小城大事 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 楊千嬅

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

青春彷彿因我愛你開始

Youth seems to have started because I loved you

但卻令我看破愛這個字

But it made me see through the meaning of love

自你患上失憶

Since you've lost your memory

便是我扭轉命數的事

That’s when I decided to change my fate

只因當失憶症發作加深

Only because your amnesia deepened

沒記住我但卻另有更新蜜運

You didn’t remember me, but there’s a new love in store

像狐狸精般

Like a cunning fox spirit

並未允許我步近

Not allowing me to get close

無回憶的餘生 忘掉往日情人

A life without memories, forgetting past lovers

卻又記住移情別愛的命運

Yet remembering the fate of loving someone else

無回憶的男人 就當偷呃與瞞騙

A man with no memories, just cheating and hiding

抱抱我不過份

Holding me, that’s not too much

吻下來 豁出去

Kiss me, be brave

這吻別似覆水

This farewell kiss is like spilled water

再來也許要天上團聚

Maybe we’ll reunite in the sky someday

再回頭 你不許

If I turn back, you won’t allow it

如曾經不登對

As if we were never a perfect match

你何以雙眼好像流淚

Why do your eyes look like they’re crying

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彼此追憶不怕愛要終止

Reminiscing together, not afraid that love will end

但我大概上世做過太多壞事

But I guess I did too many wrongs in a past life

能從頭開始

Hope to start over

跪在教堂說願意

Kneeling in the church, saying I’m willing

娛樂行的人影 還在繼續繁榮

The entertainment world’s figures still enjoy thriving

我在算著甜言蜜語的壽命

I’m counting the lifespan of sweet talk

人造的蠢衛星 沒探測出我們已

Artificial foolish satellites haven’t detected that we’ve

已再見不再認

Already said goodbye, no longer recognizing each other

吻下來 豁出去

Kiss me, be brave

這吻別似覆水

This farewell kiss is like spilled water

再來也許要天上團聚

Maybe we’ll reunite in heaven someday

我下來 你出去

I come down, you go out

講再會也心虛

Saying goodbye feels empty

我還記得到天上團聚

I still remember reuniting in the sky

吻下來 豁出去

Kiss me, be brave

從前多麼登對

We used to be such a perfect match

你何以雙眼好像流淚

Why do your eyes look like they’re crying

每年這天記得再流淚

Every year on this day, I remember and cry again

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
青春 (qīngchūn) /t͡ɕʰiŋ˥ t͡ɕʰwen˥/ B2	noun - youth; springtime of life
愛 (ài) /aɪ̯˥/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
失憶 (shīyì) /ʂʅ˥ i˥/ B2	noun - amnesia
命數 (mìngshù) /miŋ˥˩ ʂu˥˩/ C1	noun - fate; destiny
記住 (jìzhù) /t͡ɕi˥˩ ʈ͡ʂu˥˩/ A2	verb - to remember; to bear in mind
忘掉 (wàngdiào) /wɑŋ˥˩ tjaʊ̯˥˩/ A2	verb - to forget
情人 (qíngrén) /t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˥ ʐən˧˥/ A2	noun - lover; sweetheart
命運 (mìngyùn) /miŋ˥˩ yn˥˩/ B1	noun - fate; destiny
偷 (tōu) /tʰoʊ̯˥/ B1	verb - to steal
瞞騙 (mánpiàn) /mɑn˧˥ pʰjɛn˥˩/ B2	verb - to deceive; to cheat
吻 (wěn) /wən˨˩/ B1	verb - to kiss noun - kiss
流淚 (liúlèi) /ljoʊ̯˧˥ leɪ˥˩/ B1	verb - to shed tears; to cry
追憶 (zhuīyì) /ʈ͡ʂweɪ˥ i˥/ B2	verb - to recall; to reminisce
教堂 (jiàotáng) /t͡ɕjaʊ̯˥˩ tʰɑŋ˧˥/ A2	noun - church
繁榮 (fánróng) /fɑn˧˥ ʐʊŋ˧˥/ B2	adjective - prosperous; flourishing
壽命 (shòumìng) /ʂoʊ̯˥˩ miŋ˥˩/ B1	noun - lifespan; life expectancy
心虛 (xīnxū) /ɕin˥ ɕy˥/ B2	adjective - with a guilty conscience; timid; diffident
登對 (dēngduì) /dəŋ˥ tweɪ˥˩/ B2	adjective - well-matched

Key Grammar Structures

• 自你患上失憶

  ➔ Use of '自...患上...' to indicate the cause or event leading to a certain state.

  ➔ '自' introduces the subject, '患上' means 'to develop' or 'suffer from', collectively indicating 'since you developed...'

• 沒記住我但卻另有更新蜜運

  ➔ Use of '但' (but), indicating contrast, and '另有' (another has) to introduce an additional fact.

  ➔ '但' means 'but', showing contrast between two ideas, '另有' means 'another has' or 'there is another'.

• 像狐狸精般

  ➔ Use of '像...般' to indicate similarity or resemblance to something.

  ➔ '像' means 'like' or 'similar to', '般' functions as a classifier indicating manner or type.

• 再來也許要天上團聚

  ➔ Use of '再...也許...' to express a possibility or future possibility with emphasis on '再' meaning 'again' or 'more'.

  ➔ '再' means 'again' or 'more', '也許' means 'perhaps', together expressing an uncertain future action.

• 你何以雙眼好像流淚

  ➔ Use of '何以' (how come, why) as an interrogative expression, and '好像' (seems like) to indicate resemblance or appearance.

  ➔ '何以' is a formal or literary way to ask 'why' or 'how come', '好像' indicates appearance or similarity.