少女的巴别塔 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: SNH48 Team HII
• Album: Ultimate Mission

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical depth of "Goodbye (少女的巴别塔)" and you'll encounter beautiful, poetic Chinese vocabulary centered on themes of farewell, nostalgia, and growth. As the emotional closing song of an SNH48 theater performance, it offers an authentic, moving window into Mandopop balladry and the language used to express bittersweet parting and enduring youth.

[English]

The croaking frogs bid farewell to the disturbed flowing light,

with a splash, it vanished in the pond.

The tree gazes south, entrusting all its summerlong hopes

to the soil below.

The girl stares blankly at time dancing, a warmth brushes her cheek.

There was once a window filled with summer’s glow.

Golden leaves scatter like a sudden panic, stretching her short skirt longer, whoa.

It feels like the song’s not sung, the words not spoken, yet the curtain’s fallen.

Tears rush down before the smile fades away.

Lights above dim one by one, you all vanish one by one.

I still call out familiar names, but there’s no reply.

We once leaped through fires, built sandcastles, shared sunsets together.

Now only time’s cruelty washes it all away.

Gatherings are like the Tower of Babel—the higher it rises, the easier it crumbles.

At least we had one glorious summer—is that a regret-free youth?

The girl bids summer farewell, brewing sorrow—parting never makes a sound.

It’s goodbyes that make us grow, little by little.

If I want to sing, I’ll sing alone, where we once said goodbye.

For the moments that slipped away.

This time, let me finish my song, my words, before I leave, okay?

Though I’m used to the awkwardness of dancing alone,

let the lights bring back that scorching summer, before you all vanished.

When I call out those familiar names, please answer me.

Let those fires we leaped, sands we piled, sunsets we shared,

forever stay in the depths of memory, beneath the eaves.

In my dreams, that Tower of Babel still stands on the horizon.

As long as my blood runs hot, that summer in my heart will never end, right?

Wait for me to turn off the lights, take off my makeup, before you go, okay?

I wish I could cherish every inch of time.

Even if others leave one by one, the farewell music still echoes.

But when I call out those familiar names, my heart still burns.

Maybe I’ll cross mountains, ride the wind, chasing that sunset.

Even cross the Milky Way, just for one word from you.

Maybe I’ll return to that window, stay in this world of fireworks.

As seasons change and summer returns—is it just a distant dream?

[Chinese]

蛙声告别曾被惊扰的流光

扑通一声消散在池塘

树望着南方 把长夏中的所有奢望

都托付给了土壤

少女呆呆望着飞舞的时光 一道暖流划过脸庞

曾有过装满夏日的窗

满地金黄像一道惊惶 把短裙突然就拉长 whoa

好像还没唱完歌说完话帷幕已落下

泪水等不及笑容散去就流下

头顶灯光一盏盏暗哑 你们一个个蒸发

我还呼喊着熟悉名字却没有回答

我们也曾扑过火堆过沙分享过晚霞

如今只剩下岁月无情在冲刷

欢聚就像一座巴别塔 越高越容易崩塌

至少曾经拥有一个盛夏 算青春无悔吗

少女送别夏日酿出了忧伤 原来离别从未声张

是告别让人慢慢长大

想要歌唱 就独自歌唱 在曾经告别的地方

为曾经离去的时光

这次让我唱完歌说完话 再离去好吗

虽然早已经 习惯独舞的尴尬

就让灯光还原出炎夏 你们还不曾蒸发

当我呼喊着熟悉名字 请给我回答

就当那些扑的火 堆的沙 分享的晚霞

永远存留在 回忆深处屋檐下

在我梦里那座巴别塔 仍然矗立在天涯

只要血液炽热 心里的盛夏 会一直延续吧

请你等我关了灯 卸了妆 再离去好吗

我多想珍惜一寸一寸的时光

就算旁人一个个散场 别离笙箫在回荡

可当我呼喊熟悉名字 还炽热滚烫

也许我会越过山 乘着风 奔赴那晚霞

跨越过银河 只为你的一句话

也许我会重回那窗前 守在烟火的人间

待四季流转 夏日又重现 是遥远的梦吗

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
少女 /shào nǚ/ A1	noun - young girl
巴别塔 /bā bié tǎ/ B2	noun - Tower of Babel
离别 /lí bié/ A2	noun - parting
时光 /shí guāng/ A2	noun - time
夏日 /xià rì/ A1	noun - summer day
忧伤 /yōu shāng/ A2	adjective - sad
长大 /zhǎng dà/ A1	verb - to grow up
歌唱 /gē chàng/ A2	verb - to sing
回忆 /huí yì/ A2	noun - memory
炽热 /chì rè/ B1	adjective - blazing hot
分享 /fēn xiǎng/ A2	verb - to share
晚霞 /wǎn xiá/ A2	noun - afterglow
奔赴 /bēn fù/ B1	verb - to rush to
流转 /liú zhuǎn/ B2	verb - to flow and change
珍惜 /zhēn xī/ A2	verb - to cherish
梦 /mèng/ A1	noun - dream

Key Grammar Structures

• 蛙声告别曾被惊扰的流光

  ➔ Passive voice with 被

  ➔ The sentence uses passive voice where '流光' (flowing light) is the object acted upon by '惊扰' (startle). Highlight: "被惊扰" indicates the past action.

• 扑通一声消散在池塘

  ➔ Adverbial phrase for sound

  ➔ This adverbial phrase '扑通一声' (with a plop sound) modifies the verb '消散' (disperse), imitating the sound. Highlight: "一声" emphasizes the singular sound effect.

• 少女呆呆望着飞舞的时光

  ➔ Reduplication for emphasis

  ➔ The reduplication '呆呆' (dazed) intensifies the adverb, describing the girl's manner of looking. Highlight: "呆呆" conveys a sense of distraction.

• 好像还没唱完歌说完话帷幕已落下

  ➔ Concessive clause with contradiction

  ➔ The clause '好像还没...' (as if not yet) contrasts with '帷幕已落下' (the curtain has already fallen), showing irony. Highlight: "好像" introduces the apparent situation.

• 你们一个个蒸发

  ➔ Emphatic repetition with 个个

  ➔ The phrase '一个个' (one by one) emphasizes individual disappearance, adding a sense of loss. Highlight: "一个个" stresses sequential evaporation.

• 我们也曾扑过火堆过沙分享过晚霞

  ➔ Past experience with 过

  ➔ The particle '过' indicates completed actions in the past, like '扑过火' (jumped over fire). Highlight: "过" marks the experiential aspect.

• 想要歌唱 就独自歌唱 在曾经告别的地方

  ➔ Conditional with 就

  ➔ The word '就' implies a direct consequence for the desire, i.e., to sing alone. Highlight: "就" shows the conditional result.

• 就让灯光还原出炎夏 你们还不曾蒸发

  ➔ Subjunctive mood with 就让

  ➔ The phrase '就让' suggests a hypothetical or imperative letting of the light restore summer. Highlight: "就让" indicates a wished-for action.