落 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 鞠婧祎

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the enchanting world of Chinese music with Ju Jingyi's "落" (Fall)! This song offers a fantastic opportunity to learn Chinese through its beautiful lyrics, now accessible in English and Pinyin. Experience the unique blend of traditional Chinese elements with modern pop, and discover the rich culture and emotions embedded in this captivating song.

[English]

Who pulls down a ray of light from the night

To disturb a heart that has already fallen silent

The bright moon hangs high, a gentle breeze mingles with the stars

Listening to the sighs of solitude, fair beauty

Surrendering to the mundane world, transforming into a fleeting shadow

The grass grows, the oriole flies, long life falls

Love in twos and threes, thoughts that often linger

Drifting with the passing years

Flowers bloom and wither, the sun rises and sets, true feelings like smoke and waves

People only know loneliness, who cares about cause and effect

Tides rise and fall, the moon is full then wanes, seeing through but saying nothing

Too fragile, who can I talk to

Surrendering to the mundane world, transforming into a fleeting shadow

The grass grows, the oriole flies, long life falls

Love in twos and threes, thoughts that often linger

Drifting with the passing years

Flowers bloom and wither, the sun rises and sets, true feelings like smoke and waves

People only know loneliness, who cares about cause and effect

Tides rise and fall, the moon is full then wanes, seeing through but saying nothing

Too fragile, who can I talk to

Flowers bloom and wither, the sun rises and sets, true feelings like smoke and waves

People only know loneliness, who cares about cause and effect

Tides rise and fall, the moon is full then wanes, seeing through but saying nothing

Too fragile, who can I talk to

Too fragile, who can I talk to

[Chinese]

是谁从夜拽下一缕光

将那已沉寂的心扰乱

明月高悬微风与星穿

听寂叹 红颜

随了红尘 化作阑珊

草长莺飞 长命落

爱两三三 思却总常常

随流年 漂泊

花开花落 日升日没 真情如烟波

人只知寂寞 谁在乎因果

潮起潮落 月圆月没 看破不说破

太单薄 与谁能说

随了红尘 化作阑珊

草长莺飞 长命落

爱两三三 思却总常常

随流年 漂泊

花开花落 日升日没 真情如烟波

人只知寂寞 谁在乎因果

潮起潮落 月圆月没 看破不说破

太单薄 与谁能说

花开花落 日升日没 真情如烟波

人只知寂寞 谁在乎因果

潮起潮落 月圆月没 看破不说破

太单薄 与谁能说

太单薄 与谁能说

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
光 /ɡuāng/ A1	noun - light
心 /xīn/ A1	noun - heart
月 /yuè/ A1	noun - moon
风 /fēng/ A1	noun - wind
爱 /ài/ A1	noun - love
思 /sī/ B1	verb - to think
花 /huā/ A1	noun - flower
寂寞 /jì mò/ B1	noun - loneliness
潮 /cháo/ B1	noun - tide
因果 /yīn guǒ/ B2	noun - cause and effect
命 /mìng/ B1	noun - life
单薄 /dān báo/ B2	adjective - thin or scanty

Key Grammar Structures

• 是谁从夜拽下一缕光

  ➔ Passive Voice (implied)

  ➔ The sentence implies that the light is 'pulled' from the night, indicating a passive action. The subject '谁' (who) is the agent.

• 将那已沉寂的心扰乱

  ➔ Object + Verb + Complement (把字句)

  ➔ The '将' (jiāng) initiates a '把' structure, where the object ('那已沉寂的心' - that already silent heart) is moved to the front to be influenced by the verb ('扰乱' - to disturb).

• 听寂叹 红颜

  ➔ Ellipsis (omission of a verb)

  ➔ The sentence omits a verb, implying that the listener 'hears' or 'listens to' the sigh of a beautiful woman (红颜).

• 随了红尘 化作阑珊

  ➔ Prepositional Phrase and verb conjugation

  ➔ The phrase '随了红尘' (followed the red dust) functions as a prepositional phrase, indicating movement or association. '化作' (to become) is a verb describing the transformation.

• 草长莺飞 长命落

  ➔ Parallelism and Ellipsis

  ➔ This line uses parallelism with each phrase having similar structure (Subject + Verb + Object implied). It also employs ellipsis, omitting a verb (e.g., '花开' - flowers bloom, '草长' - grass grows).

• 爱两三三 思却总常常

  ➔ Emphasis and Contrast (though)

  ➔ The use of '却' (què - but/however) sets up a contrast. The small amount of love is contrasted with frequent thinking.

• 花开花落 日升日没 真情如烟波

  ➔ Repetition and Simile

  ➔ The phrase uses repetition of '花开花落' (flowers bloom, flowers fall) and '日升日没' (sun rises, sun sets) to create a sense of cyclical change. '真情如烟波' (True love is like waves) uses a simile, comparing true love to waves.

• 人只知寂寞 谁在乎因果

  ➔ Adverbial + Emphasis and Rhetorical Question

  ➔ '只' (zhǐ - only) emphasizes the loneliness. The second part is a rhetorical question, implying that no one cares about the cause and effect (因果).

• 潮起潮落 月圆月没 看破不说破

  ➔ Parallelism, Repetition, and Idiomatic Expression

  ➔ The line uses parallel structure with repetition of the patterns '潮起潮落' (tides rise, tides fall) and '月圆月没' (moon full, moon disappears), creating a sense of cycles. '看破不说破' (see through but don't tell) is an idiomatic expression meaning to understand something but not reveal it.