破鏡 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: MIRROR

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

好想走出曠野 為你唱詩

I really want to step out into the wilderness and sing a poem for you

掌聲響了 大半天

The applause lasted for quite a while

聽不見 聽不見 我聲線 太多紛擾

I can't hear, I can't hear my voice, so much noise around me

好想打開眼界 讓你叫囂

I want to open my eyes, let you shout and roar

標準多了 我愈渺小

My standards become higher, and I feel smaller

看不見 看不見 已失去 我的焦點

I can't see, I can't see, I’ve lost my focus

一位位擦過身旁

One after another, people brush past me

人海之中卻變得迷惘 誰是我

In the crowd, I become confused—who am I?

不想當 世界的羊 重複一種快樂

I don’t want to be a sheep of the world, repeating the same kind of happiness

迎合多 投入麼

Is it really about pleasing others or just immersing myself deeper?

我剩低手中那面鏡子 卻蕩失於光線裡邊

All I have left is this mirror in my hand, but I lose myself in the light

要分辨 (時代在我的背面)

To distinguish (the era is behind me)

我的臉 (誰在劃破這塊臉)

My face (who is tearing this face apart?)

憤怒一手打破鏡面

Angrily, I shatter the mirror's surface

渴望一刻粉碎裡邊

Longing to break free from inside

我在變 (期待或有新發現)

I am changing (hoping or discovering something new)

我在變 (無懼地探索一次)

I am changing (fearlessly exploring again)

Woo Haa

Woo Haa

變甚麼 變一束光

What am I becoming? A beam of light

好想擺脫眼光

I want to break free from the eyes that see me

困惑中可掩蓋耳朵 (掌聲響了 大半天)

In confusion, I can cover my ears (applause lasted for quite a while)

有風浪 (聽不見 聽不見)

There are storms (can't hear, can't hear)

去闖蕩 (我聲線 太多紛擾)

To venture out (my voice is so disturbed)

拋開身邊的鏡 會望透麼

If I throw away the mirror beside me, will I see through?

輕率的跨出界線 到達遠方 (標準多了 我愈渺小)

Carelessly stepping over the line to reach distant places (my standards are higher, I feel smaller)

會失落 (看不見 看不見)

Will I feel lost? (Can't see, can't see)

卻希望 (已失去 我的焦點)

Yet I hope (I've already lost my focus)

仲記唔記得 最初你最深刻嗰一刻

Do you remember that most profound moment at the start?

記唔記得 當你迷失

Do you remember when you were lost?

幾多次再放肆再嘗試 打破 宿命

How many times have I tried again, broken destiny

唔甘心繼續無謂去 追求 安定

Reluctant to continue chasing stability uselessly

指針卻慢慢偏離 落力追求過完美

The needle slowly drifts away, pursuing perfection

迷住你 圍住我

Mesmerized by you, surrounded by me

一些掌聲未夠我歡喜

Some applause isn't enough to make me happy

咁係咪叫做完美

So is this called perfection?

我醒起 我醒起

I wake up, I wake up

我醒起 我醒起

I wake up, I wake up

我最著緊嘅可能係昨天嘅自己

What I care most about might be yesterday's me

破著身邊所有鏡子

Breaking all the mirrors around me

要捕捉於光線裡邊

Trying to catch the light

我的臉 (時代在我的背面)

My face (the era is behind me)

我的臉 (誰在劃破這塊臉)

My face (who is tearing this face apart?)

慶幸一手打破鏡面

Thankfully, I shattered the mirror

奮力歸於一刻粉碎裡邊

Fighting to break into a moment of destruction

會分裂 (期待或有新發現)

Will split apart (hoping or discovering something new)

會閃現 (無懼地探索一次）

Will flash (fearlessly exploring again)

Woo Haa

Woo Haa

破更多 靈魂換新感覺

Breaking more, soul feels renewed

燦爛到 haa

Magnificent to haa

刺眼麼 會有千種晨光

Blinding, right? Bringing a thousand morning light

此刻粉碎 我為了碎片

In this moment, I shatter because I want the fragments

一起摔破 最大鏡子

Together, we break the biggest mirror

會找到 你的臉 我的臉 有光一閃

I'll find your face, my face, a flash of light

此刻改變 我為了某天

Change in this moment, for a certain day

風聲響了 繼續探險

The sound of the wind rises, keep exploring

破的臉 碎的臉 看得見 我的焦點

Broken face, shattered face, I see my focus

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
走 /zǒu/ A2	verb - to walk or move
出 /chū/ A2	verb - to go out or exit
唱 /chàng/ A2	verb - to sing
掌聲 /zhǎngshēng/ B2	noun - applause
聽不見 /tīng bù jiàn/ B2	phrase - cannot hear
紛擾 /fēn rǎo/ C1	noun - confusion, disturbance
打開 /dǎ kāi/ A2	verb - to open
標準 /biāo zhǔn/ B2	noun - standard, criterion
渺小 /miǎo xiǎo/ C1	adjective - insignificant, small
焦點 /jiāo diǎn/ B2	noun - focus
粉碎 /fěn suì/ C1	verb - to shatter, crush
變 /biàn/ A2	verb - to change
光 /guāng/ A1	noun - light
碎片 /suì piàn/ B2	noun - shard, fragment
探索 /tàn suǒ/ C1	verb - to explore

Key Grammar Structures

• 要分辨 (時代在我的背面)

  ➔ The use of 要 + verb indicates intention or necessity to do something.

  ➔ '要' expresses the speaker's intention or necessity to perform the action.

• 我在變

  ➔ The pattern '在 + verb' indicates ongoing action or state in Chinese.

  ➔ '在' shows that the action is currently happening or ongoing.

• 我醒起

  ➔ The verb 醒起 (xǐng qǐ) is a literary or poetic way to say 'wake up' or 'be awakened', often used figuratively.

  ➔ '醒起' is used to imply awakening or gaining awareness, sometimes metaphorical or poetic.

• 我最著緊嘅可能係昨天嘅自己

  ➔ The phrase '最著緊' emphasizes the current focus or concern as the most important or pressing.

  ➔ '最著緊' conveys the idea of being most concerned or focusing intensely on something at the moment.

• 指針卻慢慢偏離

  ➔ The phrase '偏離' (piānlí) means 'to deviate from' or 'to drift away from', indicating movement away from a set path or direction.

  ➔ '偏離' indicates movement away from a set course, often metaphorically used for losing direction or straying from goals.

• 燦爛到 haa

  ➔ The phrase '到' indicates extent or degree, meaning 'to the extent of', often used to emphasize a high degree.

  ➔ '到' emphasizes reaching or achieving a high degree or extreme in the context it is used.