雙雙 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Gin Lee

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of the Cantonese language through Gin Lee's heartfelt ballad, "雙雙". This song offers a chance to learn expressive and emotional vocabulary related to love and the passage of time. The clever use of reduplicated characters in the lyrics makes it a special and memorable way to appreciate the poetic nature of Cantonese.

[English]

You're lucky in love, carefree and proud every day

Yearning for romance, big dreams of love

Laughing and joking, old times softly touching fingers

Your small face, so tiny, just like your small stature, swore to remember forever

Running through the years, leaving footprints in every journey

When you walk far away, you forget the first kiss

The drifting kite, caught in the sinking wind, how many towns have we flown past?

The old roads are too far, the road ahead is so close, who will plant roots with us?

So many silly promises, now discarded

How many beautiful sunsets do you still remember?

Time passes so quickly, tender shoots sprouting, having loved so little

After facing many trials, we've met again

So many feelings hard to say, but it’s okay if we can't express them

Not good at words, I can only smile at you

Six years drifting, face so faint and familiar

And yet, love is more unpredictable than the world

On lonely days, we always look through old photo albums to see each other

Where will we meet again? When will we say goodbye? In peaceful springtime

So many silly promises, now discarded

How many beautiful sunsets do you still remember?

Time rushes by, tender shoots grow, loved so little

After countless hardships, we've seen each other again

So many feelings hard to express, but it doesn't matter

Not good at words, I can only smile at you

In love and caring, we used to joke together

Running here and there, now too many worries and troubles

Time flies, love fades, can't even see the dawn

After so many hardships, we've met again

The sky and sea vast, we've experienced more breakups

Flowers will always fade, but thinking of you makes me smile

Who will live forever? The feelings that linger can't be erased; you always live in my heart

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[Chinese]

卿卿我我幸運兒 天天春風得意

雙雙嚮往戀愛這大志

嘻嘻哈哈舊陣時 輕輕扣著尾指

我臉頰小小你亦個子小小發誓畢生永誌

歲歲年年的飛奔 役役營營足印

當你走得遠遠想不起初吻

斷線下沉的風箏 跟我飛過多少個小鎮

舊時路太遠面前路卻太近共誰落土生根

幾多可笑諾言 被作廢了

幾多優美落霞記得多少

匆匆歲月 絲絲幼苗 失戀過太少

幾經波折二人又再見了

幾多牽掛二人說不出口不緊要

不懂說話 只可以對你笑

漂漂泊泊又六年 依依稀稀的臉

偏偏戀愛比世界善變

每每寂寥的今天 總會翻揭相簿來相見

在何地再見在何日說再見在寧靜的春天

幾多可笑諾言被作廢了

幾多優美落霞記得多少

匆匆歲月 絲絲幼苗 失戀過太少

幾經波折二人又再見了

幾多牽掛二人說不出口不緊要

不懂說話 只可以對你笑

相親相愛舊時共你說笑

東奔西撲現時太多紛擾

匆匆歲月 絲絲愛情 戀不到破曉

幾經波折二人又再見了

天空海闊二人見識分手都多了

花總會謝 一想你卻會笑

生生世世又是誰 揮都揮之不去 始終有你棲息於心裡

Key Grammar Structures

• 天天春風得意

  ➔ Using a temporal adverb + verb + result clause

  ➔ "天天" means "every day", indicating frequency; combined with "春風得意" emphasizes feeling fortunate or successful daily.

• 斷線下沉的風箏

  ➔ Using a descriptive phrase + の (possessive or modifying) + noun

  ➔ "斷線下沉的風箏" describes "a kite that has lost its string and sank", using a descriptive clause to illustrate the situation.

• 跟我飛過多少個小鎮

  ➔ Using a verb + 过 (indicating experience or crossing multiple times)

  ➔ "跟我飛過" uses the verb "飛" (fly) + 过 to express experiencing flying over a certain number of towns, emphasizing repeated or experiential action.

• 幾多可笑諾言 被作廢了

  ➔ Using passive voice to indicate that the vows have been rendered meaningless

  ➔ "幾多可笑諾言 被作廢了" employs passive voice "被...了" to show that the promises have been rendered useless or invalid.

• 幾經波折二人又再見了

  ➔ Using 將/又再 (repeating or emphasizing the action) with verb

  ➔ "幾經波折二人又再見了" employs the phrase "又再" to emphasize the recurrence of the meeting despite previous difficulties.