song: Chen Xiao Xia/lyrics: Lin Xi
I can still
remember the sign outside the hotel
I can still
recall the image of our happy departure
The whole
city was so lively that day
We walked
half a mile together along the street
I still remember
the street lamps lighting up a yellow face
It also lit
up that serving of fast-food
Your profile
was too handsome
Only with
tears in my eyes did I dare scrutinize it
Forget sky
and earth
Perhaps I
cannot recall myself
I still haven't
forgotten the time when together we watched the yellow leaves fly
Even if we
are separated
A tragic drama
If I resolve
to forget, I won't be able to remember
Sky and earth
tomorrow
I only fear
that I won't be able to recognize myself
I still haven't
forgotten our set date, if we haven't died
Even if your
sturdy frame
Cannot endure
wind and rain
I can still
recognize you, even with white sideburns
I can still
remember the guitar chords from that day
I also understand
the underlying meaning of every melody
That day your
voice flowed past the street corner
The voyage
along the street unfolded like a song
song: Huang Jia Qiang/lyrics: Lin Xi
I wanted at
first to be upset, want to let it out, but there are no tears
I want to
ask, but there is no response
I really want
to love
Thinking of
the future, but there isn't a present
Thinking of
the past, but facing the future
I don't have
much
Everything
changes sporadically
I didn't ask
you, so how come you're asking me what I want to do?
My world has
no ideals, yet it has strong feelings towards you
You want to
reluctantly appease, appease
I have no
strong feelings towards you, yet I need to think for the sake of happiness
I will reluctantly
appease, appease
I want to embrace;
want to dream, but it has no content
I want to
call out, but have no stand**
Want to very
much (very much)
I want to
break all the rules, but have nothing to do
I want to
be happy, but there's no honey
**stand - in the sense of viewpoint, opinion
Undercurrent (disc 1, track 3)
song: Chen Hui Yang/lyrics: Lin Xi
Even if the
sky deepens, still can't see the cracks
Eyebrows gathered
with thick clouds
Even a house
filled with dim lights cannot shine through my body, can reflect your heart
Let this puff
of smoke float upward, my body sink low
Once wanted
to, wanted to lean close
Your heart
and eye, mouth and ear have no harmony, I can't keep my hold on them
I fear an encore
of the tragedy in my life, in my life
The more beautiful
things are the more untouchable they are
History is
repeating itself in this bustling city
There's no
reason why love can be without undercurrents
What's the
use of loving you?
As if I might
not lose everything by holding you tight
I'm still silently
waiting for you to tell me I should stop wasting my energy
I portend
everything
And then I
cannot open both eyes to see the arrival of fate
And then the
sky once again overflows with thick clouds
song: Chen Xiao Xia/lyrics: Lin Xi
My eyes seem
to be crying yet they seem not to be crying
I can't say
what else I'm hoping for
Blowing smoke
rings with you
Near your
lips
I can't express
my contentment
How can your
tenderness be captured?
It comes closer
and closer, yet it never makes contact
La...
The unfinished
tea turned sour long ago
We have never
been in love before, yet we are in love
We're going
'round in circles every day
How can this
entanglement be considered short?
I wear your
clothes every day
I can't detain
you, yet I'm still warm
Hovering between
sweetness and bitterness
I can't see
through your scandalous eyes
You borrow
love to fill one night
In the end,
it still has to be returned
There's no
need to desire too much
Hovering between
proximity and separation
I can't see
through your scandalous eyes
It seems to
be deep yet it's still very shallow
The sky had
turned blue-grey long ago
I want to
part from you
Yet it's not
late
song: Faye Wong/lyrics: Lin Xi
Don't want
to spy on you for even a second
It's because
I fear I'll suddenly laugh
Will naturally
love all the way
Will suddenly
scream loudly
Calling to
the spirits to come out, come out, come out
Don't want
to hear your heartbeats
It's because
I fear you'll suddenly wake up
You naturally
say it's too late
You really
have to go
I suddenly
cry, cry, cry
Di-Dar....
Don't want
to possess you
It's because
I fear I'll suddenly think
That you're
really too important
I suddenly
can't breathe
Will suddenly
want to shout, want to jump, want to possess
Di-Dar....
One Person Acting Two Roles (disc 1, track 6)
song: AMK/lyrics: Wyman Wong
If there's
no important business
I won't see
anyone
The events
of the outside world
I won't question
them
Breaking the
rules
Is my responsibility
Reality is
too boring
Go for a vacation
in the land of dreams
The content
of made-up stories
Is not outrageous
[What is]
outrageous
Is that you
take things too seriously
Don't be too
serious
Don't be so
uptight
How can you
take random talk for the truth?
