諾亞方舟 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 五月天
• Album: 第二人生

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a linguistic and emotional journey with Mayday's 'Noah's Ark.' This song offers a unique opportunity to learn Mandarin through its poetic and thought-provoking lyrics. Exploring themes of farewell, reflection, and hope, it provides rich vocabulary and powerful imagery. What makes this song special is its grand, cinematic quality and its universal message of cherishing the present, making it a beautiful and meaningful way to connect with the language and culture.

[English]

Goodbye, sweet strawberry donuts, corner café rains falling

Goodbye, old black-and-white photos, memories in the cinema buried in the ground

Goodbye, that park where we first met

Who kissed whom that day, the swing forgotten by someone

Goodbye, so many famous cars, watches, shoes

In the end, we can only take away the garden called memories

If you have to say goodbye, if tonight you must say farewell to everything

If you could make just one call, who would you dial?

Good night, parrots and peacocks, leopards and humans staring at the sea

Good night, film negatives and records, floating between waves like poetry

Good night, Statue of Liberty drifting to Wall Street

On the deck, we touch the tip of Dubai’s tower

Good night, dolphins leaping from Tibetan rooftops

Turns out, this day in our fantasies is more beautiful than imagined

Still, we have to say goodbye, step away from this world below sea level

What memories will you pack, what will you keep as a memento in your luggage?

Finally, saying farewell, no more tomorrows to chase

What regrets are still incomplete, not perfect yet?

When comets burn across the sky, meteors rain down like tears

When radiation burns hotter than the sun

When love deepens, when every fate becomes more epic

When forever turns into something distant

When a period becomes a perspective

Humans finally become one thing

Bravely say goodbye, brave in bidding farewell to the past and future

Farewell to kinship, status, cleverness or foolishness

The final goodbye, the last wish to learn to soar

Flying over mountains, plains, starry skies, and blue heavens

Let Noah’s Ark sail toward the horizon

Let Noah’s Ark sail toward the International Date Line

Let Noah’s Ark sail toward the skyline

Let Noah’s Ark voyage into the infinite

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[Chinese]

再見 草莓甜甜圈 街角咖啡店 落下雨點

再見 黑白老照片 回憶電影院 埋進地面

再見 我們初識的那個公園

那天是誰先吻了誰 被誰遺忘的鞦韆

再見 那麼多名車名錶名鞋

最後我們只能帶走 名為回憶的花園

如果要告別 如果今夜就要和一切告別

如果你只能打一通電話 你會撥給誰

晚安 鸚鵡和孔雀 花豹和人類 望著海面

晚安 底片和唱片 沉浮在浪間 就像詩篇

晚安 自由女神漂到華爾街

我們在甲板上摸到杜拜塔頂的塔尖

晚安 海豚躍出西藏的屋簷

原來幻想中的這天會比幻想更唯美

還是要告別 還是放棄海拔以下的世界

你會裝進什麼回憶紀念 在行李裡面

終於要告別 終於沒有更多的明天要追

你有什麼遺憾依然殘缺 還沒有完美

當彗星燃燒天邊 隕石像雨點

當輻射比陽光還要熾烈

當愛變得濃烈 當每段命運 更加壯烈

當永遠變成一種遙遠

當句點變成一種觀點

讓人類終於變成同類

勇敢的告別 勇敢地向過去和未來告別

告別每段血緣身份地位 聰明或愚昧

最後的告別 最後一個心願是學會高飛

飛在不存在的高山草原 星空和藍天

讓 諾亞方舟 航向了 海平線

讓 諾亞方舟 航向了 換日線

讓 諾亞方舟 航向了 天際線

讓 諾亞方舟 航向了 無限

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
再見 /zài jiàn/ A2	verb - goodbye; to see someone off
街角 /jiē jiǎo/ A2	noun - street corner
咖啡店 /kā fēi diàn/ A2	noun - coffee shop
雨點 /yǔ diǎn/ A2	noun - raindrops
照片 /zhào piàn/ A2	noun - photograph
回憶 /huí yì/ B1	noun - memory; recollection
電影 /diàn yǐng/ A2	noun - movie; film
公園 /gōng yuán/ A2	noun - park
名車 /míng chē/ B1	noun - luxury car; famous car
名錶 /míng biǎo/ B1	noun - famous watch; luxury watch
名鞋 /míng xié/ B1	noun - famous shoes; luxury shoes
花園 /huā yuán/ A2	noun - garden
告別 /gào bié/ A2	verb/noun - say farewell; farewell
回憶的花園 /huí yì de huā yuán/ B2	noun - garden of memories
希望 /xī wàng/ A2	noun/verb - hope; to hope

Key Grammar Structures

• 如果要告別 如果今夜就要和一切告別

  ➔ Conditional sentence with '如果...就...'

  ➔ '如果' (rúguǒ) introduces a condition, and '就' (jiù) indicates the result if the condition is met.

• 我們在甲板上摸到杜拜塔頂的塔尖

  ➔ Use of '在...上' to indicate location of an action

  ➔ '在' (zài) + location indicates where an action takes place.

• 當彗星燃燒天邊 隕石像雨點

  ➔ Comparison using '像' (xiàng) to liken one thing to another

  ➔ '像' (xiàng) is used to compare one thing to another, suggesting similarity.

• 讓 諾亞方舟 航向了 海平線

  ➔ Use of '讓...航向' to express making someone/something sail towards a direction

  ➔ '讓' (ràng) means to let or make, combined with '航向了' indicating directing or sailing towards a destination.

• 最後我們只能帶走 名為回憶的花園

  ➔ Use of '只能...帶走' to express limitation or inability to do more than something

  ➔ '只能' (zhǐ néng) means 'can only', indicating limited capability or options.

• 當愛變得濃烈 當每段命運 更加壯烈

  ➔ Repetition of '當...的時候' to emphasize time or condition

  ➔ '當...的時候' (dāng... de shíhòu) is used to specify when something happens or to emphasize a particular moment.