Quan Sơn Tứu – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: Ngân Ngân X 1988S REMIX

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

The sorrowful wine seeps deep

Today, I bid farewell to your departing steps

Eyes heavy with love, now parted

Heartache in this weary world

Autumn just faded, the east wind pierces through

Penetrating the pain within my heart

Leaving you behind in this life

Next life, we’ll find our destined love

Dew falls on the bougainvillea branches

The hands that planted them back then

Gently placed a flower in your hair

Caressing, smiling softly

No one wants to part ways

But fate and destiny decide

Shattered dreams of golden promises

To stay together, never apart

Fading traces of love

Fate has already been written

Love incomplete, now broken

Drifting apart in this mortal realm

What’s left to wish for?

Tears streaming, leaving their mark

We bid each other farewell

No longer walking the same path

The sorrowful wine seeps deep

Today, I bid farewell to your departing steps

Eyes heavy with love, now parted

Heartache in this weary world

Autumn just faded, the east wind pierces through

Penetrating the pain within my heart

Leaving you behind in this life

Next life, we’ll find our destined love

[Vietnamese]

Ly rượu sầu thấm sâu

Nay tiễn bước chân người đi

Mi nặng tình cách xa

Trần ai đớn đau

Thu vừa tàn gió đông xuyên

Thấu đau trong lòng ta

Xa rời người kiếp sau

Ta sẽ ngộ duyên

Sương rơi trên nhánh hoa giấy

Tay người trồng khi ấy

Khẽ người cài lên tóc

Vuốt ve mỉm cười

Chia ly ai nào đâu muốn

Do trời định duyên số

Vỡ mộng vàng ước mãi

Bên nhau không rời xa

Phai dấu tình yêu

Số phận đã an bài

Không trọn tình vỡ

Tan đường trần xa cách

Ước mong gì đâu

Dấu nước mắt tuôn trào

Ta từ biệt nhau

Không cùng người chung lối

Ly rượu sầu thấm sâu

Nay tiễn bước chân người đi

Mi nặng tình cách xa

Trần ai đớn đau

Thu vừa tàn gió đông xuyên

Thấu đau trong lòng ta

Xa rời người kiếp sau

Ta sẽ ngộ duyên

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
rượu /ʂɨə̌w/ A1	noun - alcohol, wine, liquor
sầu /səu/ A2	adjective - sad, sorrowful
thấm /tʰəm/ B1	verb - to soak, to absorb
tiễn /tiən/ B2	verb - to see off, to bid farewell
chia ly /ciə li/ B1	noun - separation, parting
đớn /ɗən/ B2	adjective - agonizing, painful
đông /ɗoŋ/ A2	noun - winter, east
kiếp /kiəp/ B2	noun - life, existence, karma
ngộ /ŋo/ C1	verb - to realize, to comprehend
sương /sɨəŋ/ A2	noun - dew, mist
giấy /zəj/ A1	noun - paper
cài /kəj/ B1	verb - to pin, to fasten
phai /faɪ/ B2	verb - to fade, to diminish
an bài /an baɪ/ B2	verb - to arrange, to settle
trần /tʰən/ C1	noun - mortal world, earthly life

Key Grammar Structures

• Thu vừa tàn gió đông xuyên

  ➔ Recent past aspect with 'vừa' + verb

  ➔ '' indicates an action that just happened recently (autumn just withered), followed by the noun 'gió đông xuyên' describing the event.

• Khẽ người cài lên tóc

  ➔ Directional complement with 'lên'

  ➔ '' indicates the direction 'up' or 'onto' (the person gently pins onto the hair), using 'khẽ' for softly.

• Chia ly ai nào đâu muốn

  ➔ Negative form with 'đâu' for emphasis

  ➔ '<đâu>' is a negation particle for rhetorical questions or emphasis (no one wants to part), integrated with 'ai nào'.

• Phai dấu tình yêu

  ➔ Inchoative verb 'phai' for fading

  ➔ '' implies a gradual fading or beginning of fading (the traces of love fade), used idiomatically here.

• Số phận đã an bài

  ➔ Perfective aspect with 'đã'

  ➔ '<Đã>' marks completion (fate has already arranged), emphasizing that it's predetermined.

• Không trọn tình vỡ

  ➔ Negation with 'không' in serial structure

  ➔ '' negates the serial verb 'trọn vỡ' (not complete, just break), meaning 'incomplete love shatters'.

• Ly rượu sầu thấm sâu

  ➔ Resultative complement 'thấm sâu'

  ➔ '' is a resultative complement showing the degree (wine sorrow soaks deeply), emphasizing permeation.

• Xa rời người kiếp sau

  ➔ Compound verb 'xa rời'

  ➔ '' is a verb compound meaning 'to part from' or 'leave' (part from the person in this life).

• Dấu nước mắt tuôn trào

  ➔ Descriptive complement 'tuôn trào'

  ➔ '' describes the manner of flowing (tears gush forth), adding vividness.

• Ta từ biệt nhau

  ➔ Reflexive pronoun 'nhau' for reciprocal action

  ➔ '' indicates mutual action (we bid farewell to each other), showing reciprocity.