Don't be too
serious
Don't be so
naive
How can you
take random talk for the truth?
I'm no god
Talking to
myself
I am one person
But the dialogue
Is still divided
into two parts
Two parts
Just as if
there was another person
Acting out
a scene
Playing both
parts
A drama of
dreams
Holds my life
together
Brink of Love and Pain (disc 1, track 7)
song: Huang Zhuo Ying/lyrics: Calvin Poon (Pan Yuan Liang)
I pace about
the deserted road and look back at it
You had kissed
my face hundreds and thousands of times
I never thought
that there would be a day
When, in the
night rain, I have nowhere to go
Making me
wait here alone from one o'clock to three o'clock
I'm not afraid
of meeting you again
This is still
my desire
I have my
own feelings
You can't
expect me to hide them
If you are
no longer in love with me
Then why do
you deceive me?
Making me
wait and wait
I'm waiting
for the day when I can regain your warmth
Love is like
a rain shower, it seems to be over, but it's hard for it to end
The more you
think about it, the more confused you become
I no longer
want to attach myself to you
I have my
dignity
I don't want
to be hurt again
I can't help
that my heart
Wants to distinguish
it but cannot do so
It tells me
not to wait
But this wish
is unfulfilled
I'm forever
at the brink of love and pain
How can I
decide what choice to make?
song: Alex San/lyrics: Lin Xi
[Once again,
I must apologize for the poor translation;
there are
a few lines which sound very awkward when
translated
into English. I hope this translation makes
at least some
sense to you...]
Could I be
in love with you in times of attachment
But not have
to think of you ceaselessly, without rest?
Could I not
have to come close to you when I forget myself?
But I could
blow a breath of air into the sky
And touch
you lightly like a gust of wind
Would I be
allowed to hold you tight and then push you away
To suddenly
be happy and suddenly ignore you?
When I'm bored,
could I pretend to kiss you goodbye
Take a breath
of fresh air, and then continue on our honeymoon?
I only want
to gently experience separation
And then let
myself fear that we'd no longer be together again
Who told me
to love you so much?
I hope that
we'll forever be in the century of first love
Every time
the weather changes
It's like
the way your coldness and my warmth contrast one another
I want you
to love me
The way I
love you; instilled with life at dawn, dead at dusk
I love to
excite you, just like you love to fly
When I'm feeling
mischievous, can I love you but still be allowed
To be sweet
one moment and bitter in the next, have a long then a short kiss
When I'm bored,
could I not arrange for a date with you, and yet be waiting for you every
minute?
I hope to
have another honeymoon
I'm so curious
Ingratiate Myself (disc 1, track 9)
song/lyrics: Faye Wong
Ingratiate
myself
Avoiding reality
Unconsciously
I pull away
The goings-on
under the sky are my principle in life
A gust of congenial
air
The logic
behind dealing with things
Cover up the
face
In reality
I'm unsure of myself
In reality
I deceive myself
Ingratiate
myself
Avoiding reality
Unconsciously
I drift away
Knowing Oneself and Each Other (disc 1, track 10)
song: Cocteau Twins/lyrics: Lin Xi
I am the crack
of dawn, you are tomorrow's morning
Your career
keeps you company, clothes get in my way
Have been
unable to take flight long ago
In the world
of two people
Who am I and
who are you?
I'm the lips,
and you're the eyebrows
Put them together
In a world
into which love cannot be put
Love has died
unnoticed (love has died)
Knowing you
and myself
Why avoid
it? (why avoid it?)
The red skirt
is mine, the blue chip is yours
All the toys
are yours, the decorations mine
Can afford
everything, in this happy world
Who am I and
who are you?
