七百年後 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陳奕迅
• Album: H3M

Lyrics & Translation

Explore Cantonese through Eason Chan's “七百年後”, a poignant song set seven hundred years in the future. Discover how the lyrics blend futuristic imagery with nostalgic themes of love and simpler times, offering a unique window into the language's expressive capabilities and cultural nuances.

[English]

Your spacecraft shines with a golden glow

I have a forgotten corner, looking up to watch over you

Day by day, life in modern times is pressing on

Colorful stars lower me into a pile of prosperity's trash

Thanks to your forgiveness for my dirtiness

I'll give you a broken black vinyl, faint sounds of singing

I'll give you a broken light bulb, cheaply illuminating your world

A box of cassette tapes still brings back memories

That old artsy film scene

An enduring tragic love that transcends material possessions and crosses centuries

Civilization can crush emotions, but love remains strong, regardless of withered mountains and rivers

Old times thrown into trash, you and I still coexist

Still able to give you childhood toys

Holding each other and sleeping peacefully in the old place

Seven hundred years, flowing with the tides, passing in an instant

...

Abandon that flower, let me bring its roots home

Giving you this flower to remember the early summer that has gone by

In the pitch-black cosmos, leaves, trees, and plants leave no trace behind

Will you be crying?

The blooming sand dunes nourish our poor land, beautiful as a painting

...

Civilization can crush emotions, but love remains strong, regardless of withered mountains and rivers

Old times thrown into trash, you and I still coexist

Still able to give you childhood toys

Holding each other and sleeping peacefully in the old place

Seven hundred years, built structures are all broken in the tide

...

Every day, the tide of progress is so fast I can't remember

Using neon lights to build joy

Though you and I are despised by every star

We're poor but still reach the jubilees

Civilization can crush emotions, but love remains strong, regardless of withered mountains and rivers

Old times thrown into trash, you and I still coexist

Still able to give you childhood toys

Holding each other in the old place, sleeping peacefully again

Seven hundred years, as years pass, memories fade

But I still have your loyal love

...

[Chinese]

你那太空艙 能夠發出金色的光

我廢置一方 抬頭便會為你守望

一天天摧迫生活在現代化

繽紛星空拋低我寄存繁榮垃圾缸

多得你原諒我骯髒

送你破黑膠 廉價發出歌聲依稀

送你破燈泡 便宜地照亮你天地

一箱卡式帶一直沒落仍能回味

那套舊文藝戲

生生不息的悽美愛情逾越物質跨過世紀

文明能壓碎 情懷不衰 無論枯乾山水

舊時年月投入垃圾裡 你我一起同居

仍然能送你 兒時玩具

老地方抱著一起安睡

七百年 潮流裡 瞬息過去

棄置那棵花 容我帶它的根歸家

送你這棵花 來懷念已逝去初夏

漆黑的星體花葉樹木無從留下

你會在流淚嗎？

花開的沙丘滋養我們貧窮地方優美似畫

文明能壓碎 情懷不衰 無論枯乾山水

舊時年月投入垃圾裡 你我一起同居

仍然能送你 兒時玩具

老地方抱著一起安睡

七百年 潮流裡 建築統統破碎

天天進化熱潮已記不起

用霓虹去建設歡喜

雖則你我被每粒星唾棄

我們貧乏卻去到金禧

文明能壓碎 情懷不衰 無論枯乾山水

舊時年月投入垃圾裡 你我一起同居

仍然能送你 兒時玩具

老地方抱著 一起安睡

七百年 隨年歲 記憶老去

仍然有你的忠心愛侶

Key Grammar Structures

• 能夠發出金色的光

  ➔ Modal verb + 能夠 + verb (can/may + verb) to express ability or possibility

  ➔ The phrase uses the modal verb 能夠 (neng2 gou4) combined with a verb to indicate ability or possibility.

• 一天天摧迫生活在現代化

  ➔ Adverbial phrase + verb to indicate ongoing or repeated action (一天天 = day by day, gradually)

  ➔ The phrase 一天天 (one day at a time) functions as an adverbial to emphasize gradual or ongoing pressure or change.

• 文明能壓碎情懷不衰

  ➔ Noun + 能 + verb to express ability or capacity of the noun (文明 + 能 + 壓碎)

  ➔ This grammatical structure shows the noun's ability to perform the action expressed by the verb.

• 投入垃圾裡 你我一起同居

  ➔ Verb + 了 (le) + place particle + 里 (inside) to indicate movement into a place

  ➔ The use of 了 with a verb and a place particle indicates a completed action of entering or being inside.

• 仍然有你的忠心愛侶

  ➔ 仍然 + verb to indicate continuing or remaining (still/have still)

  ➔ The adverb 仍然 (still) is used with a verb to emphasize persistence or remaining state.