漂流瓶 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 柯震東,陳妍希

Lyrics & Translation

Learn Mandarin Chinese through the beautiful and heartfelt ballad "漂流瓶." The song's clear, emotive vocals from Kai Ko and Michelle Chen make it excellent for language learners to follow along. Its lyrics, centered around the poetic theme of a "message in a bottle," offer a chance to learn vocabulary related to love, time, and longing. What makes the song special is its direct connection to the beloved film "You Are the Apple of My Eye," allowing learners to engage with a story they may already know, adding a rich emotional context to the language.

[English]

Where are you now? What's your name?

Sealing my courage, signing my resolve

I hold myself tight, the outside world is restless (I hold tight, it's restless)

But deep down I’m so sure, I want to hear your breathing (I’m sure, your breathing)

Love, I throw my heart into the sea, carving the words of love (Love, oh~)

Time takes me to the place where you are

Drifting through a thousand years, I've been in the sea (in the sea)

There’s this feeling — if I don’t see you, I won’t go back (won’t go back)

In the whirlpool, I hear the wind gently trembling at my ear

The world changes from the deep blue sea, day and night (from the deep blue sea, day and night)

I spin around, following the flow of time in circles (spinning in circles)

Will you find me, where I’m supposed to land?

If one day, I get a tiny crack from a collision

I fear I might sink to the bottom of the sea

I hold myself tight, the outside world is restless (I hold tight, it's restless)

But deep down I’m so sure, I want to hear your breathing (I’m sure, your breathing)

Love, I throw my heart into the sea, carving the words of love (Love, oh~)

Time takes me to the place where you are

Drifting through a thousand years, I’ve been in the sea

There’s this feeling — if I don’t see you, I won’t go back

In the whirlpool, I hear the wind gently trembling at my ear

The world changes from the deep blue sea, day and night (from the deep blue sea, day and night)

I spin around, following the flow of time in circles

Will you find me, where I’m supposed to land?

If one day, I get a tiny crack from a collision

I fear I might sink to the bottom of the sea

Drifting through a thousand years, I've been in the sea (been in the sea for a thousand years)

There’s this feeling — if I don’t see you, I won’t go back

In the whirlpool, I hear the wind gently trembling at my ear

The world changes from the deep blue sea, day and night (from the deep blue sea, day and night)

I spin around, following the flow of time in circles (spinning in circles)

Will you find me, where I’m supposed to land?

If one day, I get a tiny crack from a collision

I fear I might sink to the bottom of the sea

If love is wrong, I can still wait

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[Chinese]

你會在哪裡 現在你叫什麼名

密封了勇氣 落款決心

我摀著自己 外面世界不安靜 (我摀著自己 不安靜)

而心很確定 想聽你呼吸 (我確定 呼吸)

Love 把心扔到海裡 刻上愛的字跡 (Love 嗚嗚～)

時光帶我去有你的地方

漂流著一千年都過了我在海裡頭 (在海裡頭)

有一種見不到你就不回去的念頭 (的念頭)

漩渦中聽見耳邊的風微微顫抖

滄海桑田 黑夜白晝 (滄海桑田 黑夜白晝)

我隨著時間的方向一圈圈打著轉 (一圈圈打轉了)

你會不會找到我將要在哪裡靠岸 (靠岸)

如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

我怕 沉入海底

我摀著自己 外面世界不安靜 (我摀著自己 不安靜)

而心很確定 想聽你呼吸 (我確定 呼吸)

Love 把心扔到海裡 刻上愛的字跡 (Love 嗚嗚～)

時光帶我去有你的地方

漂流著一千年都過了我在海裡頭

有一種見不到你就不回去的念頭

漩渦中聽見耳邊的風微微顫抖

滄海桑田 黑夜白晝 (滄海桑田 黑夜白晝)

我隨著時間的方向一圈圈打著轉

你會不會找到我將要在哪裡靠岸

如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

我怕 沉入海底

漂流著一千年都過了我在海裡頭 (漂流著一千年都過了 在海裡頭)

有一種見不到你就不回去的念頭 (的念頭)

漩渦中聽見耳邊的風微微顫抖

滄海桑田 黑夜白晝 (滄海桑田 黑夜白晝)

我隨著時間的方向一圈圈打著轉 (我隨著時間的方向 一圈圈打轉了)

你會不會找到我將要在哪裡靠岸 (靠岸)

如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

我怕 沉入海底

如果愛有錯 也等的起

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
漂流 /piāoliú/ B2	verb - to drift; to float
勇氣 /yǒngqì/ B1	noun - courage; bravery
決心 /juéxīn/ B1	noun - determination; resolution verb - to determine
世界 /shìjiè/ A1	noun - world
心 /xīn/ A1	noun - heart; mind
海 /hǎi/ A1	noun - sea; ocean
字跡 /zìjì/ B2	noun - handwriting
地方 /dìfang/ A1	noun - place
念頭 /niàntou/ B2	noun - thought; idea
漩渦 /xuánwō/ B2	noun - whirlpool
耳邊 /ěrbian/ A2	noun - beside one's ear
風 /fēng/ A1	noun - wind
顫抖 /chàndǒu/ B2	verb - to tremble; to shiver
滄海桑田 /cānghǎi sāngtián/ C1	idiom - Time brings great changes to the world
黑夜 /hēiyè/ A2	noun - night
白晝 /báizhòu/ B1	noun - daytime
方向 /fāngxiàng/ A2	noun - direction
靠岸 /kào'àn/ B2	verb - to reach the shore; to berth
缺口 /quēkǒu/ B2	noun - breach; gap; notch
海底 /hǎidǐ/ B1	noun - seabed; bottom of the sea

Key Grammar Structures

• 如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

  ➔ Conditional clause using "如果" (if) + future tense or possibility.

  ➔ "如果" signals the start of a conditional sentence, expressing a possible situation.

• 我摀著自己

  ➔ Use of the continuous aspect with "著" (zhe) indicating ongoing action.

  ➔ "著" (zhe) is a particle used to indicate an ongoing action or state.

• 愛有錯 也等的起

  ➔ Use of "也" (also, too) to add an additional idea or condition.

  ➔ "也" indicates addition or agreement, often translating as "also" or "too".

• 我隨著時間的方向一圈圈打著轉

  ➔ Use of "隨著" (along with, following) to indicate movement or action in accordance with something.

  ➔ "隨著" indicates following or accompanying something, showing progression or movement.

• 滄海桑田 黑夜白晝

  ➔ Using idiomatic expressions to depict the passage of time and change, often in parallel phrases.

  ➔ These are idiomatic expressions representing change, often paired in opposition.

• 我掛著自己 外面世界不安靜

  ➔ Use of "掛著" (gua zhe) indicating a continuing state or action, similar to "wearing" or "holding".

  ➔ "掛著" indicates that someone is continuously in a certain state or holding something.