一生锁郎情 – Bilingual Lyrics Vietnamese/English

• By: 白止 (Bai Zhi)

Lyrics & Translation

Delve into the poetic beauty of Chinese language with Bai Zhi's '一生锁郎情.' This song's evocative title, meaning 'A Lifetime Locking the Beloved's Love,' offers a gateway to understanding expressions of profound emotion and commitment in Chinese culture. By exploring the lyrics and the feeling conveyed, you can uncover the nuances of romantic declarations and the artistry of Chinese songwriting.

[English]

You and I first spoke of the Hall of Mental Cultivation

Then worshipped the Unyielding Deity

Casually flipped through pages

Muddled through a few books

Why don’t you remember?

Never mind

Until buried in the sea

This is all I long for now

All this love

Why can’t you understand?

Why don’t you remember the words spoken?

Why don’t you remember?

With love like mine

What does he use to nourish it?

How does he love?

In what way?

How does he care?

They say desire goes unfulfilled

Human hearts are bottomless pits

Deep enough to fill the seas

Success or failure—not worth a mention

Like a passerby in this world

Chasing fleeting illusions

Wading through rivers of tears

Drowning in silence

All things return to the sea

Why wait for twilight to come?

Moonlight sways with the wind

Yet I still rush toward the ocean

I just crave love so desperately

I just want to be treated tenderly

But what purpose does my existence hold?

What fills my stubborn joys and sorrows?

I know

The sea within my heart

Can never be filled

Return

You and I first spoke of the Hall of Mental Cultivation

Then worshipped the Unyielding Deity

Casually flipped through pages

Muddled through a few books

Why don’t you remember?

Until buried in the sea

All fate is but empty words—live or die, I face it calmly

Poured wine into the sea, drunk on heaven and earth, threw myself into the sky, embraced by all things

But why doesn’t it remember?

[Vietnamese]

你与我先谈养心殿

后拜不凌神

闲暇问几页

臭读几篇书

为什么不记得

也罢

至填没在大海

是现在我所有期待

所有的爱

为什么不明白

说的话为什么不记得

为什么不记得

似我这般爱

他到底用什么灌溉

用什么来爱

用什么方式

用什么去待

所谓有求而不得

人心欲壑

可填沧海

成败不堪一说

如人间过客

总追逐虚无飘薄

趟着泪河

沉沦沉墨

万物终归向海

何必先暮时来

月色随风摇摆

我仍飞奔向海

我只是太想要份爱

我只是太想被好好对待

但是我存在的意义呢

填满我悲欢的执著呢

我明白

我心中的海

填不回来

回来

你与我先谈养心殿

后拜不凌神

闲暇问几页

臭读几篇书

为什么不记得

至填没在大海

命中万事一字空，赴生赴死，亦从容

泼酒入海醉倒天地，投身苍穹，万物长拥

可它为什么不记得

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
期待 /qīdài/ B1	noun - expectation, hope
爱 /ài/ A2	noun - love verb - to love
明白 /míngbái/ B1	verb - to understand, to realize
海 /hǎi/ A2	noun - sea, ocean
意义 /yìyì/ B2	noun - meaning, significance
沉沦 /chénlún/ C1	verb - to sink, to degenerate
追逐 /zhuīzhú/ B1	verb - to chase, to pursue
对待 /duìdài/ B1	verb - to treat, to deal with
灌溉 /guàn gài/ B2	verb - to irrigate, to nurture
沧海 /cānghǎi/ C1	noun - vast sea, boundless ocean
过客 /guòkè/ B2	noun - passerby, transient guest
执著 /zhízhuó/ B2	noun - persistence, devotion
醉倒 /zuìdǎo/ B2	verb - to get drunk and fall down
苍穹 /cāngqióng/ C1	noun - the sky, the heavens
拥抱 /yōngbào/ B1	verb - to embrace, to hug
暮时 /mùshí/ B2	noun - dusk, evening