樹藤 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 林欣彤

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

Or perhaps between you and me, it's just this song left

La la la la la la la la la la la la

Elegant eye makeup along ten cracks is being cut

I hear fingertips and forehead erasing plans

Can despair really be despair? Can wishes truly be wished for?

Three thousand black hairs suddenly turn white

I don't believe that heaven's sea will dry up or that stubborn rocks will decay

I only believe that once craving comes, I’ll throw myself into disaster

If guilt is greed, but have trees and vines never been greedy?

Unreachable heights, loneliness is also hard

Take on me this misery

I would rather fully possess you, draining you of everything

La la la la la la la la la la la la

Cry for me and I’m sorry

Tying the knot tightly, willing to burn my body to ash

Ashes scattering on broken mud, only then is it noble

Abandon everything, but can’t turn back beauty

Finding comfort can’t bring status

I’m like an ant, I don’t know if eternal change will hide the rose for future generations

In your blooming branches, the splendid sight

Accompanied by the rise and fall of desire’s posture

That regal splendor, extinguishing it in ten seconds, remember your vow

Poignant bloodstains wiping tears along ten lines

A thousand angels in my mind urging goodness, hinting to let go

Can we say goodbye? Is living alone really living?

A pile of bones, fleeting in a moment

I don’t believe that heaven’s sea will dry up or that stubborn rocks will decay

I only believe that once craving comes, I’ll throw myself into disaster

If guilt is greed, but have trees and vines never been greedy?

La la la la la la la la

Take on me this misery

I would rather fully possess you, draining you of everything

La la la la la la la la la la la la

Cry for me, say I’m sorry

Tying the knot tightly, willing to burn my body to ash

Ashes scattering on broken mud, only then is it noble

Abandon everything, but can’t turn back beauty

Finding comfort can’t bring status

I’m like an ant, I don’t know if eternal change will hide the rose for future generations

In your blooming branches, the splendid sight

Accompanied by the rise and fall of desire’s posture

That regal splendor, extinguishing it in ten seconds, remember your vow

Let fireflies purify me, carrying your concern

Perhaps I’ll turn to dust, planting future flowers

At any cost, everything is beautiful

Carving the deepest poison oath for you

I’m like an ant, I don’t know if eternal change can keep the beauty alive

In your blooming branches, the splendid sight

Accompanied by the rise and fall of desire’s posture

That regal splendor, extinguishing it in ten seconds, remember your vow

(Or perhaps between you and me, this song remains only this song)

(La la la la la la la la la la la la)

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[Chinese]

