我醒著做夢 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 張學友
• Album: 我醒著做夢

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poignant beauty of Mandarin through Jacky Cheung's “我醒著做夢.” This song blends rock and orchestral elements to explore the bittersweet emotions of love and disillusionment. Learn vivid vocabulary and explore the cultural nuances embedded in Lin Xi's evocative lyrics.

[English]

Watching your sleeping smile

I thought love was so simple

I thought those silly romantic things

Would be enough for a lifetime

But reality is like an alarm clock

Awakening the different dreams in the same bed

I'm dreaming while awake, even pain is moving

If vows are like dreams, then let them be recited in dreams

Only in dreams, even if I shout myself hoarse

Saying you'll always be the you I knew, but you're unmoved

I thought the sky for two

Would have a rainbow after the rain

I thought the world revolved around us

In love, there's no fear

I pretended so well

Hoping time would be kind

I'm dreaming while awake, even pain is moving

If vows are like dreams, then let them be recited in dreams

Only in dreams, even if I shout myself hoarse

Saying you'll always be the you I knew, but you're unmoved

Even in dreams, I can't believe

Under the blazing sun

All feelings will disappear without a trace (Oh yeah yeah yeah ah)

I'm dreaming while awake, even pain is dazed

If vows are like dreams, then let them be recited in dreams

Only in dreams, even if I shout myself hoarse

Saying I'll always be the me I knew, I'm dreaming while awake

I'm dreaming while awake

...

[Chinese]

看你熟睡時的笑容

以為愛 很單純

以為就憑那些浪漫傻事

過一生 也夠用

可現實像鬧鐘

吵醒了同床的異夢

我醒著做夢 就是痛也痛得感動

誓言像夢話 那就留在夢裡背誦

只有在夢中 哪怕喊破喉嚨

說你永遠是原來的你 你無動於衷

以為兩個人的天空

雨過後 就有彩虹

以為世界圍繞我倆轉動

在愛裡 沒有惶恐

我裝得那麼像

只希望時間會寬容

我醒著做夢 就是痛也痛得感動

誓言像夢話 那就留在夢裡背誦

只有在夢中 哪怕喊破喉嚨

說你永遠是原來的你 你無動於衷

就是做夢我也不相信

在烈日當空

所有感情會無影無蹤（喔耶耶耶啊）

我醒著做夢 就是痛也痛得懵懂

誓言像夢話 那就留在夢裡背誦

只有在夢中 哪怕喊破喉嚨

說我永遠是原來的我 我醒著做夢

我醒著做夢

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
熟睡 /ʃú shùi/ B2	verb - to sleep soundly, to be fast asleep
笑容 /xiào róng/ A2	noun - smile
單純 /dān chún/ B1	adjective - simple, pure
浪漫 /làng màn/ B1	adjective - romantic
現實 /xiàn shí/ B1	noun - reality
鬧鐘 /nào zhōng/ A1	noun - alarm clock
異夢 /yì mèng/ B2	noun - different dreams, conflicting ambitions
醒 /xǐng/ A1	verb - to wake up, to be awake
夢 /mèng/ A1	noun - dream
痛 /tòng/ A1	adjective - painful
感動 /gǎn dòng/ B1	verb - to move (someone to tears)
誓言 /shì yán/ B2	noun - oath, vow
喉嚨 /hóu lóng/ A2	noun - throat
永遠 /yǒng yuǎn/ A2	adjective - eternal, forever
天空 /tiān kōng/ A1	noun - sky
彩虹 /cǎi hóng/ A2	noun - rainbow
世界 /shì jiè/ A1	noun - world
惶恐 /huáng kǒng/ C1	adjective - apprehensive, fearful
烈日 /liè rì/ B2	noun - scorching sun
感情 /gǎn qíng/ A2	noun - emotion, feeling
懵懂 /měng dǒng/ C1	adjective - muddled, ignorant

Key Grammar Structures

• 以為愛 很單純

  ➔ Use of '以為' to mean 'thought' or 'believed' in the past tense.

  ➔ '以為' means 'thought' or 'believed', indicating a misconception or assumption about something that was held in the past.

• 只有在夢中 哪怕喊破喉嚨

  ➔ Use of '只有在...才...' to express 'only when... then...'.

  ➔ '只有在...才...' indicates that something happens exclusively under certain conditions; in this case, only in dreams.

• 誓言像夢話

  ➔ Use of '像' to compare '誓言' (vow) to '夢話' (dream talk) as a simile.

  ➔ '像' means 'like' or 'as' and is used to make comparisons between two things, here between vows and dream talk.

• 我醒著做夢

  ➔ Use of '醒著' (awake) with '做夢' (dream) to express the paradox of dreaming while being awake.

  ➔ '醒著' means 'awake' and combined with '做夢' (dream) it emphasizes the paradox of dreaming mentally while physically awake.

• 誓言像夢話

  ➔ Use of '像' to compare '誓言' (vows) to '夢話' (dream talk).

  ➔ '像' functions as 'like' or 'as' to draw a comparison between vows and speech made in dreams, implying their fragility or unreal nature.