不是神 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Yoga Lin (林宥嘉)

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the depths of human devotion with Yoga Lin's “不是神”. This song, filled with poignant lyrics and a haunting melody, offers a unique opportunity to learn the nuances of the Chinese language while experiencing the raw emotion of a love that defies limitations. Discover how language can express the most profound feelings as you delve into the heart of this compelling song.

[English]

The aurora sighing melancholically

A hundred meters from the border

A color that can't be wiped away

Rain stops at your balcony entry

A casual handful and it

Flows through my fingers like tears

Lingering in the dark northern lands

Also gazed upon eternal daylight

In a blink, frost falls, foretelling the end

Everything heads toward the heavy snow, suddenly silent

Still don't understand why

Why you don't love me

I'm still waiting right here

Until the end of the world, there'll still be me

I'm not a god

I'm just ordinary yet stubbornly loving

The one who loves you

The girl says I can only let go

Embraces have grown tired

Starting to become uncertain

Still tightly holding the rainbow in memories

Only the wind staying with me

How long has it been already

Lingering in the dark northern lands

Also gazed upon eternal daylight

In a blink, frost falls, foretelling the end

Everything heads toward the heavy snow, suddenly silent

Still don't understand why

Why you don't love me

I'm still waiting right here

Until the end of the world, there'll still be me

I'm not a god

I'm just ordinary yet stubbornly loving

Can I

Fallen stones, a nearly suffocating lake

Piling up to drown me

Desperate black holes, scorching flames

Let me be engulfed for you too

Even if I can't bear it

I still want to come back to life for you

Still don't understand why

Why you don't love me

I'm standing right here waiting

Until the end of the world, there'll still be me

I'm not a god

I'm just ordinary yet stubbornly loving

The one who loves you

[Chinese]

北極光 憂鬱地 嘆息著

離邊界一百米

抹不去的顏色

雨靜止 在你的 陽台口

隨手一捧它就

指縫間流淚了

流連黑夜的北國

也曾眺望 永恆白晝

轉眼霜降 預言了最終

一切迎向大雪 戛然沉默

還是不懂 為什麼

為什麼你不愛我

我還在原地等候

一直到世界盡頭 還有我

我不是神

我只是平凡卻執拗愛著

你的人

女孩說 我只能放開手

擁抱有些倦了

開始不確定了

還緊握 回憶裡的彩虹

只剩風 陪著我

已經過了多久

流連黑夜的北國

也曾眺望 永恆白晝

轉眼霜降 預言了最終

全都迎向大雪 戛然沉默

還是不懂 為什麼

為什麼你不愛我

我還在原地等候

一直到世界盡頭 還有我

我不是神

我只是平凡卻執拗愛著

能不能

殞落的石頭 快窒息的湖泊

將我堆砌淹沒

絕望的黑洞 灼人的火焰

也讓我 為你吞沒

就算不能承受

我也想為你復活

還是不懂 為什麼

為什麼你不愛我

我站在原地等候

一直到世界盡頭 還有我

我不是神

我只是平凡卻執拗愛著

你的 人

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
北極光 běi​jí​guāng B2	noun - aurora (Northern Lights)
憂鬱 yōu​yù B2	adjective - melancholy; gloomy
愛 ài A2	verb - to love noun - love (a feeling)
神 shén A2	noun - god; deity
平凡 píng​fán B1	adjective - ordinary; common
執拗 zhí​niào C1	adjective - persistent; stubborn; obstinate
永恆 yǒng​héng C1	adjective - eternal; everlasting
黑夜 hēi​yè B1	noun - dark night
大雪 dà​xuě B1	noun - heavy snowfall; big snow
回憶 huí​yì B1	noun - memory; recollection
彩虹 cǎi​hóng A2	noun - rainbow
風 fēng A1	noun - wind
世界 shì​jiè A2	noun - world
石頭 shí​tou A1	noun - stone; rock
湖泊 hú​pō B1	noun - lake; body of water
絕望 jué​wàng C1	noun - despair; hopelessness
火焰 huǒ​yàn B2	noun - flame; blaze
復活 fù​huó C1	verb - to resurrect; to revive

Key Grammar Structures

• 還是不懂 為什麼

  ➔ Question word '為什麼' placed after the verb to ask the reason

  ➔ I still "don't understand" "why".

• 我不是神

  ➔ Negative copula ‘不是’ (to be not)

  ➔ I "am not" a god.

• 我只是平凡卻執拗愛著你的 人

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction ‘只是…卻…’ (only… yet…); progressive aspect ‘愛著’

  ➔ I "only" am ordinary, "yet" stubbornly "love" you.

• 一直到世界盡頭 還有我

  ➔ Temporal clause with ‘一直到’ (until)

  ➔ "Until" the end of the world, I am still here.

• 就算不能承受，我也想為你復活

  ➔ Concessive structure ‘就算…也…’ (even if… still…)

  ➔ "Even if" I cannot bear it, I "still" want to revive for you.

• 將我堆砌淹沒

  ➔ Pre‑position ‘將’ used like ‘把’, marking the object before the verb

  ➔ "Stack" me and "drown" me.

• 雨靜止 在你的 陽台口

  ➔ Locative phrase ‘在…口’ indicating a specific spot (the mouth/edge of the balcony)

  ➔ The rain stops "at" the mouth of your balcony.

• 流連黑夜的北國 也曾眺望 永恆白晝

  ➔ Adverbial ‘也曾’ indicating a past experience (‘also once’)

  ➔ The northern land of endless night "also once" gazed upon eternal daylight.

• 轉眼霜降 預言了最終

  ➔ Adverbial phrase ‘轉眼’ meaning ‘in the blink of an eye’

  ➔ "In a blink of an eye", the frost fell and foretold the end.