答應不愛你 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 鄭中基

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the emotional depths of Mandarin through Ronald Cheng's “答應不愛你”. This song beautifully illustrates the complexities of love and promises, offering listeners a chance to connect with heartfelt lyrics and improve their language skills by understanding nuanced expressions of longing and regret .

[English]

Clearly loving you, yet accepting the separation

All I have left is the right to miss you

Feeling sad isn't even here yet, love has already become part of my breath

A non-existent presence deep inside my heart

Though I try so hard to forget

My heart still hasn't agreed to give up on you

I'm truly sorry, I promised I wouldn't love you anymore

But I haven't promised myself yet

Clearly loving you, yet having to accept the separation

All I have left is the right to miss you

Sadness hasn't even arrived yet; let love merge into the air

A non-existent presence deep inside my heart

...

We promised to forget, yet I keep thinking of you

It turns out my heart hasn't agreed to give you up yet

I'm really sorry, even though I once promised you

I haven't promised myself yet

But how can I truly not love you

...

[Chinese]

明明愛很清晰 卻又接受分離

我只剩思念的權利

難過還來不及 愛早已融入呼吸

不存在的存在心底

雖然很努力 練習著忘記

我的心卻還沒答應可以放棄了你

真的對不起 答應了你不再愛你

我卻還沒答應我自己

明明愛很清晰 卻要接受分離

我只剩思念的權利

難過還來不及 就讓愛融入空氣

不存在的存在心底

說好要忘記 偏偏又想起

原來我的心還沒有答應放棄了你

真的對不起 雖然曾經答應了你

我卻還沒答應我自己

卻又如何真的不愛你

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 (ài) /aɪ/ A1	noun - love verb - to love
清晰 (qīngxī) /t͡ɕʰiŋ ɕi/ B1	adjective - clear, distinct
分離 (fēnlí) /fənlǐ/ B2	verb - to separate, to part noun - separation
思念 (sīniàn) /sz̩ni̯ɛn/ B1	verb - to miss, to think of noun - missing, longing
權利 (quánlì) /t͡ɕʰɥɛ̌nlî/ B1	noun - right, privilege
難過 (nánguò) /nǎŋku̯ɔ/ A2	adjective - sad, hard to bear
融入 (róngrù) /ɻʊŋ ɻu/ B2	verb - to merge into, to integrate
呼吸 (hūxī) /xuɕi/ B1	verb - to breathe noun - breath
存在 (cúnzài) /tsʰǔntsai̯/ B1	verb - to exist noun - existence
心底 (xīndǐ) /ɕínti/ B2	noun - bottom of one's heart
努力 (nǔlì) /nùlì/ A2	adjective - hardworking verb - to make an effort
練習 (liànxí) /ljɛ̂nɕǐ/ A2	verb - to practice noun - practice
忘記 (wàngjì) /wâŋt͡ɕî/ A1	verb - to forget
放棄 (fàngqì) /fâŋt͡ɕʰî/ A2	verb - to give up, to abandon
空氣 (kōngqì) /kʰʊ́ŋt͡ɕʰî/ A1	noun - air