一念成魔 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Gary曹格

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

一念成魔　曹格

A thought turns to madness

我用乾渴 敲擊著沙丘

I knock on the sand dunes with thirst

湧來十年 生死的蹉跎

Ten years of life and death come rushing in

愛在心中 默念有聲

Love in my heart, silently recited

不斷 撕裂著沈默

Constantly tearing apart the silence

你用一盞 不滅的煎熬

You use an unending torment

輾轉十年 讓我無法掙脫

Ten years of twists and turns, making it hard to break free

淚在心中 痛苦傾盆滂沱

Tears in my heart, pain pouring down like rain

祭奠著 永生的承諾

Commemorating the promise of eternal life

我不是王 我只是瘋狂

I am not a king, I am just crazy

我哭 我笑 我醉 我醒 任由我來嚐

I cry, I laugh, I get drunk, I wake, let me taste it all

煮一壺濁酒 一乾而盡癡情咒

Boil a pot of murky wine, draining the obsession completely

悲與歡 一切都成空

Sorrow and joy, everything becomes empty

我不是王 我只是瘋狂

I am not a king, I am just crazy

我癡 我傻 我愛 我恨 都由我來償

I am infatuated, I am foolish, I love, I hate, all for me to bear

不再求掙扎 不怕命運再捉弄

No longer seeking to struggle, not afraid of fate's tricks

恩與怨 是與非 我一念成魔

Graces and grudges, right and wrong, I turn to madness with a thought

被吞蝕的魂魄

A soul that has been devoured

滾燙的鮮血 幻月昭昭情鍾

Scalding blood, the phantom moon reveals the love bell

風沙吹不走愛與恨 瞋癡把我淹沒

The wind and sand cannot blow away love and hate, obsession drowns me

一念換一身飄泊 因為

A thought changes to a wandering life, because

這 個世界

This world

還有我瘋狂 任由我來嚐

Still has my madness, let me taste it all

煮一壺濁酒 一乾而盡癡情咒

Boil a pot of murky wine, draining the obsession completely

悲與歡 一切都成空

Sorrow and joy, everything becomes empty

我不是王 我只是瘋狂

I am not a king, I am just crazy

我癡 我傻 我愛 我恨 都由我來償

I am infatuated, I am foolish, I love, I hate, all for me to bear

不再求掙扎 不怕命運再捉弄

No longer seeking to struggle, not afraid of fate's tricks

恩與怨 是與非 我一念成魔

Graces and grudges, right and wrong, I turn to madness with a thought

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 /ài/ A2	noun - love
恨 /hèn/ B1	noun - hatred, resentment
心 /xīn/ A1	noun - heart, mind
魂魄 /hún pò/ C2	noun - soul and spirit
煎熬 /jiān áo/ B2	noun - torture, suffering
滂沱 /pāng tuó/ C1	adjective - pouring rain, torrential
痛苦 /tòng kǔ/ B2	noun - pain, suffering
祭奠 /jì diàn/ C2	verb/noun - to祭祀, spiritual offering
瘋狂 /fēng kuáng/ B2	adjective - crazy, insane
飄泊 /piāo bó/ C1	verb - to drift and wander
知癡 /zhī chì/ C2	noun/adjective - ignorance, foolishness
瘡 /chuāng/ B2	noun - wound, sore
狂熱 /kuángrè/ B2	noun - fervor, fanaticism

Key Grammar Structures

• 我用乾渴 敲擊著沙丘

  ➔ Use of the verb "用" (yòng) + object + verb to indicate "using" something to perform an action.

  ➔ "用" (yòng) functions as "to use" and is followed by the object and then the verb.

• 愛在心中 默念有聲

  ➔ Use of "在" (zài) to indicate location or state, forming a phrase "愛在心中" (love is in the heart).

  ➔ "在" (zài) indicates the location or situation where the love is present.

• 我不是王 我只是瘋狂

  ➔ Use of "不是" (bù shì) to negate and say "am not"; "只是" (zhǐ shì) to indicate "only" or "merely".

  ➔ "不是" (bù shì) is used for negation, meaning "am not". "只是" (zhǐ shì) emphasizes "only" or "merely".

• 我癡 我傻 我愛 我恨 都由我來償

  ➔ Series of nouns/verbs separated by spaces, expressing multiple related actions or states. "都由我來" (dōu yóu wǒ lái) indicates "all by me" (taking responsibility).

  ➔ The sequence emphasizes multiple feelings/actions, with "都由我來" implying the speaker takes full responsibility.

• 不再求掙扎 不怕命運再捉弄

  ➔ Use of "不再" (bù zài) to mean "no longer" + verb; "不怕" (bù pà) to mean "not afraid of".

  ➔ "不再" (bù zài) indicates stopping an action; "不怕" (bù pà) expresses lack of fear towards something.

• 恩與怨 是與非 我一念成魔

  ➔ Use of "是" (shì) as a connector to equate "恩與怨" (kindness and resentment) with "是與非" (right and wrong); "一念成魔" (a single thought becomes devil) expressing a cause-effect relationship.

  ➔ "是" (shì) links related concepts, showing they are equal or equivalent. "一念成魔" signifies how a single thought can lead to evil.