人來人往 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

朋友已走 剛升職的你

Friends have gone, and you've just been promoted

舉杯到凌晨還未夠

Drinking until dawn, never enough

用盡心機拉我手

Doing everything to hold my hand

纏在我頸背後

Clinging behind my neck and back

說你男友有事忙是藉口

Saying your boyfriend’s busy, just an excuse

說到終於飲醉酒

Until finally, you get drunk

情侶會走 剛失戀的你

Couples part ways, and you just went through a breakup

哭乾眼淚前來自首

Crying all your tears and coming clean

寂寞因此牽我手

Loneliness then takes my hand

除下了他手信後

Taking off his promise ring

我已得到你沒有

I have what you don’t

但你我至少往後

But for now, at least

成為了蜜友

We’ve become close friends

閉起雙眼你最掛念誰

Closing your eyes, who do you miss most

眼睛張開身邊竟是誰

Opening your eyes, who’s by your side

感激車站裡尚有月台

Grateful that there’s still a platform at the station

能讓我們滿足到落淚

That can move us to tears

擁不擁有也會記住誰

Whether or not we have, we will remember who

快不快樂留在身體裡

Happiness or not, it stays inside

愛若能夠永不失去

If love could last forever without losing it

何以你今天竟想找尋伴侶

Why do you want to find a partner today

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誰也會走 剛相戀的你

Everyone will leave, and you just fell in love

先知我們原來未夠

Deep down, we knew we were never enough

藉故鬆開我的手

Using that as an excuse to let go of my hand

藏在貼紙相背後

Hidden behind the stickers and photos

我這苦心開過沒有

My heartfelt efforts, have they been in vain?

但試過散心旅遊

But I’ve tried escaping on trips

如何答沒有

How can I say I’m okay?

閉起雙眼我最掛念誰

Closing my eyes, who do I miss most

眼睛張開身邊竟是誰

Opening my eyes, who’s there beside me

感激車站裡尚有月台

Grateful that there’s still a platform at the station

曾讓我們滿足到落淚

That once made us feel complete enough to cry

擁不擁有也會記住誰

Whether or not we possess, we’ll remember who

快不快樂有天總過去

Happiness will eventually pass

愛若為了永不失去

If love is to never be lost again

誰勉強娛樂過誰

Who’s played games with whom

愛若難以放進手裡

If love is too hard to hold

何不將這雙手放進心裡

Why not put these hands inside your heart

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時間會走 剛失戀的我

Time moves on, and I just lost love

開始與旁人攜著手

Starting to hold hands with someone else

但甚麼可以擁有

But what can truly be possessed

纏在那頸背後

Clinging behind the neck and back

最美麗長髮未留在我手

The most beautiful long hair, not left in my hand

我也開心飲過酒

I’ve also enjoyed a drink happily

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
朋友 /pɻɤn A1	noun - friend
走 /zou/ A1	verb - to walk, to leave
升職 /shēngzhí/ B1	noun - promotion
舉杯 /jǔbēi/ B1	verb/noun - to raise a glass, toast
心機 /xīnjī/ B2	noun - scheme, effort
纏 /chán/ C1	verb - to entangle, to cling
頸背 /jǐngbèi/ C2	noun - neck and back
情侶 /qínglǚ/ A2	noun - couple, lovers
醉酒 /zuìjiǔ/ B2	noun - drunk, intoxicated
眼淚 /yǎnlèi/ A1	noun - tears
自首 /zìshǒu/ B2	verb - to surrender, to confess
寂寞 /jìmò/ A2	noun - loneliness
牽 /qiān/ C2	verb - to lead, to drag
失戀 /shīliàn/ B2	noun - heartbreak, love lost
滿足 /mǎnzú/ B1	noun - satisfaction
快樂 /kuàilè/ A2	noun - happiness
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love

Key Grammar Structures

• 用盡心機拉我手

  ➔ Use up all one's effort / energy

  ➔ The phrase "用盡" indicates *completeness* in using effort or resources.

• 說到終於飲醉酒

  ➔ Sequence of actions / finally happened

  ➔ The phrase "說到...終於" indicates *the culmination or realization of a sequence of events*.

• 我已得到你沒有

  ➔ Negation with "沒有" meaning "do not have" / "lack"

  ➔ "沒有" is used to negate possession or existence of something.

• 快不快樂留在身體裡

  ➔ Expression of a state remaining within oneself

  ➔ The phrase "留在身體裡" indicates a *state or emotion that remains within oneself*.

• 愛若能夠永不失去

  ➔ Conditional phrase "若能夠" meaning "if able to" / "if possible"

  ➔ "若能夠" introduces a *conditional* statement about possibility or ability.

• 時間會走 剛失戀的我

  ➔ Expressing future possibility with "會"

  ➔ The particle "會" indicates *future possibility or inevitability*.