銀河修理員 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Dear Jane

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a profound experience, and 'Galactic Repairman' by Dear Jane is a perfect gateway to Cantonese. The song's poetic and heartfelt lyrics about love and resilience offer a beautiful way to connect with the emotional depth of the language. Its powerful chorus and clear vocals make it an excellent song for learners to follow and sing along to, helping to grasp both the pronunciation and the powerful storytelling that is a hallmark of Cantopop.

[English]

Everything's beautiful except the pain

There's still a road ahead, even when facing setbacks

Besides feeling hopeless, there's always something that can be fixed

This broken world teaches us to find encouragement in pessimism

To relieve the horror around you

Being able to take care of you makes these days worthwhile

Try your best to make up for it, hard to escape the worries

Repairing and patching, growing old together in this chaotic world

Along the way, fixing the extinguished dawn

Wishing you peace in the turbulence

True love comes in any form, dealing with countless wounds

Who can see through me? This kind of strength isn't really strength

When things are terrible, all you can do is resist

Let me hold on tight and put your mind at ease

...

Everyone's broken, waiting for someone to fix them

But you have my care and affection

Sewing after it tears, patching after it breaks

This chaotic world may not be fully repaired

Being optimistic in despair is also a virtue

Leaning this way and that, but at least holding hands and growing old together

Along the way, fixing the extinguished dawn

Wishing you peace in the turbulence

True love comes in any form, dealing with countless wounds

Who can see through me? This kind of strength isn't really strength

When things are terrible, all you can do is resist

Let me hold on tight and put your mind at ease

...

Beautiful, innocent recklessness, if it's pushed down, it can be reinstalled

A master's hands aren't afraid of getting dirty

Looking handsome with tape, shining bright even with patches

Even if the ending is broken, we'll still run towards it together

In the galaxy, stumbling along while holding onto each other tightly

Across the universe, traversing the vast wilderness

Not afraid of being without a shore at the end, I'll protect you near and far

Still able to comfort each other, no need for clear weather

Facing the wild rain and snow together

No matter how bad the years get, we won't panic

...

[Chinese]

除了會痛一切都美好

除了挫折面前仍有路

除了厭世總有某些 修補可以做

殘破世界令人學成 悲觀中找鼓舞

來紓減身邊恐怖

能照料你日子都不算糟

儘量去彌補 難逃那煩惱

修修補補亂世中 一起蒼老

沿途在 修理著熄了的曙光

祝你在亂流下平安

真愛是任何形狀 對付百孔千瘡

誰能望穿我 這種堅壯非堅壯

形勢壞透只好對抗

由我硬撐著 使你心安

誰也破了等某位去補

而你有我保養和愛慕

縫了再破穿了再補

這亂世未必可修理好

絕望裡樂觀 亦是個情操

東歪西倒但至少 牽手偕老

沿途在 修理著熄了的曙光

祝你在亂流下平安

真愛是任何形狀 對付百孔千瘡

誰能望穿我 這種堅壯非堅壯

形勢壞透只好對抗

由我硬撐著 使你心安

漂亮的天真魯莽 若被推倒可再裝

巨匠的手不怕骯髒

貼著膠紙都俊朗 盡是補釘都發光

結局再破爛同奔往

銀河上 邊跌宕邊看緊對方

跨宇宙又橫越洪荒

不怕在盡頭無岸 遠近我都護航

還能互安慰 不必天氣多清朗

狂雨暴雪一起對抗

任歲月再壞 不致心慌

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
痛 /tʰoŋ/ A1	noun - pain adjective - painful
挫折 /t͡sʰwo4 ʥɤ2/ B2	noun - frustration, setback
修補 /ɕiou1 pu3/ B2	verb - to mend, to repair
世界 /ʂɨ4 ʥiɛ4/ A1	noun - world
悲觀 /pei1 kuan1/ B2	adjective - pessimistic
鼓舞 /ku3 wu3/ B2	noun - encouragement verb - to encourage
照料 /ʒao4 liao4/ B1	verb - to take care of, to look after
煩惱 /fán nǎo/ B1	noun - trouble, worry
曙光 /shu3 guang1/ B2	noun - first light of morning, dawn
亂流 /luan4 liu2/ B2	noun - turbulence
平安 /ping2 an1/ A2	adjective - safe and sound
形狀 /xing2 zhuang4/ A1	noun - shape
堅壯 /ʥian1 ʈ͡ʂʰwang4/ B2	adjective - strong, robust
心安 /xin1 an1/ B1	adjective - peace of mind
絕望 /d͡ʑɥe2 wɑŋ4/ B2	noun - despair, hopelessness adjective - hopeless
歲月 /suì yuè/ B2	noun - years, time

Key Grammar Structures

• 除了會痛一切都美好

  ➔ 除了...都...

  ➔ "除了" introduces an exception, meaning 'except for' or 'besides'.

• 面前仍有路

  ➔ 仍有...

  ➔ 仍含義是"still" or "yet", indicating continuation or persistence.

• 修修補補亂世中

  ➔ 修修補補

  ➔ The repetitive form "修修補補" emphasizes continuous or repeated repairing.

• 沿途在 修理著熄了的曙光

  ➔ 在...著 (ongoing action marker)

  ➔ "在...著" indicates an ongoing action, similar to the progressive tense.

• 祝你在亂流下平安

  ➔ 在...下 (under, in the face of)

  ➔ "在...下" signifies 'under' or 'in the face of', indicating circumstances or conditions.

• 誰也破了等某位去補

  ➔ 也 (also, even)

  ➔ "也" indicates 'also' or 'even', emphasizing inclusion or addition.

• 不怕在盡頭無岸 遠近我都護航

  ➔ 都 (all, both)

  ➔ "都" indicates 'all' or 'both', emphasizing inclusiveness.