如果我們不曾相遇 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 五月天
• Album: 自傳

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Mayday's heartfelt ballad "如果我們不曾相遇" (What If We Had Never Met) and unlock the beauty of Mandarin Chinese through its profound lyrics. This song offers a rich vocabulary for expressing gratitude, reflection on life's encounters, and the bittersweet nature of human connections, making it a powerful and special piece for language learners.

[English]

If we had never met, where would I be?

If we had never known each other, this song wouldn't exist.

Living every second, dying every second.

Asking myself every second.

Who hasn't searched? Who hasn't doubted?

Where does this vast life lead?

That day, that moment, that scene,

You appeared in my life.

From then on, redefining life.

Awakening from my story.

If we had never met, where would you be?

If we had never known each other, how would the world operate?

Sunburned skin, unexpected snowy scenes,

The seasons spent with you.

The blue sky and white clouds, now I have you by my side.

What fear is there in the hurried cycle of life?

That day, that moment, that scene,

You appeared in my life.

Every minute, every second, every expression,

The story is full of surprises.

Coincidence and fate dance like butterfly wings; whose heart feels the wind?

Countless people pursue, following one after another, the only Bodhi in the desert.

Is it a fleeting encounter or a passing by? Fate is like a risky game.

Countless timelines, endless possibilities, finally intertwining with you.

That day, that moment, that scene,

You appeared in my life.

In the unknown future, uncertain probabilities,

Yet at this moment, I have you (I have you at this moment).

One day, one moment, one breath,

We will eventually part ways.

And in my autobiography, you once existed.

Verses without regrets (verses without regrets).

The verses are filled with gratitude.

If we had never met, where would I be?

If we had never known each other, this song wouldn't exist.

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[Chinese]

如果我們不曾相遇 我會是在哪裡？

如果我們從不曾相識 不存在這首歌曲

每秒都活著 每秒都死去

每秒都問著自己

誰不曾找尋？誰不曾懷疑？

茫茫人生奔向何地？

那一天 那一刻 那個場景

你出現在我生命

從此後 從人生 重新定義

從我故事裡甦醒

如果我們不曾相遇 你又會在哪裡？

如果我們從不曾相識 人間又如何運行？

曬傷的脫皮 意外的雪景

與你相依的四季

蒼狗又白雲 身旁有了你

匆匆輪迴又有何懼？

那一天 那一刻 那個場景

你出現在我生命

每一分 每一秒 每個表情

故事都充滿驚奇

偶然與巧合 舞動了蝶翼 誰的心頭風起？

前仆而後繼 萬千人追尋 荒漠唯一菩提

是擦身相遇 或擦肩而去 命運猶如險棋

無數時間線 無盡可能性 終於交織向你

那一天 那一刻 那個場景

你出現在我生命

未知的未來裡未定機率

然而此刻擁有你 (此刻擁有你)

某一天 某一刻 某次呼吸

我們終將再分離

而我的自傳裡曾經有你

沒有遺憾的詩句 (沒有遺憾的詩句)

詩句裡充滿感激

如果我們不曾相遇 我會是在哪裡？

如果我們從不曾相識 不存在這首歌曲

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
相遇 /xiāng yù/ B1	verb/noun - to meet (each other)/meeting
生命 /shēng mìng/ B2	noun - life
人生 /rén shēng/ B1	noun - human life/life journey
故事 /gù shì/ B1	noun - story, tale
場景 /chǎng jǐng/ B2	noun - scene, setting
追尋 /zhuī xún/ C1	verb - to pursue, to seek
命運 /mìng yùn/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
翅翼 /chì yì/ C1	noun - wings
感激 /gǎn jī/ B2	verb - to feel grateful
冒險 /mào xiǎn/ C1	verb/noun - to take risks / risk
輪迴 /lún huí/ C2	noun - reincarnation / cycle of rebirth
無數 /wú shù/ B2	adjective - countless, innumerable
未知 /wèi zhī/ B2	adjective/noun - unknown / the unknown

Key Grammar Structures

• 如果我們不曾相遇

  ➔ Conditional sentence with '如果' + past perfect ('不曾相遇')

  ➔ '如果' introduces a conditional clause, similar to 'if' in English, often combined with past perfect tense to describe hypothetical situations.

• 每秒都活著 每秒都死去

  ➔ Repetition of '每秒都' + verb to emphasize ongoing actions

  ➔ '每秒都' means 'every second' and is used with verbs to express ongoing or repeated actions happening continuously.

• 那一天 那一刻 那個場景 你出現在我生命

  ➔ Use of '那一天 那一刻 那個場景' as temporal and descriptive nouns before the action

  ➔ These phrases specify the particular time and scene and serve as nouns to set the context before the main action occurs.

• 你出現在我生命

  ➔ Use of '出現在' + noun to indicate 'appear in' or 'appear at' a place or within someone's life

  ➔ '出現在' means 'to appear in' and is combined with a noun to express the act of appearing within a specific place or in someone's life.

• 沒有遺憾的詩句

  ➔ Use of '的' to connect a noun with an adjectival phrase to form a descriptive noun phrase

  ➔ '的' is a structural particle used to link nouns with modifiers or descriptors, forming noun phrases that describe or specify the noun.