用餘生去愛 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 張學友
• Album: 醒著做夢 Wake Up Dreaming

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the heartfelt story behind Jacky Cheung's "Use the Rest of My Life to Love," a moving tribute to enduring love in the face of adversity. Explore the poignant lyrics and the real-life inspiration that makes this song a timeless classic, perfect for understanding themes of commitment and cherishing relationships.

[English]

How much time is spent waiting for a love

Only the remaining moments we share together

Allowing both of us to hurt each other

Constant confessions, constant separations

Falling apart and trying again, how hard it is

Fortunately, I finally met you. What else is there to misunderstand?

Like missing a lifetime, I’ve learned to love

The days left are spent loving you

If I can spend this life doing just that, it’s worth it

As long as I see our hair turn white, my remaining days won’t be pale

How much youth and innocence, not knowing how to regret

How many busy years have rushed by, life growing worse

All the emptiness, all unclear, time flies so fast and feels so unfair

Thankfully, I still can meet you. If the sky falls, let it fall

Like missing a lifetime, I’ve learned to love

The days left are spent loving you

If I can spend this life doing just that, it’s worth it

As long as I see our hair turn white, my remaining days won’t be pale

...

Spend my remaining days loving you

You are the love of my remaining life

...

It’s like missing a lifetime to be with you

Even if only for a second, I want to hold you close

Filling endless love with a limited life — it’s worth it

As long as I see our hair turn white, my remaining days won’t be pale

Spend my remaining days loving you

In this lifetime

You are the love of my remaining life

Spend my remaining days loving you

...

[Chinese]

用多少時間一直等待 一段戀愛

卻用剩下來的 相處時光

讓兩個人互相傷害

不斷的表白 不斷的分開

推倒再重來 有多難捱

還好終於碰到你 還有什麼不 明 白

像錯過一輩子 我才學會了愛

餘下來的日子就用來 與你相愛

此生若能只做這件事 划得來

只要看著我們頭髮變白餘生就不會 蒼白

有多少年少青春無知 不知悔改

有多少奔波歲月匆忙 生活變壞

多少空白 都不明不白 光陰飛快 太不痛快

還好還能碰到你 天要塌 就塌 下 來

像錯過一輩子我才 學會了愛

餘下來的日子就用來 與你相愛

此生若能只做這件事 划得來

只要看著我們頭髮變白餘生就不會 蒼白

用餘生去愛

你就是 我餘生所愛

好像錯過一輩子我才 與你同在

永遠只剩下一秒也要 擁你入懷

有限生命換無盡的愛 划得來

只要看著我們頭髮變白餘生就不會 蒼白

用餘生去愛

有生之年

你就是我餘生所愛

用餘生去愛

Key Grammar Structures

• 用多少時間一直等待 一段戀愛

  ➔ Use of 多么 (how much/how many) to indicate degree or quantity.

  ➔ 多么 is used here to emphasize the extent of the waiting.

• 還好終於碰到你

  ➔ 還好 expresses relief that something has finally happened.

  ➔ 還好 is used to show relief about an event happening after difficulty.

• 像錯過一輩子

  ➔ 像 (like/as) is used here to compare or simulate.

  ➔ 像 is used to liken an experience to missing a whole lifetime.

• 用餘生去愛

  ➔ 用 is a preposition meaning 'to use' followed by a time period or resource.

  ➔ 用 indicates the way or method of using something, here expressing dedicating one's remaining life to love.

• 只要看著我們頭髮變白

  ➔ 只要 (as long as) expresses a condition or requirement.

  ➔ 只要 introduces the condition that as long as they see their hair turn white, everything is fine.

• 有生之年

  ➔ 有生之年 is a set phrase meaning 'the lifetime one has or the rest of one's life.'

  ➔ 有生之年 refers to one's lifetime or the time remaining in one's life.