人間失格 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: JUDE

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the powerful emotions of Cantopop with JUDE's '人間失格' (Ningen Shikkaku). This song offers a unique opportunity to learn expressive and colloquial Cantonese through its raw and direct lyrics about heartbreak and anger. Its fusion of Pop Rock with a literary reference makes it a compelling track for any language and music enthusiast.

[English]

The unfaithful are scum, they should set themselves on fire in public

I wish I could force you to show your true colors, admit the truth

Loving you is as addictive as poison, but an earthquake once broke everything

Shattered all trust we had

I foolishly gave you my first kiss

Even willing to cross the line for you

And you don’t plan to be honest, a cheater is the most disgusting

I don’t want to slap you, you're so sloppy

I deal with all your tricks with silence

I’m not confident enough to break up, I still don’t know what lies ahead

Kissing someone else is the best way to say goodbye

...

I don’t want to cling desperately, don’t want to wait ten thousand years

Dragging out a thousand cracks, just waiting to be discovered

Watching your wandering route, neon lights bathing the feast

You hunt for rotten fragments

I’m foolishly crazy for you

Playing along in this muddled obsession

And you don’t plan to be honest, a cheater is the most disgusting

I don’t want to slap you, you're so sloppy

I deal with all your tricks with silence

I’m not confident enough to break up, I still don’t know what lies ahead

Kissing someone else is the best way to say goodbye

...

Why hasn’t the world exploded yet? Why is obedience a joke?

This kind of background is so embarrassing, shedding the facade and setting off fireworks

And you don’t plan to be honest, a cheater is the most disgusting

I don’t want to slap you, you're so sloppy

I deal with all your tricks with silence

I’m not confident enough to break up, I still don’t know what lies ahead

I seek revenge with the highest standards

...

[Chinese]

不忠的是賤人 應該當眾自焚

多想逼你現形 承認責任

愛你強如毒癮 然而一次地震

破壞掉全部信任

我為你 無知的獻出初吻

甚至連越界我都肯

而你不打算坦白 偷心的騙子最賤格

不想摑你 太邋遢

我用沉默對付你的一切蠱惑

想分手我不夠把握 我未來仍未測

吻別人是最好的方法

不想死命爛纏 不想等十萬年

拖出千道裂痕 留待發現

看你巡遊路線 霓虹普照盛宴

你獵食糜爛碎片

我為你 愚蠢得有點黐線

迷糊情慾戲也參演

而你不打算坦白 偷心的騙子最賤格

不想摑你 太邋遢

我用沉默對付你的一切蠱惑

想分手我不夠把握 我未來仍未測

吻別人是最好的方法

為何地球還未爆炸 為何服從是個笑話

這種身世太丟架 脫下形象放煙花

而你不打算坦白 偷心的騙子最賤格

不想摑你 太邋遢

我用沉默對付你的一切蠱惑

想分手我不夠把握 我未來仍未測

我復仇用最高的規格

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
不忠 /bù zhōng/ B2	adjective - disloyal, unfaithful
賤人 /jiàn rén/ C1	noun - bitch, despicable person
自焚 /zì fén/ C2	verb - to self-immolate
逼 /bī/ B2	verb - to force, to compel
現形 /xiàn xíng/ C1	verb - to reveal one's true colors
責任 /zé rèn/ B1	noun - responsibility
毒癮 /dú yǐn/ C1	noun - drug addiction
地震 /dì zhèn/ B1	noun - earthquake
信任 /xìn rèn/ B1	noun - trust, faith
無知 /wú zhī/ B2	adjective - ignorant
初吻 /chū wěn/ B1	noun - first kiss
越界 /yuè jiè/ B2	verb - to cross the line, to overstep the boundary
坦白 /tǎn bái/ B1	adjective - honest, frank verb - to confess, to admit
騙子 /piàn zi/ B1	noun - liar, swindler
賤格 /jiàn gé/ C2	adjective - despicable, contemptible
沉默 /chén mò/ B1	noun - silence adjective - silent
蠱惑 /gǔ huò/ C1	verb - to bewitch, to seduce
把握 /bǎ wò/ B1	noun - assurance, certainty verb - to grasp, to seize
未來 /wèi lái/ A2	noun - future
方法 /fāng fǎ/ A1	noun - method, way

Key Grammar Structures

• 應該當眾自焚

  ➔ should + verb (modal verb) for expressed obligation or recommendation

  ➔ '應該' indicates suggestion or obligation, combined with the verb '自焚' (self-immolation).

• 多想逼你現形

  ➔ 多 + verb to indicate 'much' or 'a lot of' + verb

  ➔ The adverb '多' emphasizes the extent of wanting or doing something.

• 破壞掉全部信任

  ➔ 掉 (drop, remove) attached to noun to indicate complete destruction or loss

  ➔ The suffix '掉' emphasizes the total destruction or negation of the noun '信任' (trust).

• 我未來仍未測

  ➔ 仍未 + verb indicating 'still not' or 'yet to'

  ➔ '仍未' expresses that something has not happened yet or remains uncertain.

• 吻別人是最好的方法

  ➔ 是 (be) + superlative adjective + て form + noun indicating method

  ➔ '是' (be) + superlative adjective + 方法 (method) describes the 'best method' to do something.

• 我復仇用最高的規格

  ➔ 用 (with/using) + noun to indicate method or means

  ➔ '用' indicates the means or method by which the action '復仇' (revenge) is carried out.