拍一半拖 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳柏宇

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

明知你只懂得愛自己

Knowing you only know how to love yourself

誰都似會更配得起你

Anyone seems more deserving of you

其實尚要怎預備 適應了心理

Actually, how should I prepare? Mentally readying myself

才即管跟我一起

Then I might as well come along

明知你搞不懂你自己

Knowing you don’t understand yourself

明知爱好變化似天氣

Knowing your hobbies change like the weather

誰人為你錯誤受傷不至死

Who wrongs and gets hurt doesn’t die

誰人更像最愛没法比

Who loves you most can't compare

人只得一個 情趣太多

People only have one, passions too many

而手得一對 最愛太多

And a pair of hands that loves too much

如未有飲歌 試唱着半首情歌

If not for singing along, trying a half-hearted love song

當試驗拍一半拖 怕甚麼

Trying to shoot a half-hearted fling—what's to fear?

人只得一個 喜好太多

People only have one, passions too many

如果想報施 何妨赠我

If you want to return the favor, why not gift me

難保愛過後覺得還可

Who knows, after loving, if it still feels okay

你有時也喜歡我

Sometimes you like me too

如果我也有我某樣好

If I also have something good

何不以我去計出分數

Why not use me to score

人人亦要给第二好找最好

Everyone needs to find their second best to get the best

如能鑒辨次貨便更高

If I can identify the second-rate, I’ll be ahead

人只得一個 情趣太多

People only have one, passions too many

而手得一對 最愛太多

And a pair of hands that loves too much

如未有飲歌 試唱着半首情歌

If not for singing along, trying a half-hearted love song

當試驗拍一半拖 怕甚麼

Trying to shoot a half-hearted fling—what's to fear?

良心得一個 難免錯摸

A kind heart may accidentally cause a mistake

如果心太多 何妨贈我

If your heart is too full, why not gift me

難保愛過後覺得還可

Who knows, after loving, if it still feels okay

你有時也喜歡我

Sometimes you like me too

請體恤彼此一般孤單

Please understand that loneliness affects us all

借給你試愛無需奉還

Lend you a chance to love without needing to return

就算我在必須不需之間

Even if I’m caught between necessary and unnecessary

誰怪你抱着去揀 Wow

Who blames you for holding onto what you choose—Wow

人只得一個 需要太多

People only have one, needs too many

而手得一對 最爱太多

And a pair of hands that loves too much

如未有飲歌 試唱着半首情歌

If not for singing along, trying a half-hearted love song

與我拍一半拖 怕甚麼

Come fling a half-hearted fling with me—what's to fear?

怕得到不多 失去更多

Afraid of gaining little, losing more

如果心太多 何妨贈我

If your heart is too full, why not gift me

難保愛過後覺得還可

Who knows, after loving, if it still feels okay

你會贈亞軍給我

You might give me the silver medal

難保你有日投入漩渦

Who knows if one day you'll be swept into the whirlpool

要答謝我的切磋

To thank me for our shared learning

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
配 (pèi) /pʰeɪ/ B1	verb - to match; to be suitable
適應 (shìyìng) /ʂɨ̂ì îŋ/ B1	verb - to adapt; to adjust
心理 (xīnlǐ) /ɕínlì/ B2	noun - psychology; mentality
變化 (biànhuà) /pi̯ɛn˥˩xu̯a˥˩/ A2	noun - change, variation verb - to change
天氣 (tiānqì) /tʰjɛn˥ t͡ɕʰi˥˩/ A1	noun - weather
錯誤 (cuòwù) /tsʰwôu̯ û/ B1	noun - mistake; error adjective - wrong; mistaken
受傷 (shòushāng) /ʂôʊ ʂaŋ/ B1	verb - to be injured; to be wounded
情趣 (qíngqù) /t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˥ t͡ɕʰy˥˩/ B2	noun - interest; taste; emotional appeal
試 (shì) /ʂî/ A2	verb - to try; to test
唱 (chàng) /ʈ͡ʂʰâŋ/ A1	verb - to sing
怕 (pà) /pʰâ/ A1	verb - to fear; to be afraid
報施 (bàoshī) /pɑʊ ʃɪ/ C1	verb - to repay kindness
孤單 (gūdān) /kú tán/ B2	adjective - lonely; solitary
漩渦 (xuánwō) /ɕɥɛ̌n wō/ C1	noun - whirlpool; vortex