 誰棄掉 誰看到破曉

漸漸我甚麼都不想知道

我覺得迷失竟比醒覺好

漸漸我離開都不想宣佈

怕記憶 最後變話題 太俗套

別讓我 再失眠

沉迷後 有美夢未圓

現實裡 你飄蕩很遠

還勸我 不應該眷戀

但是我 卻看得穿了

誰承諾 似信念動搖

背誦了 閒話和玩笑

忘記吧 誰記住 誰要我發表

漸漸我甚麼都不想知道

我覺得迷失竟比醒覺好

漸漸我離開都不想宣佈

怕記憶 最後變話題 太俗套

寂寞 寂寞出於你的空白

剩下我被記憶掌摑

如留下語錄誰來看

懷念只可鋪滿被單

漸漸我聞歌都不想起舞

我覺得我失去一切知覺極美好

渾噩哪及記得恐怖

記得種種感覺 但欠你的廝守到老

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夜晚 /jiè wǎn/ A1	noun - night
早晨 /zǎo chén/ A1	noun - morning
別人 /bié rén/ A2	noun - other people
冬日 /dōng rì/ A2	noun - winter day
灰暗 /huī àn/ B1	adjective - gloomy, dull
氣氛 /qì fēn/ B1	noun - atmosphere, mood
懷舊 /huái jiù/ B2	verb - to reminisce, to be nostalgic adjective - nostalgic
寂寥 /jì liáo/ B2	adjective - lonely, desolate
雜物 /zá wù/ B1	noun - miscellaneous items, junk
遺物 /yí wù/ B2	noun - relics, remains (of the deceased)
舊照 /jiù zhào/ B1	noun - old photo
破曉 /pò xiǎo/ C1	noun - dawn, daybreak
迷失 /mí shī/ B2	verb - to lose oneself, to be lost
醒覺 /xǐng jué/ C1	verb - to awaken, to become aware
記憶 /jì yì/ A2	noun - memory
失眠 /shī mián/ B1	verb - to suffer from insomnia
沉迷 /chén mí/ B2	verb - to indulge in, to be addicted to
美夢 /měi mèng/ B1	noun - sweet dream
現實 /xiàn shí/ A2	noun - reality
眷戀 /juàn liàn/ C1	verb - to be sentimentally attached to
承諾 /chéng nuò/ B2	noun - promise, commitment verb - to promise, to commit
信念 /xìn niàn/ B2	noun - belief, faith
動搖 /dòng yáo/ B2	verb - to waver, to falter
玩笑 /wán xiào/ A2	noun - joke
空白 /kòng bái/ B1	noun - blank space adjective - blank
掌摑 /zhǎng guā/ C1	verb - to slap (someone's face)
語錄 /yǔ lù/ B2	noun - quotations, sayings
懷念 /huái niàn/ B1	verb - to cherish the memory of, to think of
知覺 /zhī jué/ B2	noun - perception
渾噩 /hún è/ C1	adjective - muddle-headed, ignorant
恐怖 /kǒng bù/ B1	adjective - terrible, horrible
廝守 /sī shǒu/ C2	verb - to stay together, to be with each other (often for life)