K歌之王 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

我唱得不夠動人 你別皺眉

If my singing isn't moving enough, please don't frown.

我願意和你約定至死

I'm willing to vow to you until death.

我只想嬉戲唱遊到下世紀

I just want to playfully sing and wander into the next century.

請你別嫌我將這煽情奉獻給你

Please don't mind my offering you this sentimentality.

還能憑甚麼? 擁抱若未能令你興奮

What else can I rely on? If an embrace can't excite you,

便宜地唱出寫在情歌的性感

I'll cheaply sing the sensuality written in love songs.

還能憑甚麼? 要是愛不可感動人

What else can I rely on? If love can't move people,

俗套的歌詞 煽動你惻忍

I'll use clichéd lyrics to stir your pity.

誰人又相信一世一生這膚淺對白?

Who would believe in such shallow words as "a lifetime together?"

來吧 送給你叫幾百萬人流淚過的歌

Come on, I'll give you a song that has made millions weep.

如從未聽過誓言如幸福摩天輪

As if you've never heard vows, like a Ferris wheel of happiness,

才令我因你要呼天叫地 愛愛愛愛那麼多

Only then will I scream and shout for you, loving, loving, loving so much.

將我漫天心血一一拋到銀河

Casting all my painstaking efforts into the Milky Way.

誰是垃圾? 誰不捨我難過? 分一丁目贈我

Who is trash? Who can't bear to see me sad? Give me a bit of your pain.

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我唱出心裡話時 眼淚會流

When I sing from the heart, tears will flow.

要是怕難過抱住我手

If you're afraid of being sad, hold my hand.

我只得千語萬言放在你心

I only have a thousand, ten thousand words to place in your heart.

比渴望地老天荒更簡單 未算罕有

It's simpler than longing for eternity, not even rare.

誰人又相信一世一生這膚淺對白?

Who would believe in such shallow words as "a lifetime together?"

來吧 送給你叫幾百萬人流淚過的歌

Come on, I'll give you a song that has made millions weep.

如從未聽過誓言如幸福摩天輪

As if you've never heard vows, like a Ferris wheel of happiness,

才令我因你要呼天叫地 愛愛愛愛那麼多

Only then will I scream and shout for you, loving, loving, loving so much.

給你用力作20首不捨不棄

Forcefully writing 20 songs for you about not abandoning.

還附送你愛得過火

Also giving you a love that's excessive.

給你賣力唱20首真心真意

Energetically singing 20 songs for you with sincerity.

米高峰都因我動容

Even the microphone is moved by me.

無人及我 你怎麼竟然說 K 歌之王是我?

No one can compare to me, how can you actually say that I am the King of Karaoke?

我只想跟你未來浸在愛河

I just want to be immersed in a river of love with you in the future.

而你那呵欠絕得不能絕 絕到溶掉我

But your yawn is so absolute, so absolute that it melts me.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
唱 /chàng/ B1	verb - to sing
情歌 /qínggē/ B2	noun - love song
興奮 /xīngfèn/ B2	noun - excitement
愛 /ài/ A2	noun - love
毀滅 /huǐmiè/ C1	verb/noun - to destroy / destruction
幸福 /xìngfú/ B2	noun - happiness
流淚 /liúlèi/ B2	verb/noun - to shed tears / tears
心血 /xīnxiě/ C1	noun - heart's effort / blood, effort
誓言 /shìyán/ B2	noun - oath / vow
難過 /nánguò/ A2
攬 /lǎn/ B2	verb - to embrace / to hold
未來 /wèilái/ A2	noun - future
愛河 /ài hé/ C2	noun - Love River (figurative, poetic for love and romance)

Key Grammar Structures

• 我唱得不夠動人 你別皺眉

  ➔ Comparative structure

  ➔ The phrase "不夠動人" uses a comparative structure to express that the singing is not as moving as it could be.

• 我只想嬉戲唱遊到下世紀

  ➔ Desire expression with '只想'

  ➔ The phrase "只想" indicates a strong desire to do something, in this case, to play and sing.

• 誰人又相信一世一生這膚淺對白?

  ➔ Rhetorical question

  ➔ The line uses a rhetorical question to emphasize disbelief in the superficiality of love declarations.

• 來吧 送給你叫幾百萬人流淚過的歌

  ➔ Imperative mood

  ➔ The phrase "來吧" is an imperative, inviting someone to come and listen.

• 我只想跟你未來浸在愛河

  ➔ Future intention with '只想'

  ➔ The phrase expresses a future intention to be immersed in love, using '只想' to convey desire.

• 無人及我 你怎麼竟然說 K 歌之王是我?

  ➔ Contrastive structure

  ➔ The phrase contrasts the speaker's feelings of inadequacy with the unexpected praise they receive.

• 而你那呵欠絕得不能絕 絕到溶掉我

  ➔ Complex sentence structure

  ➔ The sentence uses a complex structure to convey deep emotions and the impact of the other person's actions.