漸漸 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅
• Album: 漸漸

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

在夜晚 說早晨

Talking about morning in the night

閒談後 你更像別人

After chatting, you seem more like a stranger

字幕裡 說冬日灰暗

Subtitles say the winter is gray and gloomy

回答你 這邊的氣氛

I answer you about the atmosphere here

就像你 已記不起了

It's like you've already forgotten

連懷舊 也格外寂寥

Even nostalgia feels exceptionally lonely

雜物裡 遺物和舊照

Among the clutter, there are relics and old photos

誰變賣 誰棄掉 誰看到破曉

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

漸漸我甚麼都不想知道

Gradually, I don't want to know anything anymore

我覺得迷失竟比醒覺好

I feel that being lost is better than being awake

漸漸我離開都不想宣佈

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

怕記憶 最後變話題 太俗套

Afraid that memories will eventually become a cliché topic

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別讓我 再失眠

Don't let me suffer from insomnia again

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沉迷後 有美夢未圓

After indulging, there are still unfulfilled dreams

現實裡 你飄蕩很遠

In reality, you wander far away

還勸我 不應該眷戀

And even advise me not to be attached

但是我 卻看得穿了

But I can see through it

誰承諾 似信念動搖

Whose promise seems like a wavering belief

背誦了 閒話和玩笑

I've memorized small talk and jokes

忘記吧 誰記住 誰要我發表

Forget it, who remembers, who wants me to comment

漸漸我甚麼都不想知道

Gradually, I don't want to know anything anymore

我覺得迷失竟比醒覺好

I feel that being lost is better than being awake

漸漸我離開都不想宣佈

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

怕記憶 最後變話題 太俗套

Afraid that memories will eventually become a cliché topic

寂寞 寂寞出於你的空白

Loneliness, loneliness stems from your emptiness

剩下我被記憶掌摑

Leaving me to be slapped by memories

如留下語錄誰來看

If I leave behind quotes, who will read them

懷念只可鋪滿被單

Nostalgia can only cover the quilt

漸漸我聞歌都不想起舞

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

我覺得我失去一切知覺極美好

I feel it's wonderful to lose all my senses

渾噩哪及記得恐怖

Being muddle-headed is better than remembering the horror

記得種種感覺 但欠你的廝守到老

Remembering all kinds of feelings, but lacking our lifelong companionship

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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)