Once made
me and once made you full of joy
Two people
each having their own world
Said at first
that we would love [each other] until death
Even if the
present can't be compared to the past
We're still
together (still together)
Haven't faced
crisis
But each [of
us] flies on his own
The distance
between us is like that of sky and earth
song: C.Y. Kong/lyrics: Lin Xi
Looking at
his eyes I think of someone else
I have stayed,
but my heart has not*
I look at
the lights of the night, yet I think of white clouds
A night like
this is too boring
And that time,
that night was so captivating
I cannot understand
any of the boisterous jokes
Confused amidst
the crowd of people, I seem to be in outer space
My empty arms
seem to embrace
It seems to
be me but it isn't me
And I'm just
creating my dreams
There is no
end to sleepwalking at whim
Sky and earth
seem so free
People actually
love to sleepwalk
Consciousness
is filled with too many curses
This flighty
existence is the only thing I feel I own
I develop according
to my moods
[I'm] in midst
of the vivacity, yet my heart isn't there
I mumble to
myself, my inspiration flies about
I'm sitting
in the car, it's as if I'm flying over the fields
It's too stifling
this way
Yet my moods
are so entangled
Sky and earth are free
Love to sleepwalk,
it's freer than sky and earth
Only when
sleepwalking can I find no boundaries
Need to sleepwalk,
it's freer than sky and earth
Let me sleepwalk,
I find no boundaries
* I'm not sure
about this line; in the lyrics, no subject is stated,
and so it
can be interpreted in two ways. I have translated it
in the first
person, since the previous line was "Looking into his
eyes I think
of someone else", suggesting that even though she
has stayed,
her heart is somewhere else; however, you could
also interpret
it as "He has stayed, but his heart has not."
Dream Person (disc 1, track 12)
song: Dolores O'Riordan, Noel Hogan/lyrics: Thomas Chow (Zhou Li Mao)
The person
of my dreams
[Let's] tightly
embrace for a minute
Then kiss
for ten minutes
How can a
stranger
Walk into
my heart
And cause
this ecstasy?
It seems that
you and I were once in love
It seems that
I've never been so close to you
Thoughts start
becoming outrageous
Why do you
attack me all of a sudden
In order to
enter my boring dream
And cause
great trepidation?
The person
of my dreams
Really want
him to become real
Searching
in my dreams
At this minute
I'm waiting
For a ten-thousand
minute kiss
Searching in
my dreams
[Let's] tightly
embrace for a minute
In my heart
I'm unconfined (?)
The person
of my dreams
At this minute
I'm waiting
To excite
my heart
My heart is
in ecstasy
Heaven and Earth (disc 1, track 13)
song: Zhang Yu/lyrics: Richard Lam (Lin Zhen Qiang)
When the breeze
flies past in the long night
When the sky
surrounds only you
In your sea
of thoughts, I hope you'll think of me
When the deep
night cannot be shattered
When the darkness
cannot understand me
I can only
pretend that you're still holding me tight
But are those
who are separated really alone deep in the night?
Will you fall
in love with someone else in your boredom?
To see you,
to kiss you
It's then
that I possess heaven and earth
I despise
separation, whether long or short
Will wait for
you, I'll wait for you
Even if we're
separated by heaven and earth
I will save
every kiss
And wait until
I can kiss you again
When the breeze
flies past in the long night
When the sky
surrounds only me
Would you
know who longs for you again?
When the deep
night cannot be shattered
When the darkness
cannot understand me
Would you
know who wishes to have you at this moment?
I also hope
that you will remember
To keep your
heart until I kiss you again
song: Zhang Yu/lyrics: Richard Lam (Lin Zhen Qiang)
There was one
person
Who once made
me realize
That living
in this world
Is such a
pleasure
His arms
Made me free
of worries
He made me
proud of myself
With that person
I once intimately
conferred
Together with
him
I also smilingly
watched
The long night
turn into dawn
Unfortunately
he had to go
Leaving me
to embrace my shadow in the long night
To come like
wind, and go like wind
Perhaps the
world's happenings are only a dream
To be on one's
way, to be in the framework of time
Knowing each
other is perhaps only brushing past that dream
To come like
wind, and go like wind
Perhaps I
shouldn't be so hurt
But I'm only
human, not a dream
I'll always
have some real laughter, and real pain
There was one
person
Who once made
me realize
That living
in this world
Is such a
pleasure
Unfortunately
he had to go
Leaving me
to embrace my shadow in the long night
Let me painfully
confront emptiness alone
The warm breeze
blowing past today
Is also a
little cold
Summer of Love (disc 1, track 15)
song: S. Burton,H. Hoffner/lyrics: Thomas Chow (Zhou Li Mao)
I cannot withstand
this shock
Loving at
a high temperature exhausts me
Deep inside
my heart flow beads of sweat
Because around
me
I find my
loved one confused
Peeking stealthily
I don't know
how to explain it
When I'm with
you I radiate energy
Sweet heat
waves I can't conquer
Do you know,
my love?
