落葉歸根

• By: 王力宏, Leehom Wang

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

舉頭望無盡灰雲 那季節叫做寂寞

Looking up at the endless gray clouds, that season is called loneliness

背包塞滿了家用 路就這樣開始走

The backpack is filled with home essentials, and the journey begins like this

日不見 太陽的暖 夜不見月光的藍

The sun's warmth is unseen during the day, the moonlight's blue is absent at night

不得不選擇寒冷的開始 留下只擁有遺憾

I have to choose a cold beginning, leaving only regrets behind

命運的安排 遵守自然的邏輯

The arrangement of fate follows the logic of nature

誰都無法揭謎底

No one can unveil the mystery

遠離家鄉 不甚唏噓 幻化成秋夜

Far from home, feeling a bit sentimental, transforming into an autumn night

而我卻像 落葉歸根 墜在你心間

Yet I am like a falling leaf returning to its roots, landing in your heart

幾分憂鬱 幾分孤單 都心甘情願

A bit of melancholy, a bit of loneliness, all willingly accepted

我的愛像 落葉歸根 家 唯獨在你身邊

My love is like a falling leaf returning to its roots, home is only by your side

...

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舉頭望無盡灰雲 那季節叫做寂寞

Looking up at the endless gray clouds, that season is called loneliness

背包塞滿了家用 路就這樣開始走

The backpack is filled with home essentials, and the journey begins like this

日不見太陽的暖 夜不見月光的藍

The sun's warmth is unseen during the day, the moonlight's blue is absent at night

不得不選擇寒冷的開始 留下只擁有遺憾

I have to choose a cold beginning, leaving only regrets behind

命運的安排 遵守自然的邏輯

The arrangement of fate follows the logic of nature

誰都無法揭謎底

No one can unveil the mystery

喔 遠離家鄉 不甚唏噓 幻化成秋夜

Oh, far from home, feeling a bit sentimental, transforming into an autumn night

而我卻像 落葉歸根 墜在你心間

Yet I am like a falling leaf returning to its roots, landing in your heart

幾分憂鬱 幾分孤單 都心甘情願

A bit of melancholy, a bit of loneliness, all willingly accepted

我的愛像 落葉歸根 家唯獨在你身邊

My love is like a falling leaf returning to its roots, home is only by your side

但願陪你找回 所遺失的永恆

I hope to accompany you in finding back the eternity that was lost

當我開口你卻沈默 只剩一場夢

When I speak, you remain silent, leaving only a dream

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...

我卻像 落葉歸根 墜在你心間

Yet I am like a falling leaf returning to its roots, landing in your heart

幾分憂鬱 幾分孤單 都心甘情願

A bit of melancholy, a bit of loneliness, all willingly accepted

我的愛像 落葉歸根

My love is like a falling leaf returning to its roots

家 唯獨在你身邊

Home is only by your side

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
落葉 /lɔ̂ jɛ̂/ B1	noun - fallen leaves
歸根 /gwei gən/ B2	verb - to return to one's roots; to return to the origin
寂寞 /dʑî mwô/ B1	adjective - lonely; lonesome
家 /d͡ʒja/ A1	noun - home; family
灰 /xwei/ A2	noun - ash; grey
雲 /y̌n/ A1	noun - cloud
季節 /t͡ɕî t͡ɕjɛ/ A2	noun - season
太陽 /tʰai jaŋ/ A1	noun - sun
月光 /y̯ɥɛ̂ kwaŋ/ A2	noun - moonlight
藍 /lan/ A1	adjective - blue
寒冷 /xan ləŋ/ B1	adjective - cold; frigid
遺憾 /ǐ xan/ B2	noun - regret; sorrow
命運 /miŋ ŷn/ B1	noun - fate; destiny
邏輯 /lwó d͡ʒi/ B2	noun - logic
家鄉 /d͡ʒja ɕjaŋ/ A2	noun - hometown
秋夜 /t͡ɕʰju ʝɛ/ B1	noun - autumn night
憂鬱 /joʊ ỳ/ B2	adjective - melancholy; depressed
孤單 /ku tan/ B1	adjective - lonely; solitary
永恆 /y̌ŋ həŋ/ C1	adjective - eternal; perpetual
夢 /məŋ/ A1	noun - dream

Grammar:

• 舉頭望無盡灰雲

  ➔ Present tense for ongoing actions.

  ➔ The phrase "舉頭望" indicates an action happening in the present.

• 不得不選擇寒冷的開始

  ➔ Modal verbs for necessity.

  ➔ The phrase "不得不" expresses a necessity to choose.

• 命運的安排

  ➔ Possessive structure.

  ➔ The phrase "命運的" indicates possession, meaning 'of fate'.

• 而我卻像 落葉歸根

  ➔ Simile construction.

  ➔ The phrase "像" introduces a simile, comparing oneself to falling leaves returning home.

• 幾分憂鬱 幾分孤單

  ➔ Quantifiers for degree.

  ➔ The phrase "幾分" quantifies the feelings of melancholy and loneliness.

• 唯獨在你身邊

  ➔ Adverbial phrase for exclusivity.

  ➔ The phrase "唯獨" emphasizes exclusivity, meaning 'only'.

• 當我開口你卻沈默

  ➔ Contrastive conjunctions.

  ➔ The conjunction "卻" indicates a contrast between speaking and silence.