雨水一盒

• By: 陳綺貞
• Album: 時間的歌

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

每當日子渾圓飽滿 我就一籌莫展

Whenever life feels complete and full, I feel helpless

我閃爍其詞丟三忘四

I equivocate, I'm forgetful

我感覺自己 完全地不可靠

I feel completely unreliable

我是我猜我會 慢慢瘋掉 最好不要

I am, I guess I'll slowly go crazy, better not

那些下午我決定要走 一無所有

Those afternoons I decided to leave, with nothing

只能留給你雨水一盒

I can only leave you a box of rainwater

我這麼孤單難以預料

I'm so lonely, it's unpredictable

我想我是我會 慢慢瘋掉

I think I am, I will slowly go crazy

慢慢瘋掉

Slowly go crazy

你必須了解我無法繼續下去 到未來那許諾之地

You have to understand I can't go on, to that promised land in the future

在那裡我是那麼那麼愛你

There, I love you so, so much

我們言不及義 不停的擁吻就像 法國電影

We talk about nothing, constantly kissing like a French film

我從來不喜歡那些現成的人生隱喻

I never liked those ready-made life metaphors

除了 遙遠異地

Except for distant, faraway places

一台點唱機 讓我 投下一枚銅幣

A jukebox lets me drop in a coin

慢慢跳舞

To dance slowly

即使在最值得一提的下午 對於告別我還是顯得粗魯

Even on the most memorable afternoon, I was still rude about saying goodbye

我在琴弦上把每個音都 彈得飽滿了

I played every note on the strings, filled with emotion

一顆一顆雨水都落在盒子裡了

Each and every raindrop has fallen into the box

一顆一顆雨水都落在盒子裡了

Each and every raindrop has fallen into the box

一盒乾淨透明的雨水 我從來不知道 盒子上有個裂縫

A box of clean, clear rainwater, I never knew the box had a crack

雨水又要 滿滿一盒雨水又要

Rainwater again, a full box of rainwater again

慢慢漏掉

Slowly leaking away

那些下午我決定要走 一無所有

Those afternoons I decided to leave, with nothing

只能留給你雨水一盒 我這麼孤單難以預料

I can only leave you a box of rainwater, I'm so lonely, it's unpredictable

我想我是我會 慢慢瘋掉

I think I am, I will slowly go crazy

慢慢瘋掉

Slowly go crazy

瘋掉 最好不要

Go crazy, better not

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
雨水 /yǔ shuǐ/ A1	noun - rainwater
日子 /rì zi/ A1	noun - day; life
滿 /mǎn/ A1	adjective - full verb - to fill
走 /zǒu/ A1	verb - to walk; to leave
盒子 /hé zi/ A2	noun - box
瘋 /fēng/ B1	adjective - mad; crazy
未來 /wèi lái/ A2	noun - future
愛 /ài/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
電影 /diàn yǐng/ A1	noun - movie; film
人生 /rén shēng/ A2	noun - life
遙遠 /yáo yuǎn/ B1	adjective - distant; remote
異地 /yì dì/ B2	noun - foreign land
銅幣 /tóng bì/ B2	noun - copper coin
告別 /gào bié/ B1	verb - to bid farewell; to say goodbye noun - farewell
琴弦 /qín xián/ B2	noun - string (of a musical instrument)
乾淨 /gān jìng/ A1	adjective - clean
透明 /tòu míng/ B1	adjective - transparent
裂縫 /liè fèng/ B2	noun - crack; fissure
孤單 /gū dān/ A2	adjective - lonely; alone

Grammar:

• 每當日子渾圓飽滿 我就一籌莫展

  ➔ 每當…就… (měidāng…jiù…) - Whenever…then…

  ➔ This structure expresses a correlation between two events. "每當" introduces the condition (days are full), and "就" introduces the consequence (I'm at a loss).

• 我猜我會 慢慢瘋掉 最好不要

  ➔ Modal verb "會" (huì) expressing possibility/future intention + Adverb "慢慢" (mànmàn) indicating slow pace.

  ➔ "會" expresses a prediction or expectation. "慢慢" modifies the verb "瘋掉," indicating a gradual descent into madness. "最好不要" expresses a hope to avoid that fate.

• 只能留給你雨水一盒

  ➔ "只能" (zhǐ néng) - only can; indicating limitation. Measure word "一盒" (yī hé) - a box of...

  ➔ "只能" emphasizes the lack of other options. "一盒" quantifies "雨水" (rainwater).

• 在那裡我是那麼那麼愛你

  ➔ Repetition of "那麼" (nàme) for emphasis - so, so much. "是...的" (shì...de) construction (optional, but implied) emphasizes the verb.

  ➔ Repetition of "那麼" strengthens the feeling of love. The implicit "是...的" could be: "在那裡我是那麼那麼愛你的" , placing emphasis on the act of loving.

• 我們言不及義 不停的擁吻就像 法國電影

  ➔ "就像" (jiùxiàng) - just like, as if. Comparison using simile.

  ➔ "就像" introduces a comparison between the action of endless kissing and French films, suggesting romance and perhaps superficiality.

• 即使在最值得一提的下午 對於告別我還是顯得粗魯

  ➔ "即使...也..." (jíshǐ...yě...) - Even if... still... Expressing concession.

  ➔ Despite the fact that the afternoon is "most worth mentioning," the speaker still appears rude about saying goodbye. This highlights a conflict between external circumstances and internal feelings.

• 一顆一顆雨水都落在盒子裡了

  ➔ Repetition of "一顆一顆" (yī kē yī kē) – one by one, particle by particle - emphasizes the gradual and individual nature of the rain falling. "了" (le) at the end of the sentence indicates a change of state.

  ➔ The repetition and "了" conveys the feeling of accumulation and the completion of the action of the rain falling into the box.

• 雨水又要 滿滿一盒雨水又要 慢慢漏掉

  ➔ "又要…又要…" (yòu yào... yòu yào...) - both... and... expressing conflicting desires or states. "慢慢" (mànmàn) adverb indicating a slow pace.

  ➔ The rain is both filling the box and slowly leaking out, creating a sense of futility and transient beauty.