雞蛋與羔羊 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 謝安琪

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the powerful Cantopop anthem "雞蛋與羔羊" by Kay Tse, a song that transcends typical pop by engaging deeply with social commentary. Through its vivid metaphors of 'eggs and lambs,' listeners can grasp nuanced vocabulary related to courage, resistance, and societal choices, making it a unique and impactful way to connect with the Cantonese language and Hong Kong's cultural narrative.

[English]

Bedroom's floral scent, wife’s captivating smile

Beautiful moments from the past rise in my dreams

The prison window, sound of chains

Tells me the old days have become a final tune

After a dazed drunkenness, still believing

Life is as usual

Who knew I’d be caught off guard and deceived

Becoming a slave, a great catastrophe looming overhead

Unimaginable

Eggs hitting a stone wall

Not afraid of a fierce end, never retreating

B lamb bowing to become a naive sheep

Trapped in the pasture all my life

These two meal coupons, how to choose

Everyone’s already at the point of making a decision, any delay means disaster

Still pretending to sleep, waiting deeply in a dream to admire

...

The alarm bell rings louder, the sound so tense

Quickly shedding old disguises everywhere

Meat cleavers and machine guns, held high in arrogance

Past values turning into bad debts

Long used to peace, once believing

Happiness and joy are constant

Who would think that yesterday there was still

A moment that could suddenly vanish like tons of icy frost

Falling from above

Eggs hitting a stone wall

Not afraid of a fierce end, never retreating

B lamb bowing to become a naive sheep

Trapped in the pasture all my life

These two meal coupons, how to choose

Everyone’s already at the point of making a decision, any delay means disaster

Forget the fantasy

...

An egg hitting a stone wall

Unavoidably cracking, breaking hearts—how to compete

A pile of eggs facing the stone wall

Can turn into a force field, continuing to expand

Today, eggs hitting a stone wall

Not afraid of a fierce end, never retreating

Otherwise, bow down to become a naive sheep

Trapped in the pasture all my life

How to find the ideal way, think early

Everyone’s already at the point of making a decision, any delay means disaster

Still pretending to sleep, waiting deeply in a dream to admire

If only imagination exists, beautiful

...

[Chinese]

寢室的花香 妻子的瀟湘

過去美好片段夢裡湧上

監倉的窗 鎖鏈的聲響

告訴我知往日成為絕唱

惺忪醉過後還信

生活又如常

怎知卻中伏被騙

成為奴隸 大劫在頭上

不堪設想

A餐雞蛋撞石牆

不怕壯烈下場 決不退讓

B餐俯首做白羊

一世困在牧場

餐券這兩張 怎麼取向

人已到了決志現場 再拖便遭殃

仍扮作昏睡 大夢裡等瞻仰

警鐘給敲響 聲音多緊張

四處迅速褪掉舊有色相

屠刀機槍 高舉得囂張

要過去的價值成呆壞賬

久安慣了曾迷信

福樂是恆常

怎想到昨日還有

會剎那變走 像千噸雪霜

降在頭上

A餐雞蛋撞石牆

不怕壯烈下場 決不退讓

B餐俯首做白羊

一世困在牧場

餐券這兩張 怎麼取向

人已到了決志現場 再拖便遭殃

忘掉遐想

一顆雞蛋撞石牆

不免碎裂斷腸 怎麼較量

一堆雞蛋望石牆

可以變做力場 繼續擴張

今天雞蛋撞石牆

不怕壯烈下場 決不退讓

否則俯首做白羊

一世困在牧場

怎樣較理想 盡早思量

人已到了決志現場 再拖便遭殃

仍扮作昏睡 大夢裡等瞻仰

要是有想像 漂亮

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
花香 /huā xiāng/ B1	noun - floral fragrance; scent of flowers
片段 /piàn duàn/ B2	noun - fragment; segment; clip
監倉 /jiān cāng/ B2	noun - prison cell
鎖鏈 /suǒ liàn/ B1	noun - chain
絕唱 /jué chàng/ C1	noun - swan song; last performance
奴隸 /nú lì/ B2	noun - slave
雞蛋 /jī dàn/ A1	noun - egg
石牆 /shí qiáng/ B1	noun - stone wall
壯烈 /zhuàng liè/ C1	adjective - heroic; brave; magnificent and tragic
白羊 /bái yáng/ B1	noun - white sheep
牧場 /mù chǎng/ B1	noun - pasture; ranch
餐券 /cān quàn/ B2	noun - meal voucher; meal ticket
決志 /jué zhì/ C1	verb - to make a firm resolution; to determine
遭殃 /zāo yāng/ C1	verb - to suffer disaster; to meet with misfortune
警鐘 /jǐng zhōng/ B2	noun - alarm bell; warning bell
色相 /sè xiàng/ C1	noun - color and appearance; phenomenon
屠刀 /tú dāo/ C1	noun - butcher knife; slaughter knife
力場 /lì chǎng/ C1	noun - force field