手掌心 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 丁噹,Della
• Album: 蘭陵王

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the beauty of Chinese balladry with Della's “手掌心”, the poignant theme from the drama "Lan Ling Wang". This song offers a gateway to understanding Chinese culture through its exploration of love, destiny, and the symbolism of holding cherished emotions in the palm of your hand .

[English]

All the illusions of love and hate are gone.

I toast to you with a glass of pure dawn.

I’m in the South Pole, longing for your North Star.

I wait for you, not believing our hearts don’t connect.

You are fate, you are the sound of galloping hooves.

Rolling through my worldly troubles, desperately seeking the icy wilderness.

An inch of time, an inch of heart.

A blooming night flower, a drifting cloud.

A snowflake, a dream, all cradled in my palm.

A speck of dust, a Bodhi seed.

A shooting star, a you.

With all my heart, cradled in my palm.

...

Seven lifetimes as a couple, just a mythical mirror.

On the seventh night, I can only wait another century.

You are heaven and earth, you are wind and rain, you are sunshine.

You are the gentle rebel, reversing my four seasons.

An inch of time, an inch of heart.

A blooming night flower, a drifting cloud.

A snowflake, a dream, all cradled in my palm.

A speck of dust, a Bodhi seed.

A shooting star, a you.

With all my heart, cradled in my palm.

Yet I hold on tighter, yet I love more greedily.

Only to love until my heart is pierced by a thousand arrows before I give up.

My left hand holds emptiness, my right hand holds infatuation.

Ten fingers tightly intertwined, a heart sutra engraved deeply with pain.

Can I not be unwilling? Can I not accept my fate?

If possible, I would trade myself for you.

...

[Chinese]

一乾而盡 愛恨嗔癡的幻影

我敬你 一杯一乾二淨的黎明

我在南極 憧憬你的北極星

我等你 不信心心不相印

你是天意 你是噠噠的馬蹄

滾滾了我的紅塵 苦苦追尋冰天雪地

一寸光陰 一寸心

一朵曇花 一朵雲

一朵雪花 一朵夢境 一一捧在手掌心

一顆塵埃 一菩提

一顆流星 一個你

一心一意捧在手掌心

七世夫妻 只是神話的魔鏡

第七夕 只能再等一世紀

你是天地 你是風雨 你是晴

你是溫柔的叛逆 逆轉我的一年四季

一寸光陰 一寸心

一朵曇花 一朵雲

一朵雪花 一朵夢境 一一捧在手掌心

一顆塵埃 一菩提

一顆流星 一個你

一心一意捧在手掌心

偏偏我越抱越緊 偏偏我越愛越貪心

偏偏要愛到萬箭穿了心 才死心

左手掌握著空心 右手掌握著癡心

十指緊扣一本心經 刻骨銘心著苦心

可不可以不甘心？可不可以不認命？

如果可以 拿我換給你

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 /ài/ A2	noun - love verb - to love
心 /xīn/ A2	noun - heart
夢境 /mèng jìng/ B1	noun - dreamland or dream scene
流星 /liú xīng/ B1	noun - shooting star
雪花 /xuě huā/ A2	noun - snowflake
曇花 /tán huā/ B2	noun - urban legend flower, blooms briefly at dawn
掌心 /zhǎng xīn/ A2	noun - palm of the hand
北極星 /běi jí xīng/ B1	noun - Polaris, North Star
冰天雪地 /bīng tiān xuě dì/ B2	idiom - extremely cold, icy landscape
天地 /tiān dì/ B1	noun - heaven and earth
逆轉 /nì zhuǎn/ B2	verb - to reverse or turn around

Key Grammar Structures

• 我在南極 憧憬你的北極星

  ➔ The usage of '在' to indicate the location where an action takes place.

  ➔ '在' (zài) is a preposition meaning 'at' or 'in', used to specify location.

• 一寸光陰 一寸心

  ➔ The pattern '一...一...' emphasizes the simultaneity or close relationship between two concepts.

  ➔ This pattern shows that the two ideas happen at the same time or are closely linked.

• 一朵雪花 一朵夢境

  ➔ Use of '一朵' to specify a single flower or cloud, emphasizing the countable nature of nouns.

  ➔ '一朵' (yí duǒ) indicates a single flower or cloud, functioning as a measure word.

• 偏偏我越抱越緊

  ➔ Use of '越...越...' to express 'the more... the more...' increasing degree of action or state.

  ➔ '越' (yuè) indicates 'more and more', and the structure shows an increasing trend.

• 可不可以不甘心？

  ➔ Use of '可以' + negative form to ask for permission or possibility of not doing something.

  ➔ '可以' (kěyǐ) means 'can' or 'may', and combined with not, forms a question about possibility or permission.

• 如果可以 拿我换給你

  ➔ Use of '如果' to introduce a conditional clause ('if'), expressing hypothetical situations.

  ➔ '如果' (rúguǒ) means 'if', used to introduce a condition in the sentence.