那時有你 This is Heartbreak – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 艾怡良 Eve Ai
• Album: 我的問題該問誰

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth of Eve Ai's '那時有你 This is Heartbreak,' a beautifully crafted Mandarin pop ballad that offers a profound exploration of love and loss. Through its evocative Mandarin phrases and heartfelt English chorus, listeners can grasp core emotional expressions and poetic structures in Chinese, making it an an excellent piece to connect with the language's soulful nuances while experiencing a universal story of heartbreak.

[English]

Someone sighs, eventually fading away

Someone celebrates, a new beginning

Back then, there was your face

Back then, there was your kiss

Through all my life, I've had no complaints

That parting, I keep in my heart and mind

Heaven knows how many years have passed

In the crowd, searching for a similar face

Or perhaps it's just me, remembering, remembering, remembering

So this is heartbreak

How am I supposed to love again

How am I supposed to breathe again

How can I ? How can I ?

Spread my arms again

How can I tell you I'm fine again

How can I swear I will be brave again

How can I ? How can I ?

Show you the scene in me

You can't see, you can't see, you can't see

And where are you, I lost you, lost you, became obsessed

Your distance, my speculation

Impulsively saying, perhaps I still love you

Back then, I could imagine

Back then, I could choose not to think

Once summer passed, we faded like old photographs

Someday, the tears will subside

Heaven knows how many years of trying

Just to make myself seem normal, with a smiling face

Those parts of you that belonged to me, those parts, the uncompromising ones

So this is heartbreak

How am I supposed to love again

How am I supposed to breathe again

How can I ? How can I ?

Spread my arms again

How can I tell you I'm fine again

How can I swear I will be brave again

How can I ? How can I ?

Show you how I

I thought weakness was the punishment after a tight embrace

In a world of two, why must one be filled with sorrow and anger

Time never made you forget

How much effort it takes to love someone

The same wound makes you complete the remaining kisses

So this is heartbreak

How am I supposed to love again

How am I supposed to breathe again

How can I ? How can I ?

Spread my arms again

How can I tell you I'm fine again

How can I swear I will be brave again

How can I ? How can I ?

Show you the scene in me

you can't see, you can't see, you can't see

And where are you, I lost you, lost you, became obsessed

Became obsessed

Became obsessed

You can't see

[Chinese]

有人感嘆 終究湮滅

有人狂歡 一個起點

那時有你 的臉

那時有你 的吻

終歸一生 我沒埋怨

那個離別 收在心眼

天曉得 過了 幾個年

在人群中 找 相似的臉

而或只是我 記著些 記著些 記著些

So this is heartbreak

How am I supposed to love again

How am I supposed to breathe again

How can I ? How can I ?

Spread my arms again

How can I tell you I’m fine again

How can I swear I will be brave again

How can I ? How can I ?

Show you the scene in me

You can’t see, you can’t see, you can’t see

而你在哪裡 我丟了你 失了你 著了迷

你的遠方 我的猜想

衝動地說 或許還愛吧

那時可以 幻想

那時可以 不想

夏季一過 我們泛黃

總有一天 眼淚讓讓

天曉得 努力 多少年

才讓自己 像個人 笑著臉

你屬於我的 那一些 那一些 不妥協

So this is heartbreak

How am I supposed to love again

How am I supposed to breathe again

How can I ? How can I ?

Spread my arms again

How can I tell you I’m fine again

How can I swear I will be brave again

How can I ? How can I ?

Show you how I

以為懦弱就是 緊緊擁抱後的處分

兩人世界 怎麼就一定要讓一人悲憤

時間從沒讓你忘記

愛一個人有多用力

同樣的傷讓你去完成 剩下的吻

So this is heartbreak

How am I supposed to love again

How am I supposed to breathe again

How can I ? How can I ?

Spread my arms again

How can I tell you I’m fine again

How can I swear I will be brave again

How can I ? How can I ?

Show you the scene in me

you can’t see, you can’t see, you can’t see

而你在哪裡 我丟了你 失了你 著了迷

著了迷

著了迷

You can’t see

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
感嘆 /gǎn tàn/ B2	verb - to sigh; to lament
湮滅 /yān miè/ C1	verb - to be obliterated; to vanish
狂歡 /kuáng huān/ B1	verb - to revel; to celebrate wildly
埋怨 /mán yuàn/ B2	verb - to complain; to blame
離別 /lí bié/ B1	noun - parting; separation
找 /zhǎo/ A1	verb - to look for; to find
相似 /xiāng sì/ A2	adjective - similar; alike
丟 /diū/ A2	verb - to lose; to throw away
著迷 /zhe m í/ B2	verb - to be obsessed; to be enchanted
衝動 /chōng dòng/ B1	adjective - impulsive; rash
幻想 /huàn xiǎng/ B1	noun - fantasy; illusion
泛黃 /fàn huáng/ B2	verb - to turn yellow; to fade
眼淚 /yǎn lèi/ A1	noun - tears
懦弱 /nuò ruò/ B2	adjective - cowardly; weak
擁抱 /yōng bào/ A2	verb - to hug; to embrace
悲憤 /bēi fèn/ B2	noun - grief and indignation

Key Grammar Structures

• 有人感嘆 終究湮滅

  ➔ Present tense with stative verb

  ➔ The verb '感嘆' (to sigh/lament) is used in the present tense to describe a continuous state or habitual action.

• 那時有你 的臉

  ➔ Possessive particle

  ➔ The particle '的' is used to indicate possession, similar to 's in English.

• 終歸一生 我沒埋怨

  ➔ Negation with '沒'

  ➔ The word '沒' is used to negate the verb '埋怨' (to complain), indicating the absence of an action.

• 天曉得 過了 幾個年

  ➔ Complement of duration

  ➔ The phrase '過了 幾個年' serves as a complement indicating the duration of time that has passed.

• So this is heartbreak

  ➔ Present tense declarative statement

  ➔ The sentence is a simple declarative statement in the present tense, asserting a current state or fact.

• How am I supposed to love again

  ➔ Rhetorical question with modal verb

  ➔ The phrase uses a rhetorical question with the modal verb 'supposed' to express disbelief or frustration.

• 你屬於我的 那一些

  ➔ Classifiers with nouns

  ➔ The classifier '一些' is used with the noun to specify a certain amount or portion.

• 時間從沒讓你忘記

  ➔ Double negation

  ➔ The phrase uses double negation with '從沒' to emphasize the absence of forgetting.