漂流瓶 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 柯震東,陳妍希

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

你會在哪裡 現在你叫什麼名

Where are you now? What's your name?

密封了勇氣 落款決心

Sealing my courage, signing my resolve

我摀著自己 外面世界不安靜 (我摀著自己 不安靜)

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

而心很確定 想聽你呼吸 (我確定 呼吸)

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

Love 把心扔到海裡 刻上愛的字跡 (Love 嗚嗚～)

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

時光帶我去有你的地方

Time takes me to the place where you are

漂流著一千年都過了我在海裡頭 (在海裡頭)

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

有一種見不到你就不回去的念頭 (的念頭)

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

漩渦中聽見耳邊的風微微顫抖

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

滄海桑田 黑夜白晝 (滄海桑田 黑夜白晝)

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

我隨著時間的方向一圈圈打著轉 (一圈圈打轉了)

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

你會不會找到我將要在哪裡靠岸 (靠岸)

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

如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

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

我怕 沉入海底

I fear I might sink to the bottom of the sea

我摀著自己 外面世界不安靜 (我摀著自己 不安靜)

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

而心很確定 想聽你呼吸 (我確定 呼吸)

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

Love 把心扔到海裡 刻上愛的字跡 (Love 嗚嗚～)

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

時光帶我去有你的地方

Time takes me to the place where you are

漂流著一千年都過了我在海裡頭

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

有一種見不到你就不回去的念頭

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

漩渦中聽見耳邊的風微微顫抖

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

滄海桑田 黑夜白晝 (滄海桑田 黑夜白晝)

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

我隨著時間的方向一圈圈打著轉

I spin around, following the flow of time in circles

你會不會找到我將要在哪裡靠岸

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

如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

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

我怕 沉入海底

I fear I might sink to the bottom of the sea

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)

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

有一種見不到你就不回去的念頭 (的念頭)

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

漩渦中聽見耳邊的風微微顫抖

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

滄海桑田 黑夜白晝 (滄海桑田 黑夜白晝)

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

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)

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

你會不會找到我將要在哪裡靠岸 (靠岸)

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

如果有一天 撞傷一個小缺口

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

我怕 沉入海底

I fear I might sink to the bottom of the sea

如果愛有錯 也等的起

If love is wrong, I can still wait

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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.