十年後的我 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 薛凱琪
• Album: Electric Angel

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

驟眼夢遊十年

Ten years have passed in a blink

成熟些少不免

It's inevitable to be a little more mature

比對一下在下凡前 你是如何自勉

Compare yourself to how you encouraged yourself before descending to earth

問有幾多位 已是無言

Ask how many have already become silent

做了大人十年

Been an adult for ten years

無甚好東西推薦

Nothing good to recommend

趕上班進入大樓前

Before rushing to work into the building

看著旁人在變

Watching the people around changing

找幅鏡 提你你未變

Find a mirror to remind you that you haven't changed

還敢坦白嗎

Do you still dare to be honest?

還想去駁嘴嗎

Do you still want to argue back?

未敗給生活嗎

Haven't been defeated by life yet?

未有磨平的爪牙

Haven't had your claws smoothed out?

可還時時期盼 再亮嗎

Can you still hope to shine again?

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踏進笨人樂園

Stepping into the fools' paradise

人是否蠢一點

Are people a little more foolish?

把理想放下是何年

What year did you put down your ideals?

怕越行 還越遠

Afraid of going further and further away

請歸去和世界 大戰

Please go back and fight the world

成長的代價

The price of growth

還需要更多嗎

Do you still need more?

剩下的怎樣花 未有的應否還價

How to spend what's left, should you bargain for what you don't have?

假如重頭來過

If you could start over

你現有的 問你可願拿

Would you be willing to give up what you have now?

問你還可安睡嗎

Ask if you can still sleep peacefully?

成長的代價

The price of growth

還需要更多嗎

Do you still need more?

剩下的怎樣花 未有的應否還價

How to spend what's left, should you bargain for what you don't have?

始終意難平嗎

Still feeling uneasy after all?

要是有火 別太快昇華

If you have fire, don't let it sublimate too quickly

明年還懂感動嗎 yeah

Will you still be touched next year? Yeah

還想發脾氣吧

Still want to throw a tantrum, right?

夜夜即使累垮

Even if you're exhausted every night

别到無牙先張牙

Don't bare your fangs when you have no teeth left

不能明年才說 快樂嗎

Can't you say you're happy until next year?

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夢遊 (mèngyóu) /məŋ˥˩jou̯˧˥/ B2	verb - to sleepwalk, somnambulate
成熟 (chéngshú) /t͡ʃʰəŋ˧˥ʂu˧˥/ B1	adjective - mature, ripe
自勉 (zìmiǎn) /tsɨ˥˩mjɛn˧˥/ C1	verb - to encourage oneself
無言 (wúyán) /wu˧˥jɛn˧˥/ B2	adjective - speechless, without words
推薦 (tuījiàn) /tʰuei̯˥t͡ɕi̯ɛn˥˩/ B2	verb - to recommend
大樓 (dàlóu) /ta˥˩lou̯˧˥/ A2	noun - high-rise building
坦白 (tǎnbái) /tʰan˧˥pai̯˧˥/ B2	adjective - frank, candid, honest
生活 (shēnghuó) /ʂəŋ˥xwɔ˧˥/ A2	noun - life
磨平 (mópíng) /mwo˧˥pʰiŋ˧˥/ B2	verb - to smooth out, to wear down
爪牙 (zhuǎyá) /ʈ͡ʂwa˧˥ja˧˥/ C1	noun - claws and fangs; henchmen, accomplices
期盼 (qīpàn) /t͡ɕʰi˥pʰan˥˩/ B2	verb - to hope, to expect
樂園 (lèyuán) /lə˥˩y̯ɛn˧˥/ A2	noun - paradise, happy land
理想 (lǐxiǎng) /li˧˥ɕi̯ɑŋ˧˥/ B1	noun - ideal
成長 (chéngzhǎng) /t͡ʃʰəŋ˧˥ʈ͡ʂɑŋ˧˥/ B1	verb - to grow up, to mature noun - growth
代價 (dàijià) /tai˥˩t͡ɕia˥˩/ B2	noun - price, cost
意難平 (yìnánpíng) /i˥˩nan˧˥pʰiŋ˧˥/ C1	adjective - feeling resentful; unable to accept something
昇華 (shēnghuá) /ʂəŋ˥xwa˧˥/ C1	verb - to sublimate, to elevate
感動 (gǎndòng) /kan˧˥tʊŋ˥˩/ B1	verb - to move (to tears), to be touched
脾氣 (píqì) /pʰi˧˥t͡ɕʰi˥˩/ A2	noun - temper