I'm dazed
Love is piping-hot
Igniting intimacy
Igniting the
shock
Inextinguishable
once ignited
Summer's flame
of love
The sand is
a stretch of gold
Together let's
make footprints
A drunken
heart
Love is swaying
This summer
of love
Is piping-hot
I feel that
perhaps at this moment
At the heart
of the flame of love
You and I
both radiate light
One hot wave
after another
Making a visit
into your heart, into my heart
Together we
enter
The blazing
net of love
At this moment,
I once again reminisce how I got to know you
We open up
to each other on first meeting, it's part of your charm
Once I searched
in my dreams
Knowing you
makes me happy
I'm dazed
As if I'm
moving up and down
Only want
you to treasure
My heart's
imprint
To whom did
I give my love?
Every day
I follow your footsteps
Love's power
cannot be blocked
I'm dazed
Love is piping-hot
No More Games (disc 1, track 16)
song: C.Y. Kong/lyrics: Lin Zhen Qiang
[My] heart
Was hurt because
of you one day
We broke up
that night
You said you
loved her more
That day
I cried
I died
I went crazy
To no avail
That day you
wanted me to suffer
Yet today
You want to
continue our love
You want to
try again
You say that
you don't have a companion now
That you don't
have a new flame
Hey! Get out
of my sight
No more games
I don't believe
moving words
Don't want
to go through this again
The talk of
dreams
I once believed
the talk of dreams
Now you're
just a joke
[My] heart
Was hurt one
day
My tears surged
like a wave
That day you
embraced her
Time made
me aware, made me see clearly
I finally
forgot your face
And then tonight
You announce
that you're changing sides
Beautiful
words
Begging me
to generously forgive
And be together
with you again
Hey! Get out
of my sight
No more games
I don't believe
moving words
No more games
Get out of
my sight
No more games
Stop dreaming
Stop dreaming
Stop thinking
up moving stories
Stay away
Stay away
Now you're
just a joke
Flow Not Fly (disc 2, track 4)
song: C.Y. Kong/lyrics: Mo Ke Xin,Guo Ke Ying
[note: I apologize
for the poor translation; some
parts of the
lyrics don't really make sense, in the
original and
in translation.]
Faye Faye asks
me incessantly
Did I do wrong?
To say too
much is wrong
Faye Faye tells
me incessantly
Don't do this,
don't do that
I'm still
the one she likes
I once asked
myself
Why I answered
so foolishly
Please don't
offhandedly criticize me
Fly freely,
fly freely
Completely
unfree
Completely
unfree
I may be unstable
Caused you
to catch on fire
Still don't
understand me
Perhaps I had
the wrong facial expression
My looks were
evil
No one will
forgive me
If words are
so strange
The story
is too unclear
Don't bother
with others' business
Act out a
drama in confusion
Faye Faye -
watch happy words fly about the sky
Faye Faye
- please let me go
Faye Faye
- too self-centred, too unfaithful
Faye Faye
- doesn't care, has no patience
Faye Faye isn't
wearing a tie today
Her movements
are so strange
The truth
is, she doesn't want to be too obedient
Every day,
the east refreshes
The population's
emotions for the week
The truth
is, our thoughts have gone awry
Faye Faye walks
about the street, ignoring everyone
An aloof posture
The truth
is, she's not too happy
Pretending
every day
New images
must be presented
The group
that's wise
Hopes to ask
her if she understands
You're still
the one I like
Seems like
there's no outcome
Beijing is
still beautiful
Faye Faye's
still nostalgic
Seems like
there's no outcome
It's definitely
not freedom
Fragile Woman (disc 2, track 6)
song: Miyuki Nakajima/lyrics: Calvin Poon (Pan Yuan Liang)
One gradually
gets drunk as the night deepens
At this moment,
so close
Thinking is
like trepidation
Contradiction
is even more profound
A heart which
was once shattered
Allows you
to gently lean close
So many condolences
and questions
Stealthily
rise up again
Love is hard
to control
Yet I'm actually
a woman who is very easily hurt
Don't come
and go
Please treasure
my heart
If you understand
me I'd still rather be in love
This woman
who's easily hurt
Don't wait
At this moment
Let us kiss
(Let us kiss
like fire
'Till the
end of our lives)
Having you
in the long night is true even in drunkeness(?)
Allowed me
to finally find trust
Don't care
if everything is full of questions
Lovers are
happy
I once feared
this life
It is you
who finally willed to lean close
I know that
possessing destiny
Will rebuild
my confidence
.
