一剪梅 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 费玉清
• Album: 长江水

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poignant beauty of Fei Yu-ching's "一剪梅" (Yi Jian Mei). This song, with its evocative melodies and poetic Chinese lyrics, offers a window into themes of enduring love amidst solitude. Learning to appreciate this song means engaging with Mandarin's capacity for deep emotional expression, where even a simple mention of 'plum blossoms' carries layers of cultural and romantic symbolism.

[English]

True feelings are as vast as the grasslands

Layers of wind and rain cannot hinder

There will always be a time when the clouds part and the sun rises

Countless rays of sunlight illuminate you and me

True feelings bloom like plum blossoms

Cold ice and snow cannot submerge

They bloom right at the coldest branch tips

Seeing spring walk towards you and me

Snowflakes flutter, the north wind howls

The world is a vast desolation

A single cold plum stands proudly in the snow

Only to send fragrance to my beloved

Loving whom I love, without regrets

This feeling will remain in my heart

...

Snowflakes flutter, the north wind howls

The world is a vast desolation

A single cold plum stands proudly in the snow

Only to send fragrance to my beloved

Loving whom I love, without regrets

This feeling will remain in my heart

...

[Chinese]

真情像草原廣闊

層層風雨不能阻隔

總有云開日出時候

萬丈陽光照耀你我

真情像梅花開過

冷冷冰雪不能淹沒

就在最冷枝頭綻放

看見春天走向你我

雪花飄飄 北風蕭蕭

天地一片蒼茫

一剪寒梅 傲立雪中

只為伊人飄香

愛我所愛 無怨無悔

此情長留心間

雪花飄飄 北風蕭蕭

天地一片蒼茫

一剪寒梅 傲立雪中

只為伊人飄香

愛我所愛 無怨無悔

此情長留心間

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
真情 /ʈʂən˥˩ tɕʰiŋ˧˥/ B1	noun - true feeling; sincere love
草原 /tsʰɑʊ˨˩˦ yɥɛn˧˥/ A2	noun - grassland
廣闊 /kwɑŋ˨˩ kʰuɔ˥˩/ B2	adjective - vast; expansive
風雨 /fəŋ˥ y˨˩˦/ A2	noun - wind and rain
阻隔 /tsu˥˩ kɤ˧˥/ B2	verb - to block; to isolate
雲 /yn˧˥/ A1	noun - cloud
日出 /ʐɨ˥˩ tʂʰu˥/ B1	noun - sunrise
陽光 /jɑŋ˧˥ kwɑŋ˥/ A1	noun - sunlight
梅花 /meɪ̯˧˥ xuɑ˥/ A2	noun - plum blossom
冰雪 /piŋ˥ ɕyɛ˨˩˦/ A1	noun - ice and snow
冷 /lɤŋ˨˩˦/ A1	adjective - cold
綻放 /ʈʂan˥˩ fɑŋ˥˩/ B2	verb - to bloom; to burst open
春天 /tʂʰwən˥ tʰjɛn˥/ A1	noun - spring (season)
雪花 /ɕyɛ˨˩˦ xuɑ˥/ A1	noun - snowflake
北風 /peɪ̯˥˩ fəŋ˥/ B1	noun - north wind
蒼茫 /tsʰɑŋ˥ məŋ˨˩˦/ B2	adjective - desolate; vast and hazy
寒梅 /xan˧˥ mei̯˧˥/ C1	noun - winter plum (cold plum)
愛 /aɪ̯˥˩/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
心間 /ɕin˥ tɕjɛn˥/ A2	noun - the heart; inner thoughts