凉凉 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Zhang Bichen (张碧晨), Guest (素人)
• Album: 三生三世十里桃花 电视剧原声带

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the rich world of Mandopop and Chinese Style music with "Liáng Liáng"! This duet offers a beautiful opportunity to learn sophisticated, poetic Chinese vocabulary and classical imagery, as its lyrics are drawn directly from a popular fantasy novel. The song’s profound emotion and gorgeous melodic flow make it an unforgettable and culturally resonant piece for any language learner.

[English]

As night descends, a gentle chill spreads; blossoms fall to the ground like frost.

You gaze from afar.

All the twilight is spent.

Without reflection, we cannot forget each other.

Vibrant peach blossoms turn cool.

How could you have let go in a past life?

My heart is an endless, boundless sea.

Still pretending there's no pain, no itch, no force.

It's all an illusion.

The cool night turns my longing for you into a river.

It becomes fragrant earth that cradles me.

Shallow years brush across my lover's sleeve.

Petals of fragrance drift into the water.

The cool heavens shimmer, draping me in floral colors.

Falling into the mortal world wounds my heart.

Life's tribulations are easy to cross, but love's trials are hard.

How much of the old heart still holds the roots of a past life?

The cool three lifetimes and three worlds feel like a fleeting dream.

Brief years dry away the tear stains.

If memories can no longer recognize each other,

let the affection fall into dust.

My life's wish is to cling to the dust.

[Chinese]

入夜渐微凉 繁花落地成霜

你在远方眺望

耗尽所有暮光

不思量自难相忘

夭夭桃花凉

前世你怎舍下

这一海心茫茫

还故作不痛不痒不牵强

都是假象

凉凉夜色为你思念成河

化作香泥呵护着我

浅浅岁月拂满爱人袖

片片芳菲入水流

凉凉天意潋滟一身花色

落入凡尘伤情着我

生劫易渡情劫难了

旧的心还有几分前生的根

凉凉三生三世恍然如梦

须臾的年风干泪痕

若是回忆不能再相认

就让情分落九尘

吾生愿牵尘

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
凉 /liáng/ A2	adjective - cool; cold
思念 /sīniàn/ B1	verb - to miss; to long for
茫茫 /mángmáng/ B2	adjective - vast; boundless
桃花 /táohuā/ A2	noun - peach blossoms
前世 /qiánshì/ B1	noun - previous life
潋滟 /liányàn/ C1	adjective - shimmering; sparkling
凡尘 /fánchén/ B2	noun - the mundane world
三生三世 /sānshēngsānshì/ C1	noun - three lives, three worlds
须臾 /xūyú/ C2	noun - a moment; an instant
风干 /fēnggān/ B2	verb - to dry in the wind
回忆 /huíyì/ B1	noun - memories
相认 /xiāngrèn/ B2	verb - to recognize each other
情分 /qíngfèn/ B2	noun - feelings; emotional ties
茫 /máng/ B2	adjective - vast; boundless
呵护 /héhù/ B1	verb - to protect; to cherish

Key Grammar Structures

• 不思量自难相忘

  ➔ Rhetorical negation (不...自...)

  ➔ Here, “不” and “自” use rhetorical negation to emphasize inevitability: “not trying to forget, it's hard to forget on its own.”

• 还故作不痛不痒不牵强

  ➔ Adverbial “还” expressing contrast

  ➔ The word “还” here indicates a contrast or continuation, implying ‘still pretending to be indifferent.’

• 化作香泥呵护着我

  ➔ Durative aspectual particle “着”

  ➔ The “着” after “呵护” indicates an ongoing action: transforming into fragrant mud to ‘continuously protect’ me.

• 浅浅岁月拂满爱人袖

  ➔ Reduplication for emphasis (“浅浅”)

  ➔ “浅浅” reduplicates ‘shallow’ to soften and emphasize the gentle brushing of time over the loved one's sleeves.

• 情劫难了

  ➔ Completion particle “了” indicating state

  ➔ “了” at the end implies ‘it's hard to finish’ the emotional calamity, conveying finality in difficulty.

• 须臾的年风干泪痕

  ➔ Attributive “的” construction for description

  ➔ “须臾的” uses “的” to modify ‘year,’ describing ‘in a moment's wind’ drying tears.

• 若是回忆不能再相认

  ➔ Conditional structure “若是...不能...”

  ➔ “若是” introduces the condition ‘if memories can't recognize again,’ setting up a hypothetical scenario.

• 吾生愿牵尘

  ➔ Classical expression omitting subject

  ➔ Omit subject “我” for classical style, meaning ‘my life wishes to entangle with dust.’

• 落入凡尘伤情着我

  ➔ Passive-like structure without “被”

  ➔ The sentence implies passivity: feelings ‘fall into the mortal world harming me,’ with “我” as object.

• 旧的心还有几分前生的根

  ➔ Interrogative “又” for estimation

  ➔ “几分” implies questioning ‘how many parts,’ estimating roots of previous life in the old heart.