月光奏明曲 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Edan 呂爵安

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the deeper meaning behind Edan Lui's Cantopop hit, “月光奏明曲”! This song offers a unique opportunity to learn Cantonese while exploring themes of truth and perception in our modern world. The clever wordplay in the lyrics and the fusion of musical styles make it a captivating song for any language learner.

[English]

Gazing under the moon, the moonlight dances and flies

It's a phenomenon that stirs up fantasies

Describes it as so delicately

Does it speak of the truth at all

Night falls, vision can't see clearly

In a rush to find the dawn, to escape the plight

Yet a faint light shines, illuminating the eyes

Chasing after, yearning for all the hopes

Recalling gentle characters

Spectators only think of what their hearts desire, yeah

You call change to match the moon phases to find clarity

But who has truly tried, explored and verified

Seemingly complete, like a shadowed brow

Who's really sure of the truth

Wake up

Gazing under the moon, the moonlight dances and flies

It's a phenomenon that stirs up fantasies

Describes it as so delicately

Yet no matter how we imagine, no one should get too caught up

Gazing under the moon, the moonlight dances and flies

People interpret what makes a moon full or waning

And the truth is probably thousands or millions of miles apart

Just the moonlight

It’s just the moonlight

(Understanding the truth and illusions...)

New moons, old moons, the moon remains a moon

The giant cave was forged by meteorites

The moonlight doesn't reach the eyes

Under the night, looking at the full moon

Or from afar, a half-moon Yeah

People judgment constrained in the same way

No stars, only scattered shadows

Who can truly judge?

Wake up

Gazing under the moon, the moonlight dances and flies

It's a phenomenon that stirs up fantasies

Describes it as so delicately

Yet no matter how we imagine, no one should get too caught up

Gazing under the moon, the moonlight dances and flies

People interpret what makes a moon full or waning

And the truth is probably thousands or millions of miles apart

As if never lingering on the moon

Who can say the current image is complete?

Or if all human longing is just illusions

Delusional, illusional

Describes it as so delicately

But who is truly awake, who is caught in illusions

It doesn't understand sorrow

How to call for drunken death

Thinking further and further away

Imagining that truth is nothing but unreasonable

Thinking that truth is just a false reasoning

[Chinese]

