全世界失眠 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

想起我不完美 你會不會

Remembering my imperfections, do you?

逃離我生命的範圍

Flee from my life's embrace

想著你的滋味 我會不會

Thinking of your flavor, will I

把這個枕頭 變得甜美

Make this pillow sweet

想起白天的約會 忘了晚上的咖啡

Thinking of our daytime date, forgetting the evening coffee

只怕感情如潮水 遠離我夢中的堡壘

Just afraid that love is like the tide, pulling away from my dreamed fortress

一個人失眠 全世界失眠

Sleepless alone, the whole world is sleepless

無辜的街燈 守候明天

Innocent streetlights, waiting for tomorrow

幸福的失眠 只是因為害怕閉上眼

Blissful insomnia, just scared to close my eyes

如何想你想到六點 如何愛你愛到終點

Thinking of you until six, loving you all the way to the end

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想起我的時候 你會不會 好像我一樣不能睡

When I think of you, do you, like me, find it impossible to sleep?

想像你的曖昧 我會不會 數不到綿羊 一雙一對

Imagining your flirting, will I fail to count sheep? A pair, a pair

想起白天的約會 忘了晚上的咖啡

Thinking of our daytime date, forgetting the evening coffee

只怕感情如潮水 遠離我夢中的堡壘

Just afraid that love is like the tide, pulling away from my dreamed fortress

一個人失眠 全世界失眠

Sleepless alone, the whole world is sleepless

無辜的街燈 守候明天

Innocent streetlights, waiting for tomorrow

幸福的失眠 只是因為害怕閉上眼 如何想你想到六點

Blissful insomnia, just scared to close my eyes. Thinking of you until six

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一個人失眠 全世界失眠

Sleepless alone, the whole world is sleepless

幸福的失眠 只是因為害怕閉上眼 如何想你想到六點

Blissful insomnia, just scared to close my eyes. Thinking of you until six

如何愛你愛到終點 如何愛你愛到終點

Loving you to the very end, loving you to the very end

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
失眠 /ʃī mián/ B2	verb - to suffer from insomnia noun - insomnia
完美 /wán měi/ B2	adjective - perfect
逃離 /táo lí/ B2	verb - to escape
生命 /shēng mìng/ A2	noun - life
滋味 /zī wèi/ B2	noun - taste
枕頭 /zhěn tou/ A1	noun - pillow
甜美 /tián měi/ B1	adjective - sweet
約會 /yuē huì/ A2	noun - date, appointment verb - to date, to make an appointment
咖啡 /kā fēi/ A1	noun - coffee
感情 /gǎn qíng/ B1	noun - feeling, emotion
潮水 /cháo shuǐ/ B1	noun - tide
遠離 /yuǎn lí/ B1	verb - to be far away from; to keep away from
夢 /mèng/ A1	noun - dream
堡壘 /bǎo lěi/ B2	noun - fortress
街燈 /jiē dēng/ A2	noun - street lamp
無辜 /wú gū/ B2	adjective - innocent
守候 /shǒu hòu/ B2	verb - to wait; to expect
幸福 /xìng fú/ A2	adjective - happy; blessed noun - happiness
害怕 /hài pà/ A2	verb - to be afraid; to fear
閉 /bì/ A2	verb - to close; to shut
曖昧 /ài mèi/ C1	adjective - ambiguous, vague
數 /shǔ/ A1	verb - to count
綿羊 /mián yáng/ A1	noun - sheep
終點 /zhōng diǎn/ B1	noun - the end; the destination

Key Grammar Structures

• 你會不會逃離我生命的範圍

  ➔ Modal verb '會不會' + verb to express possibility or doubt

  ➔ '会不会' is a common expression used to question whether something will happen or not, similar to 'will it or not' in English.

• 想起我不完美

  ➔ Verb '想起' + noun/pronoun to express recalling or remembering

  ➔ '想起' means to recall or remember something from the past.

• 只怕感情如潮水

  ➔ 只怕 + noun phrase to express fear or concern about something

  ➔ '只怕' means 'afraid that' or 'worried that,' indicating concern about the following situation.

• 幸福的失眠 只是因為害怕閉上眼

  ➔ 只是 + 因为 + cause/reason to emphasize explanation or reason

  ➔ '只是因為' means 'only because', used to emphasize the reason behind something.

• 如何想你想到六點

  ➔ 如何 + verb phrase to ask 'how' about a certain action

  ➔ '如何' is a question word asking 'how' about the way or method of doing something.

• 如何愛你愛到終點

  ➔ 如何 + verb phrase to ask 'how' about the extent of an action

  ➔ '如何' asks 'how' in terms of the manner or extent of an action, often to inquire about the depth or reach of love.