盲婚啞嫁 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

若 如若時晨未到

If only the morning hadn't arrived yet

似水點散下落花 變朝露

Like water droplets scattering, falling flowers turning into morning dew

若 如若時來運到

If only luck would come in time

水點經過瀑布 萬人讚好

Water droplets passing through waterfalls, praised by thousands

缺一門 你尚有星門

Lacking one door, you still have the star gate

能不管 離合注定 你定悲歡

Can’t control it—separation and reunion are destined; you will surely have joy and sorrow

忘記它 仿似遺忘密碼

Forget it, as if losing the password

無密碼 方可以忘記它

Only without the password can you forget it

隨鏡花 一切如盲婚啞嫁

Like illusions in the mirror, everything is like blind marriage and mute bride

由它去轉化

Let it transform on its own

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別 別去懷恨月老

Don’t hold resentment against the Matchmaker

至少得到彈指間 那花渡

At least in a blink, that flower passes by

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苦 苦水隨甜蜜續吐

Bitterness and sweet moments continue to flow

暗黑先會頓覺 夕陽那麼好

Darkness suddenly dissipates, and the sunset looks so beautiful

五七言 也是太多言

Five-seven words—still too many words

能膚淺

Can only be superficial

忘掉對白 李白也是曲線 (亦靠天)

Forget the lines, even Li Bai took the curved path (also depends on fate)

忘記它 仿似遺忘密碼

Forget it, as if losing the password

無密碼 方可以忘記它

Only without the password can you forget it

隨鏡花 一切如盲婚啞嫁 作得準嗎

Like illusions in the mirror, everything is like blind marriage and mute bride—can it be accurate?

無謂徵婚轉嫁 無謂招婚改嫁

There's no point in reselling marriage proposals or changing matches

忘記它 拋棄遺傳密碼 (為何還用譯碼)

Forget it, abandon the genetic code (why still use translation?)

無密碼 根生已忘記花 (蟬在笑 夏季沒雪花)

No password—roots have forgotten the flower (cicadas laughing, no snow in summer)

忘記花 花瓣隨盲婚啞嫁 (萬世不朽終需腐化)

Forget the flower, petals fade like blind marriage and mute bride (immortality will eventually decay)

人非花 飛花與芽冬與夏 (人非花 秋冬變夏 暴雨下不想也罷)

Humans are not flowers—flying petals and buds in winter and summer (humans are not flowers—autumn and winter turn to summer; sometimes, it’s better not to think in the rain)

凡間的戲碼

The dramas of the mortal world

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
時晨 /ʃí chén/ B2	noun - time, hour
散 /sàn/ B1	verb - to scatter, to disperse
落花 /luò huā/ B2	noun - fallen flowers
朝露 /zhāo lù/ C1	noun - morning dew
運到 /yùn dào/ B2	verb - good fortune arrives
瀑布 /pù bù/ B1	noun - waterfall
缺 /quē/ B1	verb - to lack, to be short of
離合 /lí hé/ C1	noun - separation and reunion
悲歡 /bēi huān/ C1	noun - joys and sorrows
密碼 /mì mǎ/ B1	noun - password, code
鏡花 /jìng huā/ C2	noun - flower in a mirror (illusion)
盲婚啞嫁 /máng hūn yǎ jià/ C2	noun - blind marriage (arranged marriage without knowing the partner)
懷恨 /huái hèn/ C1	verb - to bear a grudge
月老 /yuè lǎo/ C1	noun - the Old Man Under the Moon (matchmaker deity)
苦水 /kǔ shuǐ/ B2	noun - bitter water, suffering
甜蜜 /tián mì/ B1	adjective - sweet, happy
暗黑 /àn hēi/ B2	adjective - dark
夕陽 /xī yáng/ B1	noun - sunset, evening sun
膚淺 /fū qiǎn/ C1	adjective - superficial, shallow
曲線 /qū xiàn/ B2	noun - curve
忘掉 /wàng diào/ A2	verb - to forget
抛弃 /pāo qì/ B2	verb - to abandon, to discard
遗傳 /yí chuán/ B2	noun - heredity, inheritance
腐化 /fǔ huà/ C1	verb - to decay, to rot
戲碼 /xì mǎ/ B2	noun - drama, act
轉嫁 /zhuǎn jià/ C1	verb - to remarry (for a woman)

Key Grammar Structures

• 若 如若時晨未到

  ➔ Conditional clause using '若' ('if') to express a hypothetical situation

  ➔ '若' means 'if' and introduces a hypothetical or conditional situation.

• 似水點散下落花 變朝露

  ➔ Use of 助詞 '似' (like/similar to) to make comparisons

  ➔ '似' is used to compare one thing to another, similar to 'like' in English.

• 忘記它 仿似遺忘密碼

  ➔ Use of 仿似 ('seems to') to indicate an appearance of similarity or approximation

  ➔ '仿似' means 'seems to' or 'appears as if', indicating an observation of similarity.

• 一切如盲婚啞嫁

  ➔ Use of '如' ('like/as') to compare 'everything' to an abstract concept

  ➔ '如' means 'like' or 'as' and is used to make comparisons between different things or concepts.

• 作得準嗎

  ➔ Question particle '嗎' used at the end of a statement to form yes/no questions

  ➔ '嗎' is a question particle inserted at the end of a sentence to turn it into a yes/no question.