月下望月光紛飛

是現象讓幻想翻起

形容何其細膩

對真相它有否說起

天黑 視野沒法看清

太急切找 找曙光 擺脫窘境

偏有一線光 映照眼睛

給你追 給你想 想到一切憧憬

想起溫婉的角色

觀賞者只想起心底所需要的 yeah

你叫變化作月相為了認清

但哪個有試過 勘探再印證

貌似完壁 也像眉影

實相誰可確定

Wake up

月下望月光紛飛

是現象讓幻想翻起

形容何其細膩

然而聯想的 誰亦別太入戲

月下望月光紛飛

人們來詮釋怎叫月圓月缺

與真相恐怕差百千萬里

Just the moonlight

It’s just the moonlight

（理解與真相恐……）

上弦 下弦 月球亦仍舊為月球

巨岩洞由隕石鑄就

月照未照入眼球

夜幕下望著或是滿月

但異地望著或是半月 Yeah

人同樣限制下判斷

沒有恆星 散射殘影

問有誰可鑑定

Wake up

月下望月光紛飛

是現象讓幻想翻起

形容何其細膩

然而聯想的 誰亦別太入戲

月下望月光紛飛

人們來詮釋怎叫月圓月缺

與真相恐怕差百千萬里

如未曾逗留月球上

誰斷言目前是全相

還是人類遙望全是意像

Delusional, illusional

形容何其細膩

然而誰清醒 誰幻象裡入戲

它不解傷悲

怎應邀醉死

想到越來越遠

妄想當真相只有不合理

妄想當真相不過歪道理

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
月光 (yuèguāng) /ˈɥeɪˌɡwɑŋ/ A1	noun - moonlight
望 (wàng) /wɑŋ/ A2	verb - to look; to gaze
紛飛 (fēnfēi) /fənfeɪ/ B2	verb - to flutter; to fly about
現象 (xiànxiàng) /ɕi̯ɛn ɕi̯ɑŋ/ B1	noun - phenomenon
幻想 (huànxiǎng) /xwânɕi̯ɑŋ/ B2	noun - illusion; fantasy verb - to imagine; to fancy
形容 (xíngróng) /ɕiŋ ʐʊŋ/ B1	verb - to describe
細膩 (xìnì) /ɕi ni/ B2	adjective - fine; exquisite; delicate
真相 (zhēnxiàng) /ʈʂənɕi̯ɑŋ/ B1	noun - truth; real situation
曙光 (shǔguāng) /ʂuɡwɑŋ/ B2	noun - dawn; first light of morning
窘境 (jiǒngjìng) /t͡ɕi̯ʊŋ t͡ɕiŋ/ C1	noun - awkward situation; predicament
眼睛 (yǎnjing) /jænt͡ɕɪŋ/ A1	noun - eye
憧憬 (chōngjǐng) /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ t͡ɕɪŋ/ B2	noun - yearning; longing
角色 (juésè) /t͡ɕɥɛ se/ B1	noun - role, character
变化 (biànhuà) /pjɛn xwa/ A2	noun - change verb - to change
月相 (yuèxiàng) /ɥe ɕjɑŋ/ B2	noun - lunar phase
勘探 (kāntàn) /kʰæntʰan/ C1	verb - to explore; to prospect
印證 (yìnzhèng) /in ʈ͡ʂɤŋ/ C1	verb - to confirm; to verify
隕石 (yǔnshí) /y̯n ʂɻ/ B2	noun - meteorite
鑄就 (zhùjiù) /ʈ͡ʂu t͡ɕi̯ou/ C1	verb - to cast; to forge
恆星 (héngxīng) /xəŋ ɕiŋ/ B2	noun - fixed star
散射 (sǎnshè) /sæ̀n ʂɤ/ B2	verb - to scatter; to disperse
斷言 (duànyán) /twan jɛn/ C1	verb - to assert; to affirm
逗留 (dòuliú) /dou̯ li̯ou̯/ B2	verb - to stay; to linger
遥望 (yáowàng) /jaʊ̯ wɑŋ/ B2	verb - to look far ahead; to gaze into the distance
意像 (yìxiàng) /i ɕjɑŋ/ C1	noun - image; mental representation
清醒 (qīngxǐng) /t͡ɕʰɪŋ ɕɪŋ/ B2	adjective - sober; clear-headed
幻象 (huànxiàng) /xwânɕi̯ɑŋ/ B2	noun - illusion
傷悲 (shāngbēi) /ʂɑŋ peɪ/ B2	noun - sorrow, grief
妄想 (wàngxiǎng) /wɑŋɕi̯ɑŋ/ B2	noun - delusion verb - to delude oneself

Key Grammar Structures

• 是現象讓幻想翻起

  ➔ Le past participle used as an adjective (讓幻想翻起)

  ➔ Uses the past participle "翻起" to describe the phenomenon as causing or making the fantasy 'flip' or 'rise'.

• 形容何其細膩

  ➔ Using adverb "何其" with adjective to emphasize degree

  ➔ Uses the adverb "何其" to amplify the adjective "細膩", meaning 'so delicate' or 'exquisite'.

• 與真相恐怕差百千萬里

  ➔ Preposition "與" indicating comparison or relation

  ➔ Uses "與" to connect two ideas, showing comparison or relation, in this case, the truth and its distance.

• 還是人類遙望全是意像

  ➔ Adverb "還是" indicating contrast or still the case

  ➔ Uses "還是" to express that despite changes or uncertainties, the situation remains the same, emphasizing persistence.

• 誰亦別太入戲

  ➔ Adverbial phrase "亦別太" indicating 'also do not' or 'should not'

  ➔ Uses "亦別太" to advise or suggest that one should not get too involved or too affected, especially in emotional or psychological contexts.