煙花易冷 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周杰倫

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

繁華聲 遁入空門 折煞了世人

The hustle and bustle fades into the temple, making a mockery of the world.

夢偏冷 輾轉一生 情債又幾本

My dreams are cold, a lifetime of wandering, how many volumes of love debts?

如妳默認 生死枯等

As if you acknowledge, waiting for life and death.

枯等一圈 又一圈的年輪

Waiting, circle after circle, for the rings of time.

浮屠塔 斷了幾層 斷了誰的魂

The pagoda, how many layers have broken? Whose soul has been broken?

痛直奔 一盞殘燈 傾塌的山門

The pain rushes straight in, a flickering lamp, a collapsing mountain gate.

容我再等 歷史轉身

Allow me to wait again, for history to turn around.

等酒香醇 等妳彈 一曲古箏

Waiting for the wine to mature, waiting for you to play a tune on the zither.

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

The rain falls, the old village is overgrown with vegetation.

我聽聞 妳始終一個人

I heard, you are still alone.

斑駁的城門 盤踞著老樹根

The mottled city gate is overgrown with old tree roots.

石板上迴盪的是 再等

Echoing on the stone slabs is "waiting."

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

The rain falls, the old village is overgrown with vegetation.

我聽聞 妳仍守著孤城

I heard, you are still guarding the lonely city.

城郊牧笛聲 落在那座野村

The sound of a shepherd's flute in the suburbs falls on that wild village.

緣份落地生根是 我們

Destiny takes root, and it is us.

聽青春 迎來笑聲 羨煞許多人

Listening to youth, welcoming laughter, envied by many.

那史冊 溫柔不肯 下筆都太狠

The history books, so gentle, unwilling to write too harshly.

煙花易冷 人事易分

Fireworks are fleeting, life is easily separated.

而妳在問我是否還 認真

And you are asking me if I am still serious.

千年後 累世情深 還有誰在等

After a thousand years, a love so deep, who is still waiting?

而青史 豈能不真 魏書洛陽城

How can the historical records not be true, the Wei Shu Luoyang City.

如妳在跟 前世過門

As if you are following, entering the gate of your past life.

跟著紅塵 跟隨我 浪跡一生

Following the mortal world, following me, wandering for a lifetime.

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

The rain falls, the old village is overgrown with vegetation.

我聽聞 妳始終一個人

I heard, you are still alone.

斑駁的城門 盤踞著老樹根

The mottled city gate is overgrown with old tree roots.

石板上迴盪的是 再等

Echoing on the stone slabs is "waiting."

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

The rain falls, the old village is overgrown with vegetation.

我聽聞 妳始終一個人

I heard, you are still alone.

斑駁的城門 盤踞著老樹根

The mottled city gate is overgrown with old tree roots.

石板上迴盪的是 再等

Echoing on the stone slabs is "waiting."

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雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

The rain falls, the old village is overgrown with vegetation.

我聽聞 妳仍守著孤城

I heard, you are still guarding the lonely city.

城郊牧笛聲 落在那座野村

The sound of a shepherd's flute in the suburbs falls on that wild village.

緣份落地生根是 我們

Destiny takes root, and it is us.

緣份落地生根是 我們

Destiny takes root, and it is us.

伽藍寺聽雨聲盼 永恆

Listening to the sound of rain in the Jetavana Temple, hoping for eternity.

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
繁華 /fán huá/ B2	noun - prosperity; flourishing
夢 /mèng/ A2	noun - dream
情 /qíng/ B1	noun - emotion; feeling; love
孤城 /gū chéng/ B2	noun - lonely city
雨 /yǔ/ A1	noun - rain
城門 /chéngmén/ B2	noun - city gate
歷史 /lìshǐ/ B1	noun - history
青春 /qīngchūn/ B2	noun - youth; adolescence
緣份 /yuánfèn/ B2	noun - fate; destiny; relationship
痛 /tòng/ A2	noun - pain; ache
燈 /dēng/ A1	noun - light; lamp
草木 /cǎomù/ B2	noun - grass and trees; vegetation
古箏 /gǔzhēng/ B2	noun - guqin; a traditional Chinese string instrument
山門 /shānmén/ B2	noun - mountain gate; entrance to a temple
殘 /cán/ B2	adjective - remaining; leftover
轉身 /zhuǎnshēn/ B1	verb - to turn around; to change direction

Key Grammar Structures

• 如妳默認

  ➔ Using the comparison phrase '如' (rú) + noun/verb to mean 'like' or 'as'.

  ➔ The pattern '如' (rú) introduces a comparison, expressing similarity or resemblance.

• 人事易分

  ➔ Using '易' (yì) as an adverb meaning 'easily' or 'readily' + noun phrase.

  ➔ The word '易' (yì) functions as an adverb indicating that the action or state changes or occurs easily.

• 人事易分

  ➔ Noun phrase '人事' combined with '易' to indicate that human affairs are easily changed or separated.

  ➔ This phrase highlights the transient nature of human affairs, emphasizing their ease of change or separation.

• 緣份落地生根是 我們

  ➔ Using '是' (shì) + pronoun to affirm identity or definition, '是' functions as a copula meaning 'is'.

  ➔ The word '是' (shì) is used as a copula to link the subject with its complement, affirming identity or equivalence.

• 跟著紅塵 跟隨我 浪跡一生

  ➔ Using '跟著' (gēn zhe) and '跟隨' (gēn suí) to express 'follow' or 'accompany' someone or something.

  ➔ Both '跟著' (gēn zhe) and '跟隨' (gēn suí) are verbs meaning 'to follow' or 'to accompany' with slight nuances.