循迹 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 一只白羊

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Chinese through '循迹' offers a deeply emotional and poetic experience. The song's evocative lyrics, which describe the painful search for a lost love, provide a rich vocabulary for expressing complex emotions like sorrow, longing, and despair. The vivid imagery, such as love being a 'daylight firework,' makes the language both beautiful and memorable, offering a unique way to connect with the nuances of Mandarin.

[English]

A White Sheep – Tracing the Path (Female Version)

How can I describe it, how can I put it into words

Losing you is more than just sadness

Like a bubble drifting in the wind

Pierced by the tip of your finger

Love is like a fleeting daytime fireworks

A moment that slips away in an instant

You turn your back, letting the wild wind easily wash me away

Not willing to say even a single word

I’m among the crowd, but I can’t find any sign of you

I pass hurriedly through the bustling throngs of three thousand

The lights sketch the outline of you

The fallen me is brushed by your gaze, burning me

In the dark night I fumble carefully

My movements clumsy like a child’s

Yet you stay silent

Leaving me

I watch

The scattered, withered, broken wind wildly

Rolling up the crumpled folds on the ground

Like the tangled mess between us

Rotting into a swamp

Joyously

Floating, drifting, burning, endlessly

Wishing for a complete clarity

So bitter, like a knife cut

Being pulled apart

Following

Can't see, can't hear, in an instant I'm stranded

Too dangerous, spreading further, I’m powerless and sinking deep

Can't see, can't hear, in an instant I'm stranded

Too dangerous, spreading further, following the line you drew

Love is like a fleeting daytime fireworks

A moment that slips away in an instant

You turn your back, letting the wild wind easily blow me away

Not a single word spoken

I’m among the crowd, but I can’t find any sign of you

I pass hurriedly through the bustling throngs of three thousand

The lights sketch the outline of you

The fallen me is brushed by your gaze, burning me

In the dark night I fumble carefully

My movements clumsy like a child’s

Yet you stay silent

Leaving me

I watch

The scattered, withered, broken wind wildly

Rolling up the crumpled folds on the ground

Like the tangled mess between us

Rotting into a swamp

Joyously

Floating, drifting, burning, endlessly

Wishing for a complete clarity

So bitter, like a knife cut

Being pulled apart

[Chinese]

一隻白羊 - 循跡 (女版)

我要怎麼去形容怎麼說

失去你不止是難過

像一個隨風漂浮的泡沫

被你的指尖 戳破

愛就像短暫的白日焰火

一個轉眼就錯過

你背過身 任由狂風輕易地吹滅我

一句話都不肯說

我在人群中沒你的下落

我在繁華三千匆匆經過

燈火臨摹著你的輪廓

掠過落魄的我 用你的眼神燒灼

我在黑夜裡仔細地摸索

動作像個孩子一樣的笨拙

可你保持沈默

離開我

我看著

零落的 枯的 碎的 風肆意地

捲起的那滿地的皺摺

像我們的糾葛

腐爛成沼澤

痛快地

飛舞著 飄著 燒著 無休止的

恨不得要一整個透徹

多苦澀 像刀割

被拉扯

循著

看不見 聽不見 一轉眼 擱淺

太危險 再蔓延 我無力深陷

看不見 聽不見 一轉眼 擱淺

太危險 再蔓延 循著你划的線

愛就像短暫的白日焰火

一個轉眼就錯過

你背過身 任由狂風輕易地吹滅我

一句話都沒有說

我在人群中沒你的下落

我在繁華三千匆匆經過

燈火臨摹著你的輪廓

掠過落魄的我 用你的眼神燒灼

我在黑夜裡仔細地摸索

動作像個孩子一樣的笨拙

可你保持沈默

離開我

我看著

零落的 枯的 碎的 風肆意地

捲起的那滿地的皺摺

像我們的糾葛

腐爛成沼澤

痛快地

飛舞著 飄著 燒著 無休止的

恨不得要一整個透徹

多苦澀 像刀割

被拉扯

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
失去 /shī qù/ A2	verb - to lose
難過 /nán guò/ A2	adjective - sad
漂浮 /piāo fú/ B1	verb - to float
戳破 /chuō pò/ B2	verb - to puncture
短暫 /duǎn zàn/ B1	adjective - brief
焰火 /yàn huǒ/ B2	noun - fireworks
吹滅 /chuī miè/ B2	verb - to blow out
下落 /xià luò/ B1	noun - whereabouts
臨摹 /lín mó/ C1	verb - to trace
燒灼 /shāo zhuó/ C1	verb - to scorch
摸索 /mō suǒ/ B2	verb - to grope
笨拙 /bèn zhuō/ B1	adjective - clumsy
糾葛 /jiū gé/ C1	noun - entanglement
腐爛 /fǔ làn/ B2	verb - to rot
沼澤 /zhǎo zé/ B2	noun - swamp
苦澀 /kǔ sè/ B1	adjective - bitter
拉扯 /lā chě/ B2	verb - to pull
擱淺 /gē qiăn/ C1	verb - to run aground
蔓延 /màn yán/ B2	verb - to spread