情非得已 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 庾澄慶

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt emotions behind 庾澄慶's 情非得已, a classic Mandarin love song that teaches about expressing vulnerability and the courage it takes to embrace unexpected feelings. Learn Mandarin through its touching lyrics and cultural impact.

[English]

It's hard to forget the first time I saw you.

Those captivating eyes of yours.

Your image keeps lingering in my mind.

I just can't shake it off.

Holding your hands, feeling your tenderness.

Honestly, I'm starting to run out of breath.

Your innocence, I want to cherish it.

Seeing you upset makes me sad.

I'm just worried I'll fall in love with you.

I'm afraid to get too close.

Because I don't think I can give you much.

Loving you takes a lot of courage.

I'm just afraid I'll fall in love with you.

Maybe one day, I’ll be unable to hold back.

Thinking of you only makes me suffer.

Loving you is beyond my control.

It's hard to forget the first time I saw you.

Those captivating eyes of yours.

Your image keeps lingering in my mind.

I just can't shake it off.

Holding your hands, feeling your tenderness.

Honestly, I'm starting to run out of breath.

Your innocence, I want to cherish it.

Seeing you upset makes me sad.

I'm just worried I'll fall in love with you.

I'm afraid to get too close.

Because I don't think I can give you much.

Loving you takes a lot of courage.

I'm just afraid I'll fall in love with you.

Maybe one day, I’ll be unable to hold back.

Thinking of you only makes me suffer.

Loving you is beyond my control.

...

Why is it, that I keep meeting you again?

I really, really don’t want to fall into this love trap.

I'm just afraid I’ll fall in love with you.

I'm afraid to get too close.

Because I don't think I can give you much.

Loving you takes a lot of courage.

I'm just afraid I'll fall in love with you.

Maybe one day, I’ll be unable to hold back.

Thinking of you only makes me suffer.

Loving you is beyond my control.

Loving you is beyond my control.

...

[Chinese]

難以忘記 初次見你

一雙迷人的眼睛

在我腦海裡 你的身影

揮散不去

握你的雙手 感覺你的溫柔

真的有點透不過氣

你的天真 我想珍惜

看到你受委屈我會傷心

只怕我自己會愛上你

不敢讓自己靠得太近

怕我沒什麼能夠給你

愛你也需要很大的勇氣

只怕我自己會愛上你

也許有天會情不自禁

想念只讓自己苦了自己

愛上你是我情非得已

難以忘記 初次見你

一雙迷人的眼睛

在我腦海裡 你的身影

揮散不去

握你的雙手 感覺你的溫柔

真的有點透不過氣

你的天真 我想珍惜

看到你受委屈我會傷心

只怕我自己會愛上你

不敢讓自己靠得太近

怕我沒什麼能夠給你

愛你也需要很大的勇氣

只怕我自己會愛上你

也許有天會情不自禁

想念只讓自己苦了自己

愛上你是我情非得已

什麼原因 我竟然又會遇見你

我真的真的不願意 就這樣陷入愛的陷阱

只怕我自己會愛上你

不敢讓自己靠得太近

怕我沒什麼能夠給你

愛你也需要很大的勇氣

只怕我自己會愛上你

也許有天會情不自禁

想念只讓自己苦了自己

愛上你是我情非得已

愛上你是我情非得已

Key Grammar Structures

• 只怕我自己會愛上你

  ➔ Using '只怕' to express 'fear' or 'almost certain' about a future event.

  ➔ '只怕' means 'fear that' or 'almost certain that', indicating concern about a possible future event.

• 愛你也需要很大的勇氣

  ➔ Using '也' to mean 'also' or 'even', emphasizing addition or extent.

  ➔ '也' means 'also' or 'even', used here to emphasize that loving you requires a significant amount of courage, in addition to other feelings or actions.

• 在我腦海裡 你的身影 揮散不去

  ➔ Using '揮散不去' to express inability to dispel or forget.

  ➔ '揮散不去' conveys the feeling that a thought or image cannot be dispelled or forgotten, emphasizing persistent memory or obsession.

• 想念只讓自己苦了自己

  ➔ Using '只讓' to indicate 'only causes' or 'merely makes' oneself suffer.

  ➔ '只讓' means 'only causes' or 'merely makes' oneself suffer, emphasizing the self-inflicted nature of the pain or longing.

• 愛上你是我情非得已

  ➔ Using '是...的' to emphasize the subjective judgment or realization.

  ➔ '是...的' is a grammatical structure used to emphasize the speaker's subjective realization or reason, in this case indicating that falling in love was an involuntary or undeniable feeling.