在你身邊 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 張學友

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful and enjoyable experience, and Jacky Cheung's '在你身邊' is a perfect song to start with. Its clear and heartfelt lyrics about a father's love for his daughter make the tender emotions universally understandable. The song's beautiful melody and Cheung's expressive vocals will not only help you learn new vocabulary and sentence structures in Mandarin but also connect you to the touching story behind the music.

[English]

The moment it's about to happen

How can I be prepared?

It quietly appears

Yet it walks into my sight

Thinking my rich experience

Could get me through anything

I stubbornly sing along

But keep on stepping back

Never really felt anything special

Finally now I realize

There’s a corner inside my heart

Waiting for your arrival

I’ve already lost awareness of everything

Easily pushed into the sea by you

Once in your embrace

Losing all sense of space

Your tenderness slowly pulls me in

Every day I look forward to seeing you again, oh

Such a strong feeling of love, how can I deny it?

No matter where I am, I want to stay by your side

The moment it's about to happen

How can I be prepared?

It quietly appears

Yet it walks into my sight

Thinking my rich experience

Could get me through anything

I stubbornly sing along

But keep on stepping back

Never really felt anything special

Finally now I realize

There’s a corner inside my heart

Waiting for your arrival

I’ve already lost awareness of everything

Easily pushed into the sea by you

Once in your embrace

Losing all sense of space

Your tenderness slowly pulls me in

Every day I look forward to seeing you again, oh

Such a strong feeling of love, how can I deny it?

No matter where I am, I want to stay by your side

Your tenderness slowly pulls me in

Every day I look forward to seeing you again, oh

Such a strong feeling of love, how can I deny it?

No matter where I am, I want to stay by your side

Such a strong feeling of love, how can I deny it?

No matter where I am, I want to stay by your side

...

[Chinese]

就要發生的時間

如何有所準備

它就靜靜的出現

卻走進了我的視覺

以為豐富的經驗

能讓我度過一切

我逞強地唱着唱着

卻不住地後退

從來沒有什麼眷戀

終於現在我才發現

我的心裏有個角落

在等着你的出現

眼前早已失去警覺

任你輕易推落海邊

曾經在你的懷抱裏

失去所有知覺

你的溫柔讓我逐漸深陷

每天總是期待看你一遍 哦

愛的感覺這麼強烈 我怎能否決

不管天涯海角 我要在你的身邊

就要發生的時間

如何有所準備

它就靜靜的出現

卻走進了我的視覺

以為豐富的經驗

能讓我度過一切

我逞強地唱着唱着

卻不住地後退

從來沒有什麼眷戀

終於現在我才發現

我的心裏有個角落

在等着你的出現

眼前早已失去警覺

任你輕易推落海邊

曾經在你的懷抱裏

失去所有知覺

你的溫柔讓我逐漸深陷

每天總是期待看你一遍 哦

愛的感覺這麼強烈 我怎能否決

不管天涯海角 我要在你的身邊

你的溫柔讓我逐漸深陷

每天總是期待看你一遍 哦

愛的感覺這麼強烈 我怎能否決

不管天涯海角 我要在你的身邊

愛的感覺這麼強烈 我怎能否決

不管天涯海角 我要在你的身邊

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
時間 (shíjiān) /ˈʃiˌdʒjɛn/ A1	noun - time
準備 (zhǔnbèi) /ˈʈʂwənˌbeɪ/ A2	verb - to prepare noun - preparation
出現 (chūxiàn) /t͡ʂʰú ɕjɛ̀n/ B1	verb - to appear
視覺 (shìjué) /ʂɻ̩̂ ʈ͡ʂɥœ̌/ B2	noun - vision
經驗 (jīngyàn) /t͡ɕíŋ jɛ̂n/ B1	noun - experience
唱 (chàng) /ʈʂʰâŋ/ A1	verb - to sing
後退 (hòutuì) /xôʊ twêɪ/ B1	verb - to retreat
眷戀 (juànliàn) /tɕɥɛ̂nljɛ̂n/ C1	verb - to be sentimentally attached to
心裏 (xīnlǐ) /ɕínli/ A2	noun - heart
角落 (jiǎoluò) /t͡ɕjàʊlwô/ B1	noun - corner
警覺 (jǐngjué) /t͡ɕìŋ ʈ͡ʂɥœ̌/ B2	noun - vigilance, alertness
懷抱 (huáibào) /xwǎɪ pâʊ/ B1	noun - embrace, bosom
知覺 (zhījué) /ʈʂɻ̩́ ʈ͡ʂɥœ̌/ B2	noun - perception, consciousness
溫柔 (wēnróu) /wə́n ɻǒʊ/ A2	adjective - gentle, tender
深陷 (shēnxiàn) /ʂə́n ɕjɛ̂n/ B2	verb - to be deeply involved; sink deeply
期待 (qídài) /t͡ɕʰítâɪ/ B1	verb - to expect, to anticipate
感覺 (gǎnjué) /kǎntɕɥœ̌/ A2	noun - feeling, sense
強烈 (qiángliè) /t͡ɕʰjǎŋljɛ̂/ B1	adjective - strong, intense
海角 (hǎijiǎo) /xǎɪ t͡ɕjàʊ/ B2	noun - remote corner of the earth