月色魔美 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Serrini

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Serrini's '月色魔美' (Moon Dance). This song offers a unique opportunity to learn Cantonese through its poetic and emotionally resonant lyrics. The song's central theme revolves around self-acceptance, making it a powerful piece for reflection. What makes this song special is its clever wordplay on a famous Japanese phrase for 'I love you', transforming it into a declaration of self-love, embracing both the light and dark within.

[English]

Still can love without fear

Cutting off all those unqualified

Bad people deserve to be abandoned

How much did those people love me?

Who was it that "loved" me that day?

Loving you so deeply that I hate you completely

Unprepared, when will I remember?

Still so sad I could die

Be a happy me, a sad me

Don't miss out on any of it

Even if the me of that day, my youth was so wrong

Blindly trusting, investing too much

How to analyze me? My initial intention was good

Too many hidden tears

How could time be wasted?

Achieving "Mamé" is all that matters

...

Still believe that love is victory

I want to understand why all the

Good people can give up

Biting down on the pain, can't remember the past

Tears are too used to parting

Ultimately, nothing to cry about

Freedom is mine, the pain in my heart

Will it be relieved? Just mentioning it

Probably a happy me, a sad me

All truly loved

Achieved breaking through one by one, defeating one by one

Investing even more in fierce faith

How to push me? How to extinguish me?

Still burning intensely, excessively

Found the trouble I want to provoke

Achieving even more "Mamé"

Be the most innocent me, the happiest me

All of you, save me

Be an even clearer me, nothing could be better

The hidden tears are still painful

This persevering me, this sorrowful me

Still burning intensely, excessively

Even if the world is awful, looking down on me for being foolish

Gazing at Mamé, the future will only

...

[Chinese]

仍然可以愛沒畏懼

切斷一切毫無資格的

壞人們值得放棄

那些人愛我幾許?

那日「愛著」我是誰?

深愛到完全憎你的

無防備哪日想起

仍然難過到死

做個開心的我 傷心的我

全部不必錯過

就算當天的我 青春很錯

盲目的信任投入過火

要怎分析我? 初心不錯

藏著的眼淚太多

光陰怎會蹉跎?

成就「魔美」只可

仍然相信愛就勝利

我要參透 為何一切的

善良人大可放棄

咬緊沉痛 既往記不起

眼淚太習慣別離

講到尾 無從哭訴的

自由在我 痛入心的

會解脫嗎? 一說起

大概開心的我 傷心的我

全部真心愛過

做到一一衝破 一一擊破

凌厲的信念投入更多

要怎催逼我? 怎吹熄我?

仍豔色熾熱過火

找到想惹的禍

成就「魔美」更多

做最天真的我 最開心的我

全部都拯救我

做更清晰的我 多好不過

藏著的眼淚還是痛楚

這堅忍的我 哀傷的我

仍豔色熾熱過火

就算糟糕的世界 輕看我很傻

凝視魔美 來日只會

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	verb - to love noun - love
壞 (huài) /xwaɪ/ A2	adjective - bad
深 (shēn) /ʃən/ A2	adjective - deep
憎 (zēng) /tsəŋ/ B2	verb - to hate
難過 (nánguò) /nǎn.kwo/ B1	adjective - sad, feeling unwell
開心 (kāixīn) /kaɪʃin/ A1	adjective - happy
傷心 (shāngxīn) /ʃɑŋʃin/ A2	adjective - sad
青春 (qīngchūn) /t͡ɕʰiŋ t͡ɕʰwən/ B1	noun - youth
盲目 (mángmù) /mɑ̌ŋmu/ B2	adjective - blind, lacking insight
信任 (xìnrèn) /ɕint͡sʐən/ B1	verb - to trust noun - trust
眼淚 (yǎnlèi) /jɛnleɪ/ A2	noun - tears
光陰 (guāngyīn) /kwɑŋin/ B2	noun - time
善良 (shànliáng) /ʂânljǎŋ/ B1	adjective - kind, good-hearted
沉痛 (chéntòng) /t͡ʃʰə̌ntʰʊŋ/ B2	adjective - deep and bitter grief
別離 (biélí) /bjěli/ B2	noun - separation, parting
自由 (zìyóu) /tzɨjoʊ/ A2	noun - freedom adjective - free
信念 (xìnniàn) /ʃinnjɛn/ B2	noun - belief, faith
天真 (tiānzhēn) /tʰjɛnt͡ʂən/ B1	adjective - innocent, naive
拯救 (zhěngjiù) /ʐəŋt͡ɕjoʊ/ B2	verb - to save, to rescue

Key Grammar Structures

• 仍然可以愛沒畏懼

  ➔ Modal verb + Verb + Adjective/Adverb

  ➔ The structure "可以愛沒畏懼" (can love without fear) uses the modal verb "可以" (can) followed by the verb "愛" (love) and the phrase "沒畏懼" (without fear), which acts as an adverbial phrase modifying the verb. This indicates possibility or ability.

• 那些人愛我幾許?

  ➔ Interrogative Pronoun + Noun + Verb + Pronoun

  ➔ The sentence "那些人愛我幾許?" (How much do those people love me?) uses the interrogative pronoun "幾許" (how much) to question the extent of the love from "那些人" (those people). This structure highlights the speaker's uncertainty or questioning of the level of affection.

• 深愛到完全憎你的

  ➔ Verb + Adverb + 到 + Adverb + Verb + Possessive Particle

  ➔ The structure "深愛到完全憎你的" (love so deeply to the point of completely hating you) uses "到" to express the extent or consequence of an action. Here, "深愛" (love deeply) leads to the extreme consequence of "完全憎你" (completely hating you). The possessive particle "的" modifies the whole phrase, acting as an attributive.

• 仍然難過到死

  ➔ Adverb + Adjective + 到 + Degree Complement

  ➔ The phrase "仍然難過到死" (still sad to death) uses "到死" (to death) as a degree complement, indicating the extreme extent of the sadness. "仍然" (still) further emphasizes the continuation of the emotion.

• 就算當天的我 青春很錯

  ➔ Conjunction + Time Noun + Possessive Pronoun + Noun + Adverb + Adjective

  ➔ The sentence "就算當天的我 青春很錯" (Even if the me of that day, my youth was very wrong) uses "就算" (even if) to introduce a hypothetical situation. "當天的我" (the me of that day) refers to a past self. "青春很錯" (youth was very wrong) describes the state of that past self's youth.

• 成就「魔美」只可

  ➔ Verb + Noun + Adverb + Auxiliary Verb

  ➔ The sentence "成就「魔美」只可" (Only achieve 'Mami') utilizes the adverb "只" (only) to limit the scope of the achievable to 'Mami'. "可" (can/may) functions as an auxiliary verb suggesting permission or possibility but implied constraint here.