Tay Trái Chỉ Trăng – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: Hoàng Tiêu Vân

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the profound beauty of Vietnamese and Chinese culture through Hoàng Tiêu Vân's captivating song, "Tay Trái Chỉ Trăng." This track offers a wonderful entry point to appreciate the rich, poetic language and moving storytelling characteristic of Mandarin OSTs, allowing you to learn expressive vocabulary woven into a tale of celestial love and destiny.

[English]

Tay trái chỉ trăng

- Hoàng Tiêu Vân -

《左手指月》

原唱: 萨顶顶

编曲: 柒玖

作词: 喻江

制作人: 黄怡

作曲: 萨顶顶

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

My palm lines crackle with lightning from all ten directions.

Time rushes by, exchanged for fleeting years.

Three thousand lifetimes, unseen and unknown.

With my left hand, I pluck a flower, and with my right, I dance with a sword.

A snowflake from ten thousand years falls between my brows.

A single tear... ah, that’s me... ah.

With my left hand, I snap my fingers, and with my right, I pluck the strings.

A boat ferries across the waters of the River of Forgetfulness.

When worries bloom into a crimson lotus,

don’t stop—give me your scattered thoughts.

With my left hand, I point to the moon, and with my right, I take the red thread.

Granting us the destined love we wish for.

In the moonlight... ah, you and me... ah.

My left hand turns to feathers, my right to scales.

In one life, I’m in the clouds; in another, in the forest.

Willing to follow you as a speck of dust,

appearing in all the realms of the mortal world.

With my left hand, I lift you up, and with my right, I let you go.

When palms meet, you’re wholly drawn back into my heart.

A stick of incense... ah, that’s me... ah.

My left hand turns to feathers, my right to scales.

In one life, I’m in the clouds; in another, in the forest.

Willing to follow you as a speck of dust,

appearing in all the realms of the mortal world.

With my left hand, I lift you up, and with my right, I let you go.

When palms meet, you’re wholly drawn back into my heart.

A stick of incense... ah, that’s me... ah.

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

My palm lines crackle with lightning from all ten directions.

Time rushes by, exchanged for fleeting years.

Three thousand lifetimes, unseen and unknown.

With my left hand, I pluck a flower, and with my right, I dance with a sword.

A snowflake from ten thousand years falls between my brows.

A single tear... ah, that’s me... ah.

With my left hand, I snap my fingers, and with my right, I pluck the strings.

A boat ferries across the waters of the River of Forgetfulness.

When worries bloom into a crimson lotus,

don’t stop—give me your scattered thoughts.

With my left hand, I point to the moon, and with my right, I take the red thread.

Granting us the destined love we wish for.

In the moonlight... ah, you and me... ah.

My left hand turns to feathers, my right to scales.

In one life, I’m in the clouds; in another, in the forest.

Willing to follow you as a speck of dust,

appearing in all the realms of the mortal world.

With my left hand, I lift you up, and with my right, I let you go.

When palms meet, you’re wholly drawn back into my heart.

A stick of incense... ah, that’s me... ah.

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

My palm lines crackle with lightning from all ten directions.

Time rushes by, exchanged for fleeting years.

Three thousand lifetimes, unseen and unknown.

With my left hand, I pluck a flower, and with my right, I dance with a sword.

A snowflake from ten thousand years falls between my brows.

A single tear... ah, that’s me... ah.

With my left hand, I snap my fingers, and with my right, I pluck the strings.

A boat ferries across the waters of the River of Forgetfulness.

When worries bloom into a crimson lotus,

don’t stop—give me your scattered thoughts.

With my left hand, I point to the moon, and with my right, I take the red thread.

Granting us the destined love we wish for.

In the moonlight... ah, you and me... ah.

My left hand turns to feathers, my right to scales.

In one life, I’m in the clouds; in another, in the forest.

Willing to follow you as a speck of dust,

appearing in all the realms of the mortal world.

With my left hand, I lift you up, and with my right, I let you go.

When palms meet, you’re wholly drawn back into my heart.

