煙花易冷 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 周杰倫

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of the Chinese language through Jay Chou's haunting ballad, "Fireworks Cool Easily." This song is a perfect starting point for learners, as its clear enunciation allows you to easily follow the poetic lyrics. You'll not only learn new vocabulary but also delve into Chinese history and literary allusions, making your language journey a rich cultural experience.

[English]

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

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

As if you acknowledge, waiting for life and death.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I heard, you are still alone.

The mottled city gate is overgrown with old tree roots.

Echoing on the stone slabs is "waiting."

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

I heard, you are still guarding the lonely city.

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

Destiny takes root, and it is us.

Listening to youth, welcoming laughter, envied by many.

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

Fireworks are fleeting, life is easily separated.

And you are asking me if I am still serious.

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

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

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

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

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

I heard, you are still alone.

The mottled city gate is overgrown with old tree roots.

Echoing on the stone slabs is "waiting."

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

I heard, you are still alone.

The mottled city gate is overgrown with old tree roots.

Echoing on the stone slabs is "waiting."

...

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

I heard, you are still guarding the lonely city.

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

Destiny takes root, and it is us.

Destiny takes root, and it is us.

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

...

[Chinese]

繁華聲 遁入空門 折煞了世人

夢偏冷 輾轉一生 情債又幾本

如妳默認 生死枯等

枯等一圈 又一圈的年輪

浮屠塔 斷了幾層 斷了誰的魂

痛直奔 一盞殘燈 傾塌的山門

容我再等 歷史轉身

等酒香醇 等妳彈 一曲古箏

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

我聽聞 妳始終一個人

斑駁的城門 盤踞著老樹根

石板上迴盪的是 再等

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

我聽聞 妳仍守著孤城

城郊牧笛聲 落在那座野村

緣份落地生根是 我們

聽青春 迎來笑聲 羨煞許多人

那史冊 溫柔不肯 下筆都太狠

煙花易冷 人事易分

而妳在問我是否還 認真

千年後 累世情深 還有誰在等

而青史 豈能不真 魏書洛陽城

如妳在跟 前世過門

跟著紅塵 跟隨我 浪跡一生

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

我聽聞 妳始終一個人

斑駁的城門 盤踞著老樹根

石板上迴盪的是 再等

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

我聽聞 妳始終一個人

斑駁的城門 盤踞著老樹根

石板上迴盪的是 再等

雨紛紛 舊故里草木深

我聽聞 妳仍守著孤城

城郊牧笛聲 落在那座野村

緣份落地生根是 我們

緣份落地生根是 我們

伽藍寺聽雨聲盼 永恆

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.