鏡中鏡 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 姜濤

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a unique linguistic and emotional journey with Keung To's "鏡中鏡" (Mirrors in Mirror). This Cantopop masterpiece, blending classical and contemporary sounds, offers a deep dive into themes of self-reflection and resilience. By exploring its introspective lyrics and compelling narrative, you can gain insights into Cantonese expressions related to personal growth, inner strength, and facing life's challenges. The song's rich lyrical depth and powerful message make it an exceptional piece for understanding both the language and the cultural nuances of emotional expression in Hong Kong music.

[English]

No breathing

Want to disappear

Accumulated grievances

Who climbs to a higher level

One more step higher

Chasing me every day, finally soaking me wet

Hairs standing up

Give myself some heart, give some kindness

A symbol that never changes

Ginger B, Ginger B

Don't want to be called proud

K-pop and Cantonese pop songs

How can this be acceptable

Fair and unbiased

(Off-key)

How many likes make it deserved

How much mockery forces me to kneel

How much life and death make me cry

How many bitter smiles hide my depression

Dancing together

All walking the wide road

Living alone, lighting a fire, dancing solo

Step by step

With a song, with hundreds of words

Giving me strength to shout out loud

Pouring out all my strength to tell fame and loneliness

Leaving comments and debating passionately

(Counterattack)

On stage and behind the scenes, working together to tell our story

(Fight back)

Still sweeping even after the leaves fall

Keep sweeping

Number of lives

So pure, like

In the next life

Karma for idleness

Seeing signs in the mirror

(Piercing through)

Fighting again, still hopeless

(Circle around)

I see the blueprint hidden in my soul

(Puzzle)

The emergency exit is in sight

How hard to escape, how hard to escape

Once again exhausted by social media

How can I escape, how can I escape

Looking back to my childhood as a chubby ten-year-old

Only then do I realize

I want to go back to my childhood days

Searching for the moment I was bullied

Finding the key again

Uncovering wounds, caring carefully

Leading me to realization, shouting it out

Doubts and cowardice, pouring out with all my strength

Soul and guts, forcing it all out

(Dismantle)

Childhood and now, working together to spit it out

(Converge)

Spitting until illusions fade away, still吐

Keep vomiting

Turning into a waterfall

Flooding everything

Only then realize

That I am actually the tide

Who

Lonely facing the hollow mirror

Who

Confusing mirror images causing trouble

The mirror ahead brings fear

Lingering tears

Double mirrors stacked, endless conflict

It's also myself

[Chinese]

不呼吸

多想消失

囤積的冤屈

誰攀高一級

再高一級

天天都追迫我 終於沾濕

汗毛

畀畀心 畀畀心

永不變的標誌

姜B 姜B

不想被稱得意

K-pop Canto-pop

這比較怎可以

不偏 不倚

(走音)

幾多Like數先算應得

幾多恥笑迫我屈膝

幾多生死使我哭泣

幾多苦笑遮我抑鬱

便一伙共舞

盡做 大路

便生火獨舞

逐步 每步

以 一首歌曲 數百個字

賜我力量用力訴

成名和寂寞盡力訴

留言和辯論落力訴

(反攻)

台前和幕後合力訴

(反擊)

掃到那落葉落盡尚在掃

繼續掃

要命數

潔白到

來生

無業報

看鏡裡似有線報

(識穿)

再對抗依然徒勞

(兜圈)

我看到心靈藏藍圖

(拼圖)

緊急出口已看到

如何難逃 如何難逃

再上社交平台疲勞

如何能逃 如何能逃

才回望十歲舊時肥仔

方知

我要折返童年時

追尋何時 欺凌何時

才尋回一條門匙

解開傷口 細意探視

領我頓悟 用力吐

懷疑和懦弱 盡力吐

靈魂和內臟 落力吐

(分解)

童年和現在 合力吐

(匯聚)

吐到那幻象幻滅 尚在吐

繼續吐

變瀑布

浸沒到

才知

根本我是濤

誰

獨對鏡中空虛

誰

迷惑鏡映作祟

一鏡在前的恐懼

一鏡後遺的眼淚

雙鏡對疊 無限敵對

也是我自己

Key Grammar Structures

• 再高一級

  ➔ 再 + verb/noun phrase (indicating 'again' or 'further')

  ➔ The particle "再" is used to indicate doing something again or further extending an action.

• 盡做 大路

  ➔ Verb + 盡 + noun (meaning 'to do something thoroughly/fully')

  ➔ The pattern "Verb + 盡 + noun" emphasizes completing an action thoroughly or to the fullest.

• 用力訴

  ➔ 用 + noun + + verb (meaning 'to use ... to do something')

  ➔ The pattern "用 + noun + + verb" indicates employing a tool or means to accomplish an action.

• 如何能逃 如何難逃

  ➔ 如何 + verb (question phrase meaning "how can")

  ➔ The phrase "如何 + verb" introduces a question about the possibility or method of doing something.

• 一鏡在前的恐懼

  ➔ Prepositional phrase + 的 + noun (possessive or descriptive marker)

  ➔ The structure "[prepositional phrase] + 的 + noun" connects a descriptive or possessive phrase with a noun.