A stick of incense... ah, that’s me... ah.

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

My palm lines crackle with lightning from all ten directions.

Time rushes by, exchanged for fleeting years.

Three thousand lifetimes, unseen and unknown.

With my left hand, I pluck a flower, and with my right, I dance with a sword.

A snowflake from ten thousand years falls between my brows.

A single tear... ah, that’s me... ah.

With my left hand, I snap my fingers, and with my right, I pluck the strings.

A boat ferries across the waters of the River of Forgetfulness.

When worries bloom into a crimson lotus,

don’t stop—give me your scattered thoughts.

With my left hand, I point to the moon, and with my right, I take the red thread.

Granting us the destined love we wish for.

In the moonlight... ah, you and me... ah.

My left hand turns to feathers, my right to scales.

In one life, I’m in the clouds; in another, in the forest.

Willing to follow you as a speck of dust,

appearing in all the realms of the mortal world.

With my left hand, I lift you up, and with my right, I let you go.

When palms meet, you’re wholly drawn back into my heart.

A stick of incense... ah, that’s me... ah.

[Vietnamese]

Tay trái chỉ trăng

- Hoàng Tiêu Vân -

《左手指月》

原唱: 萨顶顶

编曲: 柒玖

作词: 喻江

制作人: 黄怡

作曲: 萨顶顶

左手握大地右手握著天

掌纹裂出了十方的閃電

把時光匆匆兌換成了年

三千世如所不見

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

一炷香啊啊啊那是我啊啊啊

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

一炷香啊啊啊那是我啊啊啊

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

三千世如所不見

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

一炷香啊啊啊那是我啊啊啊

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

三千世如所不見

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

一炷香啊啊啊那是我啊啊啊

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

三千世如所不見

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

一炷香啊啊啊那是我啊啊啊

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
trăng /ʈəŋ/ A1	noun - moon
tay /tai/ A1	noun - hand
trái /ʈai/ A1	adjective - left
phải /faɪ̯/ A1	adjective - right
đất /ɗat/ A1	noun - earth
trời /ʈəj/ A1	noun - sky
hoa /hwa/ A1	noun - flower
kiếm /kiəm/ A2	noun - sword
nước /nɨk/ A1	noun - water
thời gian /tʰɤj zəjəŋ/ A1	noun - time
năm /nam/ A1	noun - year
tuyết /tɯət/ A2	noun - snow
nỗi /nɔi/ B1	noun - sorrow
đau /ɗaʊ/ A2	adjective - painful
đỏ /ɗɔ/ A1	adjective - red
duyên /zɯən/ B1	noun - fate
cánh /kaɪ̯ŋ/ A2	noun - wing
vảy /vəj/ B1	noun - scale
bụi /bʊi/ A2	noun - dust
thế gian /tʰɛ zəjəŋ/ B1	noun - world

Key Grammar Structures

• 左手握大地右手握著天

  ➔ Present tense with '着' (zhe) to indicate an ongoing action

  ➔ The particle '着' in '握著' emphasizes that the action of holding is ongoing.

• 把時光匆匆兌換成了年

  ➔ Use of '把' sentence structure to emphasize the object

  ➔ '把時光匆匆兌換成了年' uses '把' to highlight '時光匆匆' as the object being transformed into years.

• 三千世如所不見

  ➔ Use of '如' for comparison or simile

  ➔ '如所不見' uses '如' to compare the unseen nature of three thousand lifetimes.

• 左手指著月右手取紅線

  ➔ Use of '著' (zhuo) to indicate an action directed at something

  ➔ '指著' uses '著' to show the action of pointing is directed at the moon.

• 願隨你用一粒微塵的模樣

  ➔ Use of '隨' for willingness or following

  ➔ '願隨你' uses '隨' to express the willingness to follow you in any form.

• 在所有塵世浮現

  ➔ Use of '在' (zài) to indicate location or existence

  ➔ '在所有塵世浮現' uses '在' to indicate the existence or appearance in all mortal worlds.