花亦山 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 萨顶顶
• Album: 花亦山心之月

Lyrics & Translation

[English]

With my left hand I hold the earth, with my right hand I hold the sky

My palm lines crack open, spitting lightning in all directions

I trade fleeting time for years in a rush

Three thousand ages, as if we have never met

My left hand plucks a flower, my right hand wields a sword

A snowfall of ten thousand years descends between my brows

A single tear… ah ah ah

That is me… ah ah ah

With a snap of my left finger, my right hand strums the strings

A boat and oars navigate the waters of the River of Forgetfulness

When worries can bloom a red lotus

Don’t pause, give me scattered thoughts

My left hand points at the moon, my right hand takes a red thread

Bestow upon you and me the destined love we wish for

In the moonlight… ah ah ah

You and I… ah ah ah

My left hand turns into feathers, my right hand into scales

One life above the clouds, another life in the forest

I wish to follow you, in the shape of a speck of dust

Appearing throughout the mortal world

With my left hand I lift you, with my right hand I set you down

When we clasp hands, you are entirely drawn back into my heart

A incense stick… ah ah ah

You are my one and only, without another

[Chinese]

左手握大地 右手握著天

掌紋裂出了 十方的閃電

把時光 匆匆兌換成了年

三千世 如未曾​​​ ​​​​相見

左手拈著花 右手舞著劍

眉間落下了一萬年的雪

一滴淚 啊 啊 啊

那是我 啊 啊 啊

左手一彈指 右手彈著弦

舟楫擺渡在 忘川的水間

當煩惱 能開出一朵紅蓮

莫停歇 給我雜念

左手指著月 右手取紅線

賜予你和我如願的情緣

月光中 啊 啊 啊

你和我 啊 啊 啊

左手化成羽 右手成鱗片

某世在雲上 某世在林間

願隨你 用一粒微塵的模樣

在所有 塵世浮現

我左手拿起你 右手放下你

合掌時你全部被收回心間

一炷香 啊 啊 啊

你是我 無二無別

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
大地 dàdì A2	noun - earth; ground; the world
天 tiān A1	noun - sky; heaven; day
闪电 shǎndiàn B1	noun - lightning
时光 shíguāng B1	noun - time; era; period of time
兑换 duìhuàn B2	verb - to exchange; to convert
世 shì B1	noun - generation; lifetime; world; era
拈 niān C1	verb - to pinch; to twist (with fingers); to twirl
剑 jiàn B1	noun - sword
雪 xuě A2	noun - snow
泪 lèi A2	noun - tear
忘川 wàngchuān C1	noun - River of Oblivion (mythological river in Chinese folklore)
烦恼 fánnǎo B2	noun - worry; vexation; trouble adjective - worried; vexed; annoyed
红莲 hónglián C1	noun - red lotus (symbolic in Buddhism/Chinese culture)
情缘 qíngyuán C1	noun - fated love; romantic destiny; karmic bond of love
羽 yǔ B2	noun - feather; plume
鳞片 língpiàn C1	noun - scale (of a fish, reptile, etc.)
微尘 wéichén C1	noun - motes of dust; tiny particle; speck
尘世 chénshì C1	noun - mortal world; human world; the mundane world
放下 fàngxià B1	verb - to put down; to lay down; to let go (of something, e.g., worries)
无二无别 wú'èrwúbié C2	idiom - unique; without any difference; identical; indivisible

Key Grammar Structures

• 左手握大地 右手握著天

  ➔ Present tense with '握' (hold)

  ➔ The verb '握' (wò) is used in the present tense to describe the action of holding.

• 掌紋裂出了 十方的閃電

  ➔ Resultative complement with '裂出' (crack out)

  ➔ The phrase '裂出' (liè chū) serves as a resultative complement, indicating the outcome of the action.

• 把時光 匆匆兌換成了年

  ➔ Ba (把) sentence pattern with resultative complement

  ➔ The '把' (bǎ) sentence pattern is used to emphasize the object '時光' (time), with '兌換成了年' (exchanged into years) as the resultative complement.

• 左手拈著花 右手舞著劍

  ➔ Parallel structure with '著' (zhe) as a suffix

  ➔ The suffix '著' (zhe) is used to create a parallel structure, emphasizing the simultaneous actions of holding a flower and dancing with a sword.

• 一滴淚 啊 啊 啊

  ➔ Onomatopoeia with '啊' (ā) for emphasis

  ➔ The onomatopoeic '啊' (ā) is used to express emotion and emphasize the significance of the tear.

• 願隨你 用一粒微塵的模樣

  ➔ Volitional mood with '願' (yuàn)

  ➔ The word '願' (yuàn) expresses a wish or desire, indicating the volitional mood of wanting to follow.

• 在所有 塵世浮現

  ➔ Prepositional phrase with '在' (zài)

  ➔ The prepositional phrase '在所有' (zài suǒyǒu) indicates location or existence in all worldly appearances.