（或者你同我之間 淨係淨番呢首歌）

（La la la la la la la la la la la la）

優雅的眼妝沿十條裂紋在割下

我聽到指甲尖和額頭在磨滅計劃

絕望能絕嗎 願望難道能望嗎

三千青絲一剎變白

我不信天國一到海會枯頑石會爛

我只信心癮一到便亡命投入劫難

若罪名是貪 但樹藤何曾未貪

高攀不起孤立亦難

Take on me this misery

私有得徹底 情願吸乾你一切

（La la la la la la la la la la la la）

Cry for me and I'm sorry

死結綑到底 情願燒光我軀體

飛灰撒下爛泥才高貴

捨棄一切換不到美麗

得到安慰變不出地位

我像螻蟻（我像螻蟻）不知道千秋更替薔薇藏後世

於你枝幹盛開的瑰麗

伴隨靈慾興衰的姿勢

那樣華貴 撲滅前望你十秒便記住約誓

悽美的血絲沿十行淚痕在抹下

腦中有千個天使在揚善提示放下

道別能別嗎 獨活難道能活嗎

一堆枯骨飛不出一剎那

我不信天國一到海會枯頑石會爛

我只信心癮一到便亡命投入劫難

若罪名是貪 但樹藤何曾未貪

（Da la la la la la la la）

Take on me this misery

私有得徹底 情願吸乾你一切

（La la la la la la la la la la la la）

Cry for me, say I'm sorry

死結綑到底 情願燒光我軀體

飛灰撒下爛泥才高貴

捨棄一切換不到美麗

得到安慰變不出地位

我像螻蟻 不知道千秋更替薔薇藏後世

於你枝幹盛開的瑰麗

伴隨靈慾興衰的姿勢

那樣華貴 撲滅前望你十秒便記住約誓

任由螢火將我淨化帶著你牽掛

或能塵歸土種下世花

不顧一切什麼都美麗

給你刻上最深的毒誓

我像螻蟻 不知道千秋更替明媚留不低

於你枝幹盛開的瑰麗

伴隨靈慾興衰的姿勢

那樣華貴 撲滅前望你十秒便記住約誓

（或者你同我之間 淨係淨番呢首歌）

（La la la la la la la la la la la la）

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
裂紋 /liè wén/ B2	noun - crack, fissure
磨滅 /mó miè/ C1	verb - to obliterate, to erase
絕望 /jué wàng/ B2	noun - despair verb - to despair
願望 /yuàn wàng/ B1	noun - wish, desire
青絲 /qīng sī/ C1	noun - black hair
天國 /tiān guó/ B2	noun - heaven
枯 /kū/ B2	verb - to wither, to dry up adjective - withered
頑石 /wán shí/ B2	noun - stubborn stone, unyielding rock
爛 /làn/ B1	verb - to rot, to decay adjective - rotten, decayed
心癮 /xīn yǐn/ C1	noun - craving, addiction (psychological)
亡命 /wáng mìng/ B2	verb - to flee for one's life
劫難 /jié nàn/ C1	noun - calamity, catastrophe
罪名 /zuì míng/ B2	noun - charge, accusation, crime
貪 /tān/ B2	verb - to be greedy adjective - greedy
樹藤 /shù téng/ B1	noun - vine
高攀 /gāo pān/ C1	verb - to try to curry favor with someone of higher status, to climb up to a higher position
孤立 /gū lì/ B2	adjective - isolated verb - to isolate
徹底 /chè dǐ/ B2	adjective - thorough, complete
燒 /shāo/ A2	verb - to burn
軀體 /qū tǐ/ C1	noun - body, physique
飛灰 /fēi huī/ B2	noun - fly ash
撒 /sǎ/ B1	verb - to scatter, to sprinkle
爛泥 /làn ní/ B2	noun - mud
高貴 /gāo guì/ B2	adjective - noble

Key Grammar Structures

• 我不信天國一到海會枯頑石會爛

  ➔ Negative form with '不' (bu) to express disbelief.

  ➔ The phrase "我不信" means "I do not believe".

• 若罪名是貪 但樹藤何曾未貪

  ➔ Conditional structure with '若' (ruò) to express 'if'.

  ➔ The phrase "若罪名是貪" means "If the crime is greed".

• 我像螻蟻（我像螻蟻）不知道千秋更替薔薇藏後世

  ➔ Simile structure using '像' (xiàng) to compare.

  ➔ The phrase "我像螻蟻" means "I am like an ant".

• 捨棄一切換不到美麗

  ➔ Use of '不' (bù) to indicate impossibility.

  ➔ The phrase "換不到美麗" means "cannot exchange for beauty".

• 任由螢火將我淨化帶著你牽掛

  ➔ Use of '任由' (rèn yóu) to express letting something happen.

  ➔ The phrase "任由螢火將我淨化" means "let the firefly purify me".

• 私有得徹底 情願吸乾你一切

  ➔ Use of '情願' (qíng yuàn) to express willingness.

  ➔ The phrase "情願吸乾你一切" means "willing to drain everything from you".

• 飛灰撒下爛泥才高貴

  ➔ Use of '才' (cái) to indicate a condition for something to be true.

  ➔ The phrase "才高貴" means "only then is it noble".