昨夜风今宵月 – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: 庄淇文 29
• Album: 昨夜风今宵月

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of Mandopop with '昨夜风今宵月'. This song offers a great opportunity to learn romantic and poetic Chinese phrases. Its gentle melody and clear vocals make it easy to follow along and appreciate the nuances of the language in a musical context.

[English]

Write a few pages of poems, a few lines of vows for you

A few long nights, a few times of missing you

Your turning away makes me sleepless again

Wanting to hold your left hand, but my face turns red

Wanting to embrace your left shoulder, but I'm timid

Accompanying you to the street of falling flowers

How can I continue the story?

Turns out I'm too dumb, don't understand romance

I don't love this boring world

Only favor your eyebrows and eyes

If you also have time

Accompany me to see all the scenery

Write a few pages of poems, a few lines of vows for you

A few long nights, a few times of missing you

Your turning away makes me sleepless again

Write about last night's wind, tonight's moon for you

The love of a past life, the sign of this life

That snowstorm where we grow old together

I don't love this boring world

Only favor your eyebrows and eyes

If you also have time

Accompany me to see all the scenery

Write a few pages of poems, a few lines of vows for you

A few long nights, a few times of missing you

Your turning away makes me sleepless again

Write about last night's wind, tonight's moon for you

The love of a past life, the sign of this life

That snowstorm where we grow old together

[Vietnamese]

為你寫幾頁詩篇幾行誓言

幾個長夜幾次想念

你的轉身讓我又失眠

想要牽住你的左手卻紅了臉

想要摟緊你的左肩卻又膽怯

陪你走到飛花的街

如何能把故事續寫

原來我太笨風情不解

我不愛無聊人間

只偏愛你眉眼

如果你也有時間

陪我把這風景都看遍

為你寫幾頁詩篇幾行誓言

幾個長夜幾次想念

你的轉身讓我又失眠

為你寫昨晚的風今宵的月

前世的戀今生的簽

和你白頭的那一場雪

我不愛無聊人間

只偏愛你眉眼

如果你也有時間

陪我把這風景都看遍

為你寫幾頁詩篇幾行誓言

幾個長夜幾次想念

你的轉身讓我又失眠

為你寫昨晚的風今宵的月

前世的戀今生的簽

和你白頭的那一場雪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
詩篇 /shī piān/ B2	noun - poem, verse
誓言 /shì yán/ B1	noun - oath, vow, promise
長夜 /cháng yè/ B1	noun - long night
想念 /xiǎng niàn/ A2	verb - to miss, to long for
失眠 /shī mián/ B1	verb - insomnia, to lose sleep
牽 /qiān/ B1	verb - to hold, to pull, to lead
膽怯 /dǎn qiè/ B2	adjective - timid, cowardly
風景 /fēng jǐng/ A2	noun - scenery, landscape
偏愛 /piān ài/ B2	verb - to prefer, to favor
眉眼 /méi yǎn/ B1	noun - eyebrows and eyes, facial features
風 /fēng/ A1	noun - wind
月 /yuè/ A1	noun - moon
戀 /liàn/ B2	verb - to love, to be in love
簽 /qiān/ B1	noun - fortune slip, lot
雪 /xuě/ A1	noun - snow
笨 /bèn/ A2	adjective - stupid, clumsy, foolish

Key Grammar Structures

• 為你寫幾頁詩篇幾行誓言

  ➔ Measure words and multiple quantifiers

  ➔ The use of measure words like '頁 (page)' and '行 (line)' with quantifiers ('幾 (few, several)') to describe the amount of poetry and vows.

• 幾個長夜幾次想念

  ➔ Repetition of measure words and quantifiers; adjectival phrases.

  ➔ Similar to the above, but focusing on the repetition of '幾' to amplify the idea of multiple long nights and instances of missing someone.

• 你的轉身讓我又失眠

  ➔ Causative construction and adverbial phrase.

  ➔ '你的轉身 (your turning around)' causes '我 (me)' to '失眠 (insomnia)' using the construction '讓 (makes/causes)' which is a common causative verb. The '又 (again)' is an adverb of frequency.

• 想要牽住你的左手卻紅了臉

  ➔ Parallel structure, and adverbial clause of contrast.

  ➔ The sentence begins with parallel structure of '想要 (wanting to)' followed by a contrasting clause introduced by '卻 (but, however)'.

• 我不愛無聊人間

  ➔ Negative sentence structure

  ➔ The sentence uses '不 (not)' to express negation, a fundamental aspect of Chinese grammar.

• 只偏愛你眉眼

  ➔ Adverb '只 (only)' modifies the verb, showing preference and emphasis.

  ➔ The adverb '只 (only)' highlights that the speaker only favors the person's eyebrows and eyes.

• 如果你也有時間

  ➔ Conditional sentence.

  ➔ Using '如果 (if)' to introduce the condition for something to happen.

• 陪我把這風景都看遍

  ➔ Resultative complement.

  ➔ The '遍 (completely, all over)' acts as a resultative complement to the verb '看 (to see)', indicating the action of seeing the scenery completely.

• 為你寫昨晚的風今宵的月

  ➔ Possessive construction and temporal phrases.

  ➔ The phrase uses '的 (de/of)' to show possession ('昨晚的風 (the wind of last night)') and temporal references ('今宵 (tonight)').

• 前世的戀今生的簽

  ➔ Parallel structure and nominal phrases.

  ➔ The sentence uses parallel structure, with the phrases '前世的戀 (the love of a previous life)' and '今生的簽 (the sign of this life)' as nominal phrases.