眼淚的秘密

• By: 吳若希
• Album: 武則天

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

從來不由自主飄泊流連

Always drifting uncontrollably, wandering endlessly

經歷一切感覺消失不見

Experience everything, then all feelings disappear

相愛不過一瞬間

Love is just a fleeting moment

相恨或許圓滿一點

Hating might be more complete

枉然了 更教人懷念

Wastefully longing, only deepening memories

當初挖空心思只想取悅

Trying so hard to please in the beginning

花盡所有終得不到瞭解

Exhausted all efforts but still misunderstood

不可能一直妥協

It's impossible to keep compromising

無怨無悔默默奉獻

Silent dedication without regrets

任世界 說我太善變

Let the world say I’m too fickle

曾多醉人嫵媚容顏

Once captivated by enchanting beauty

看盡了醜陋嘴臉

Seeing all the ugliness behind the smile

狠下心不聽規勸

Deciding stubbornly to ignore advice

殘忍非我所願

Cruelty is not what I wish for

從不嚮往傳頌萬年

Never longing to be celebrated forever

無字碑欲語無言

An inscribed stone, silent but yearning to speak

功過是非都不屑

Achievements and faults, right and wrong, I disdain them all

讓它煙消灰滅

Let them fade away in smoke and dust

但願平淡像昨天

Hoping life remains calm like yesterday

往事歷歷在目一夜無眠

Memories vivid, restless night

匆匆一生看破緣起緣滅

In a hurried life, seeing through the rise and fall of fate

恨時間那麼討厭

Hating how time is so cruel

狠狠阻擋我們之間

Strongly blocking what’s between us

讓回憶 燃燒更轟烈

Let memories burn brighter

曾多醉人嫵媚容顏

Once captivated by enchanting beauty

看盡了醜陋嘴臉

Seeing all the ugliness behind the smile

狠下心不聽規勸

Deciding stubbornly to ignore advice

殘忍非我所願

Cruelty is not what I wish for

從不嚮往傳頌萬年

Never longing to be celebrated forever

無字碑欲語無言

An inscribed stone, silent but yearning to speak

功過是非都不屑

Achievements and faults, right and wrong, I disdain them all

讓它煙消灰滅

Let them fade away in smoke and dust

建業半生足了

Half a lifetime in business, enough now

口蜜腹劍太累了

Sweet words and hidden daggers, too tiring

讓我重新一次再選擇 會怎樣

If I could choose again, what would I do

如何醉人嫵媚容顏

How to captivate with enchanting beauty

卻看盡醜陋嘴臉

Yet witnessing all the ugliness behind the smile

狠下心不聽規勸

Deciding stubbornly to ignore advice

一切非我所願

Everything is not what I wish for

從不嚮往傳頌萬年

Never longing to be celebrated forever

無字碑欲語無言

An inscribed stone, silent but yearning to speak

功過是非都不屑

Achievements and faults, right and wrong, I disdain them all

讓它煙消灰滅

Let them fade away in smoke and dust

嫉恨隨它化作云煙

Resentment turns to clouds of smoke

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
眼淚 /jǎn lèi/ A1	noun - tears
秘密 /mì mì/ A2	noun - secret
感覺 /gǎn jué/ A2	noun - feeling, sense verb - to feel, to perceive
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
恨 /hèn/ B1	noun - hatred verb - to hate
懷念 /huái niàn/ B2	verb - to cherish the memory of, to miss
心思 /xīn sī/ B1	noun - thought, idea, mind
瞭解 /liǎo jiě/ B1	verb - to understand, to comprehend
世界 /shì jiè/ A1	noun - world
容顏 /róng yán/ B2	noun - countenance, appearance
醜陋 /chǒu lòu/ B2	adjective - ugly, hideous
嘴臉 /zuǐ liǎn/ B2	noun - face, true colors
傳頌 /chuán sòng/ C1	verb - to pass down from mouth to mouth, to be praised
萬年 /wàn nián/ B1	noun - ten thousand years, eternity
是非 /shì fēi/ B2	noun - right and wrong, dispute
回憶 /huí yì/ A2	noun - memory
時間 /shí jiān/ A1	noun - time
緣 /yuán/ B1	noun - fate, predestined relationship

Grammar:

• 從來不由自主飄泊流連

  ➔ Adverbial Phrase + Verb Phrase (不由自主)

  ➔ "不由自主" (bùyóuzìzhǔ) - involuntarily, against one's will. This is a common idiom functioning as an adverb here to describe the action of wandering (飄泊流連).

• 相愛不過一瞬間，相恨或許圓滿一點

  ➔ Adverb "不過" (no more than/ only) to emphasize the short duration. Use of "或許" (perhaps/maybe) to express uncertainty.

  ➔ "不過" limits the duration of love to "一瞬間" (a moment). "或許" expresses a possibility or supposition regarding hatred leading to fulfillment.

• 枉然了 更教人懷念

  ➔ Adjective + 了 + 更 + Verb Phrase (emphasis)

  ➔ "枉然了" (wǎngrán le) - in vain, futile. The addition of "更" (gèng) intensifies the feeling of making people yearn even more.

• 當初挖空心思只想取悅

  ➔ Verb + "挖空心思"(to rack one's brains)

  ➔ "挖空心思" is an idiom meaning to rack one's brains, to put in a lot of effort thinking. It describes the effort made in the past ("當初") to please someone.

• 任世界 說我太善變

  ➔ 任 (rèn) + Noun + Verb + Adjective (Allow/Let)

  ➔ "任" means to allow or let. Here, it means "let the world say I am too fickle". This shows resignation or acceptance.

• 狠下心不聽規勸

  ➔ Verb + 下 + Noun

  ➔ "狠下心" (hěn xià xīn) - to steel oneself, to harden one's heart. The verb "下" combined with the noun "心" implies an action of making a determined decision.

• 無字碑欲語無言

  ➔ Four-character idiom (欲語無言)

  ➔ "欲語無言" (yù yǔ wú yán) - Wanting to speak but having no words; to be speechless. A common idiom used to describe a situation where one is at a loss for words.

• 建業半生足了

  ➔ Subject + time duration + Verb + "了" (completed action)

  ➔ Indicates that half a lifetime of building a career is enough. The particle "了" shows that the action is completed.