新不了情 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 萬芳

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a heartfelt journey into the world of Chinese ballads with Wan Fang's iconic "新不了情" (New Endless Love). This emotionally charged song, with its profound lyrics and melancholic melody, offers a unique window into expressions of love, loss, and destiny in Chinese culture. Learning its lyrics will not only enhance your Mandarin vocabulary but also allow you to grasp the nuanced emotional depth and poetic beauty often found in classic Chinese love songs, making it a truly special piece for language and cultural immersion.

[English]

If my heart grows tired, tears will have dried up

This deep love, hard to part with and let go

We once had it, lasting forever and ever

Now I can’t find you, night and morning

This love, forever difficult to abandon

Wish that in the next life, we can embrace again

Loving someone, how to keep caring till old age

How to face everything, I don’t know

Remembering the past, I can’t forget the painful longing

Why do you still come, stirring my heartbeat

How can I stop loving you

Tonight, you should understand, fate and love are hard to hold

...

If my heart grows tired, tears will have dried up

This deep love, hard to part with and let go

We once had it, lasting forever and ever

Now I can’t find you, night and morning

This love, forever difficult to abandon

Wish that in the next life, we can embrace again

Loving someone, how to keep caring till old age

How to face everything, I don’t know

Remembering the past, I can’t forget the painful longing

Why do you still come, stirring my heartbeat

How can I stop loving you

Tonight, you should understand, fate and love are hard to hold

Remembering the past, I can’t forget the painful longing

Why do you still come, stirring my heartbeat

How can I stop loving you

Tonight, you should understand, fate and love are hard to hold

...

[Chinese]

心若倦了 淚也乾了

這份深情 難捨難了

曾經擁有 天荒地老

已不見你 暮暮與朝朝

這一份情 永遠難了

願來生還能 再度擁抱

愛一個人 如何廝守到老

怎樣面對一切 我不知道

回憶過去 痛苦的相思忘不了

為何你還來 撥動我心跳

愛你怎麼能了

今夜的你應該明瞭 緣難了 情難了

心若倦了 淚也乾了

這份深情 難捨難了

曾經擁有 天荒地老

已不見你 暮暮與朝朝

這一份情 永遠難了

願來生還能 再度擁抱

愛一個人 如何廝守到老

怎樣面對一切 我不知道

回憶過去 痛苦的相思忘不了

為何你還來 撥動我心跳

愛你怎麼能了

今夜的你應該明瞭 緣難了 情難了

回憶過去 痛苦的相思忘不了

為何你還來 撥動我心跳

愛你怎麼能了

今夜的你應該明瞭 緣難了 情難了

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
心 /ɕin/ A1	noun - heart; mind; feeling
淚 /leɪ/ A2	noun - tear
深情 /ʂən t͡ɕʰiŋ/ B2	noun - deep affection; profound love
捨 /ʂɤ/ B1	verb - to abandon; to give up
擁有 /joŋ jǒu/ B1	verb - to possess; to have
天荒地老 /tʰi̯ɛn xwɑŋ ti lɑʊ/ C1	noun - until the end of time; forever
暮暮 /mu mu/ B2	noun - dusk; evening
朝朝 /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ/ B2	noun - morning after morning
來生 /lai ʂəŋ/ B2	noun - next life; afterlife
擁抱 /jʊŋ pɑʊ/ B1	verb - to embrace; to hug
廝守 /sɿ ʃɔʊ/ C1	verb - to stay together for life; to be together forever
回憶 /xweɪ i/ B1	noun - memory; recollection
痛苦 /tʰʊŋ kʰu/ B1	adjective - painful; suffering
相思 /ɕiɑŋ sɿ/ B2	noun - love-sickness; yearning
忘 /wɑŋ/ A1	verb - to forget
撥動 /bo dʊŋ/ C1	verb - to pluck; to strum (a string)
心跳 /ɕin tʰjɑʊ/ A2	noun - heartbeat
緣 /ɥan/ B1	noun - fate; destiny; predestined relationship
倦 /tɕʰɥɛn/ B2	adjective - tired; weary
明瞭 /míng liáo/ B2	adjective - clear; explicit; obvious

Key Grammar Structures

• 怎樣面對一切 我不知道

  ➔ Expression '怎樣 + verb' as 'how to do something'

  ➔ The phrase uses '怎樣' to inquire about the method or way to do something, followed by the verb.

• 回憶過去 痛苦的相思忘不了

  ➔ Use of '忘不了' to indicate inability to forget

  ➔ The phrase '忘不了' translates to 'cannot forget' and expresses emotional difficulty in forgetting someone or something.

• 愛一個人 如何廝守到老

  ➔ Use of '如何 + verb' to ask 'how to' do something

  ➔ The structure '如何 + verb' asks about the method or way to do the action, translating as 'how to' do something.

• 願來生還能 再度擁抱

  ➔ Use of modal '願' to express wish or longing

  ➔ The character '願' is used to express hope or wish for something to happen in the future.

• 再度擁抱

  ➔ Use of '再度' to mean 'once again' or 'again'

  ➔ The term '再度' indicates doing something again, emphasizing repetition or renewal.

• 心若倦了 淚也乾了

  ➔ Use of '若' in a conditional clause meaning 'if' or 'when'

  ➔ The character '若' introduces a conditional statement similar to 'if' or 'when' expressing hypothetical situations or conditions.