Chinese Song Medley – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: Cloud Wang (彭西颜)

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

A pot of cooking smoke simmers the dusk

An old cup of tea floats and sinks

The breeze, no one asks, wipes away all the dust

Drinking stars with you

The bright moon has no previous life for thousands of years

Shining on the wise awake through past and present

Young lords and sons, why ask?

Wasting my youth in vain

Writing for you, a few pages of poetry, a few lines of vows

Several long nights, several feelings of missing you

Your turning away makes me sleepless again

Writing for you, last night’s wind, tonight’s moon

Past life’s love, this life’s fate

That snow when we grow old together

I don’t love the boring world

But only love your brows and eyes

Writing for you, a few pages of poetry, a few lines of vows

Several long nights, several feelings of missing you

Your turning away makes me sleepless again

Writing for you, last night’s wind, tonight’s moon

Past life’s love, this life’s fate

That snow when we grow old together

I don’t love the boring world

But only love your brows and eyes

Who cares about old feelings under the candlelight?

Outside the west window, the loved one cries with difficulty

Who raises a cup and talks to the bright moon?

She’s waiting for you far away

Waiting for you, to write a few more strokes

Waiting for you, to play a few more tunes

Waiting for you, to return to the hometown

Waiting for you to top the exams with your name

Writing for you, a few pages of poetry, a few lines of vows

Several long nights, several feelings of missing you

Your turning away makes me sleepless again

Writing for you, last night’s wind, tonight’s moon

Past life’s love, this life’s fate

That snow when we grow old together

I don’t love the boring world

But only love your brows and eyes

First time meeting her, walking under the creek bridge

She gently picked a peach blossom

The whole garden in spring looks like a painting

Brewing fragrance into new tea

I pick up the brush, copying her under the moonlight

Longing from afar, please let go

A stack of rice paper becomes poetry and painting

Tears silently paint the elegance in the picture

I chase the light

Heartbeat in my chest

Passion burning with full vigor

I don’t regret the passionate youth

Rushing to my dreams

Fate’s mountains, seas, and flower sleeves

Still wanting to spread wings and fly

Not wasting the heat of youth, the time

Truth or lie

None beats that sentence

The sentence I must say to you every day

Do I miss you? Do I love you?

Willing to be the fool in love

This is my answer without hesitation

Rose, jasmine

Ask me which flower I like

Of course, it’s you, the flower in my heart

Love is teasing, love is scolding

Go ahead and throw your tantrums at me

Because you are always my concern

[Vietnamese]

一壶炊烟煮黄昏

一盏旧茶浮亦沉

清风无人问 拭尽万般尘

与君酌星辰

明月万年无前身

照见古今独醒人

公子王孙何必问

虚度我青春

为你写 几页诗篇 几行誓言

几个长夜 几次思念

你的转身 让我又失眠

为你写 昨夜的风 今宵的月

前世的恋 今生的签

和你白头的那一场雪

我不爱无聊人间

只偏爱你眉眼

为你写 几页诗篇 几行誓言

几个长夜 几次思念

你的转身 让我又失眠

为你写 昨夜的风 今宵的月

前世的恋 今生的签

和你白头的那一场雪

我不爱无聊人间

只偏爱你眉眼

烛灯下的旧情意谁理

西窗外的良人泣不易

举杯谁和明月提起

她在远方等你

等你 再落下几笔

等你 再弹奏几曲

等你 再回到故里

等你金榜把名题

为你写 几页诗篇 几行誓言

几个长夜 几次思念

你的转身 让我又失眠

为你写 昨夜的风 今宵的月

前世的恋 今生的签

和你白头的那一场雪

我不爱无聊人间

只偏爱你眉眼

初见她 漫步溪桥下

她轻摘 一朵桃花

满园春色美如画

酿得芳菲入新茶

我提笔 月下临摹她

遥遥相思请放下

宣纸一沓成诗画

眼泪无声 渲染画中的风雅

我追着光

心跳在我的心脏

满腔热血的奔放

我不悔青春激荡

奔赴愿望

命运的山海花棠

也要去展翅飞翔

不负青春的热浪 的时光

真的话 假的话

都比不了那句话

那句每天都要对你说的话

想你吗 爱你吗

愿做爱情的傻瓜

这是我决不犹豫的回答

玫瑰花 茉莉花

问我喜欢什么花

当然是你这朵我心中的花

亲是打 爱是骂

有娇尽管往我撒

因为你一直都是我的牵挂

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
写 /xiě/ A1	verb - to write
思念 /sīniàn/ B1	verb - to miss; to think of noun - missing; longing
青春 /qīngchūn/ B1	noun - youth
月 /yuè/ A1	noun - moon
风 /fēng/ A1	noun - wind
雪 /xuě/ A1	noun - snow
爱情 /àiqíng/ B2	noun - love
眉眼 /méiyǎn/ B2	noun - eyes and brows; facial features
桃花 /táohuā/ B1	noun - peach blossom
春色 /chūn sè/ B1	noun - spring scenery
心跳 /xīntiào/ B1	noun - heartbeat verb - to beat (of heart)
飞翔 /fēixiáng/ B1	verb - to fly
愿望 /yuànwàng/ A2	noun - wish; desire
命运 /mìngyùn/ B2	noun - fate; destiny
相思 /xiāngsī/ C1	noun - longing for a loved one
失眠 /shīmián/ B2	noun - insomnia
奔赴 /bēnfù/ B2	verb - to rush to; to head for
热血 /rèxuè/ C1	noun - fiery blood; passion
展翅 /zhǎn chì/ C1	verb - to spread wings

Key Grammar Structures

• 清风无人问 拭尽万般尘

  ➔ Resultative complement (V+尽)

  ➔ In ""拭尽"", the verb "拭" is followed by the resultative suffix "尽" to show the action is completed – "wipe completely".

• 为你写 几页诗篇 几行誓言

  ➔ Benefactive preposition 为

  ➔ The preposition ""为"" indicates the beneficiary of the action: "write for you".

• 你的转身 让我又失眠

  ➔ Causative verb 让

  ➔ The causative ""让"" makes the subject cause another state: "your turning lets me stay awake".

• 烛灯下的旧情意谁理

  ➔ Nominalizer 的 after noun phrase

  ➔ The particle ""的"" turns the preceding phrase "烛灯下" into an attributive modifier of "旧情意", functioning like a noun phrase.

• 等你 再落下几笔

  ➔ Adverb 再 indicating repeated/continued action

  ➔ The adverb ""再"" signals that the action of "落下" will happen again: "again, write a few strokes".

• 我提笔 月下临摹她

  ➔ Verb‑Object (V‑O) construction

  ➔ Both ""提笔"" (raise the pen) and ""临摹她"" (copy her) follow the V‑O pattern: verb + its object.

• 宣纸一沓成诗画

  ➔ Resultative complement 成 indicating transformation

  ➔ The verb "成" follows the noun phrase "宣纸一沓" to show the paper becomes a poem‑painting: "turn into".

• 真的话 假的话 都比不了那句话

  ➔ Negative comparative 比不了

  ➔ The structure "比不了" means "cannot compare (to)"; here it shows that neither true nor false words can match the stated sentence.

• 当然是你这朵我心中的花

  ➔ Emphatic 是…的 construction

  ➔ The pattern "是…的" emphasizes the identity of the subject: "It is you, the flower in my heart".

• 亲是打 爱是骂

  ➔ Parallel structure with 是…是…

  ➔ The repeated "是…是…" creates a parallel contrast: "Kiss equals hitting, love equals scolding".