念念不忘

• By: 麥浚龍

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

十年又過去 舉止仍像少女

Ten years have passed, yet I still act like a girl

你跟我每夜仍聚聚 到夢裡追

Every night you and I still meet, chasing dreams

贈你哈囉吉蒂那玩具 這天早變作茉莉香水

Gifting you Hello Kitty toys, today turned into jasmine perfume

你的笑 卻是照舊和煦

Your smile remains warm as ever

留在你漫畫書裡 當初那美麗神仙伴侶

Kept in your comic books, that beautiful fairy partner of the past

就像那青春洪水 現在已經不可能追

Like a flood of youth, now impossible to pursue

那故事倉猝結束不到氣絕便已安葬

That story ended suddenly, and before breathless, it was buried

教兩人心裡有道不解的咒沒法釋放

Teaching us both to carry an unspoken spell in our hearts that we can't release

讓我們打聽對方今天過得一切平安

Let’s check if the other is safe today

縱使相見已是路人茫茫 臉書等愛侶入睡卻偷看

Even if we meet as strangers in the crowd, I still sneak a look while you sleep on Facebook

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自離別剎那 今生停頓了嗎

Since that goodbye, has my life stalled?

縱使我最後曾認命 邂逅了她

Even if I finally accepted fate and met her

但信一天總會再遇吧 我想聽你說別喜歡她

I believe we’ll meet again someday, just please don’t like her

你跟我 以後抱著回家

You and I will go home in each other's arms from now on

其實你是一幅畫 狠狠往這舊人心上掛

Actually, you’re like a painting, painfully hanging on this old heart

現實過得不順嗎 定定望向這畫中曇花

Is life not going smoothly? Just stare at this painted opal flower

那故事倉猝結束不到氣絕便已安葬

That story ended suddenly, and before breathless, it was buried

教兩人心裡有道不解的咒沒法釋放

Teaching us both to carry an unspoken spell in our hearts that we can't release

讓我們打聽對方今天過得一切平安

Let’s check if the other is safe today

縱使相見已是路人茫茫 記憶中你仍像初戀好看

Even if we meet as strangers in the crowd, you still look as beautiful as first love in my memories

吻過二十年還未寒 離去六十年仍熱燙

Kissed for twenty years without cold, left for sixty still hot

共你就似被舊情下了降 像下了降

With you, like being under an old spell, cast low

每晚都想起對方

Every night I think of the other

誰亦會講 假使那樣懷念必會再次有迴光

Who would say that such nostalgia will surely glow again

其實只要 讓我耿耿某人思憶早閃閃發光

Actually, just let me keep recalling someone, and it will shine brightly

個個也探問

Everyone also asks

愛戀不老的秘方 唯獨壯烈離座可百世流芳

The secret to everlasting love—only grand departure can make it legendary

你未忘 我未忘 猶勝伴在旁

You haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten, better than just being by my side

那故事倉猝結束不到氣絕便已安葬

That story ended suddenly, and before breathless, it was buried

才成就心裡那道不解的咒沒法釋放

Only then did the unspoken spell in our hearts become unbreakable

讓我們打聽對方天天過得一切平安

Let’s check if the other is well every day

縱使相見已是路人茫茫 這生恐怕會念念你不放

Even if we meet as strangers, I fear I won’t stop missing you in this life

流連著不想過對岸

Lingering, unwilling to cross over to the other side

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
少女 /ˈʃaʊ.nv̩/ B1	noun - young girl
玩具 /ˈtʰwɐnˌd͡ʑy/ A2	noun - toy
茉莉 /mɔli/ B2	noun - jasmine
香水 /ɕjɑ́ŋ ʂwèi/ B1	noun - perfume
漫画 /màn huà/ B1	noun - comic
神仙 /ʃə̌n ɕjɑn/ B2	noun - immortal; supernatural being
伴侣 /bàn lǚ/ B2	noun - companion; partner
青春 /ˈt͡ɕʰin ʂwən/ B1	noun - youth; springtime of life
故事 /ˈɡuːʃ/ A2	noun - story; tale
結束 /d͡ʑɪɛ ʂu/ B1	verb - to end; to finish
心裡 /sīn lǐ/ A2	noun - heart; mind
咒 /d͡ʒoʊ/ B2	noun - curse; spell
釋放 /ʂɨ̀ fàŋ/ B2	verb - to release; to liberate
平安 /pʰǐŋ án/ A2	adjective - safe and sound
路人 /lù rén/ A2	noun - passerby; stranger
茫茫 /mɑ̌ŋ mɑ̌ŋ/ B2	adjective - vast; boundless
離別 /lí bié/ B2	verb - to part; to leave
剎那 /chà nà/ B2	noun - instant; moment
停頓 /tʰǐŋ dwən/ B2	verb - pause; stop
認命 /rèn mìng/ C1	verb - to accept fate; to resign oneself to fate
邂逅 /ɕjɛ̀ hòu/ C1	verb - meet by chance

Grammar:

• 縱使相見已是路人茫茫

  ➔ 縱使...也 / even if... still

  ➔ This expression indicates a concession or contrast, meaning 'even if' or 'although'.

• 就像那青春洪水

  ➔ 就像...一样 / just like

  ➔ This structure is used for similes, comparing one thing to another for emphasis.

• 每晚都想起對方

  ➔ 都 / all, every

  ➔ The particle '都' emphasizes the habitual or consistent nature of an action performed daily.

• 才成就心裡那道不解的咒

  ➔ 才 / only then / only after

  ➔ '才' is used to indicate that something happens only after a specific condition or time.

• 教兩人心裡有道不解的咒沒法釋放

  ➔ 有...的 / have... (possessive or descriptive)

  ➔ This structure indicates possession or existence of a certain quality or thing; here, it emphasizes that the 'curse' exists within their hearts.

• 記憶中你仍像初戀好看

  ➔ 像... / like

  ➔ This is a simile, using '像' to compare the person's appearance or presence to their early love's appearance.

• 讓我們打聽對方今天過得一切平安

  ➔ 讓... / let... / cause to

  ➔ This construction is used to express causing or allowing an action to happen, here meaning 'let us ask about...'.