寧願當初不相見 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Dear Jane

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful way to connect with its culture and emotions, and Dear Jane's “寧願當初不相見” is a perfect example. This song offers a chance to learn expressive Cantonese vocabulary related to love, loss, and memory. Its clear and emotional lyrics make it a great song for language learners to explore the nuances of expressing deep feelings in Cantonese, all while experiencing a modern Cantopop ballad.

[English]

Let the world end at this moment

Mourning this profound love

Let my body be broken

Thoughts are twisted and disordered like a terminal illness

Let the eyes lose focus and go blank

No strength, suddenly feeling weightless

Actually, what's the point of trying to hold you back?

But I won't move you

I'd rather we never met

I'd rather not have thought you were too kind

I'd rather lose my memory, lose my longing

Can't clearly remember your smiling face

At least today I'd live a little better

I'd rather we never met

It's that I hate that I see through everything

The happiest moments are the most painful

Could it be that love is just a trick?

More emptiness after the excitement

I'd rather we never met

I'd rather not have thought you were too kind

I'd rather lose my memory, lose my longing

Can't clearly remember your smiling face

At least today I'd live a little better

I'd rather we never met

Don't want to remember, don't want to keep

Don't want to see that day again

No need for remembrance, no need for affection

If only I had a worse memory

It would be a relief

...

I'd rather we never met

I'd rather not have thought you were too kind

If I happen to run into you

Let that warm feeling reappear

Perhaps today I'd be more embarrassed

I'd rather we never met

I'd rather that you wouldn't discover today

Even if someone waits hundreds of years

The longing wouldn't decrease by a second

For this moment, you must live a little better

Or else we shouldn't have met, Wooh

I'd rather we never met

...

[Chinese]

就讓世間此刻終結

悼念這深刻的愛戀

就讓我身軀都破損

患絕症般思想輾轉紊亂

就讓眼晴失焦放空

沒有力氣頓覺失重

其實挽留哪有用

卻未會令你感動

寧願當初不相見

寧願當初不覺得你太友善

寧願失憶失去掛念

記不清楚你笑臉

至少今天我會活好一點

寧願當初不相見

是恨我偏偏都看通

最快樂片段最心痛

難道愛情愛作弄

悸動過後更空洞

寧願當初不相見

寧願當初不覺得你太友善

寧願失憶失去掛念

記不清楚你笑臉

至少今天我會活好一點

寧願當初不相見

不想記住 不想寄存

不想再見當天

不需紀念 不需寄情

若可記性差點

是一種解脫

寧願當初不相見

寧願當初不覺得你太友善

如若剛巧跟你碰面

讓溫馨感覺再現

或許今天我更難堪多點

寧願當初不相見

寧願今天的你不會去發現

誰若即使等數百年

亦不減一秒掛念

為這一刻你要活好一點

還是彼此不相見 Wooh

寧願當初不相見

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
終結 (zhōngjié) /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ˥ t͡ɕjɛ/ B2	verb - to end; to conclude noun - end; conclusion
悼念 (dàoniàn) /taʊ̯˥˩ ni̯ɛn˥˩/ C1	verb - to mourn; to commemorate
深刻 (shēn kè) /ʂən˥ kʰɤ/ B2	adjective - deep; profound; intense
愛戀 (àiliàn) /aɪ̯˥˩ li̯ɛn˥˩/ C1	noun - love
破損 (pòsǔn) /pʰwo˥˩ su̯ən˨˩/ B2	verb - to damage; to break adjective - damaged; broken
患 (huàn) /xu̯an˥˩/ B2	verb - to suffer from; to contract (an illness)
絕症 (juézhèng) /t͡ɕɥɛ˧˥ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ˥˩/ C1	noun - incurable disease; terminal illness
思想 (sīxiǎng) /sɿ˥ ɕi̯ɑŋ˨˩/ B1	noun - thought; thinking; ideology
輾轉 (zhǎnzhuǎn) /ʈ͡ʂan˨˩ ʈ͡ʂɥan˨˩/ C1	verb - to toss and turn (in bed); to repeatedly change one's mind
紊亂 (wěnluàn) /wən˨˩ lɥan˥˩/ C1	adjective - disorderly; chaotic
失焦 (shījiāo) /ʂʅ˥ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯/ B2	verb - out of focus
放空 (fàngkōng) /fɑŋ˥˩ kʰʊŋ/ B2	verb - to zone out; to blank out; to space out
力氣 (lìqì) /li˥˩ t͡ɕʰi˥˩/ A2	noun - strength; effort
失重 (shīzhòng) /ʂʅ˥ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ˥˩/ B2	verb - weightlessness
挽留 (wǎnlíu) /wan˨˩ li̯oʊ̯˧˥/ B2	verb - to urge (sb) to stay; to entreat (sb) to remain
友善 (yǒushàn) /joʊ̯˨˩ ʂan˥˩/ B1	adjective - friendly
失憶 (shīyì) /ʂʅ˥ i˥˩/ B2	verb - to lose memory; amnesia
掛念 (guàniàn) /kwaɪ̯˥˩ ni̯ɛn˥˩/ B2	verb - to worry about; to be concerned about
笑臉 (xiàoliǎn) /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯˥˩ li̯ɛn˨˩/ B1	noun - smiling face
片段 (piànduàn) /pʰi̯ɛn˥˩ twan˥˩/ B1	noun - fragment; segment; extract
心痛 (xīntòng) /ɕin˥ tʰʊŋ˥˩/ B1	adjective - heartbroken; distressed
作弄 (zuònòng) /t͡swɔ˥˩ nʊŋ˥˩/ B2	verb - to tease; to make fun of; to play tricks on
悸動 (jìdòng) /t͡ɕi˥˩ tʊŋ˥˩/ C1	verb - to palpitate; to throb; flutter
空洞 (kōngdòng) /kʰʊŋ kʊŋ˥˩/ B2	adjective - empty; hollow; vacuous
寄存 (jìcún) /t͡ɕi˥˩ t͡sʰwən˧˥/ B2	verb - to deposit; to leave in sb's care
紀念 (jìniàn) /t͡ɕi˥˩ ni̯ɛn˥˩/ B1	verb - to commemorate noun - commemoration
寄情 (jìqíng) /t͡ɕi˥˩ t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˥/ C1	verb - to entrust one's feelings; to pin one's hopes on
解脫 (jiětuō) /t͡ɕi̯ɛ˨˩ tʰwo/ C1	verb - to be liberated; to free oneself noun - liberation; salvation
碰面 (pèngmiàn) /pʰɤŋ˥˩ mi̯ɛn˥˩/ B1	verb - to meet; to come across
溫馨 (wēnxīn) /wən˥ ɕin˥/ B1	adjective - warm; cozy; heartwarming
難堪 (nánkān) /nan˧˥ kʰan˥/ B2	adjective - embarrassed; awkward
發現 (fāxiàn) /fa˥ ɕi̯ɛn˥˩/ A2	verb - to discover; to find
減 (jiǎn) /t͡ɕi̯ɛn˨˩/ A2	verb - to reduce; to decrease