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 2)

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

Summer of Love (disc 1, track 6b)

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 6e)

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

Heaven and Earth (disc 1, track 9)

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

Like Wind (disc 2, track 10a)

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

Kisses in the Wind (disc 1, track 10d)

song: Du Zi Chi/lyrics: Alvin Leong

You told me one misty day
That you'll never go away
The look in your eyes I'm so afraid
Deep in a spell feels like a spinning carousel
Are they just kisses in the wind?

One day in the morning rain
You came back to ease my pain
Will our hearts ever be the same again?
Make believing there were no broken promises
But they're just kisses in the wind

And the sun won't ever shine
I guess it don't mind
Now that you're gone but I will always love you
Who'll stop the rain
Is it me to blame
Broken records and picture frames

The sun setting to the west
I'm feeling the emptiness
Or are you saving it all the best
Pour out my heart then say we should be far apart
And they're just kisses in the wind

The evening breeze is here
Say good-bye
I don't wanna cry
One last kiss my love will never die
I may be a fool my neverending love for you
To you it's just kisses in the wind

Flow Not Fly (disc 1, track 11)

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

Brink of Love and Pain (disc 1, track 12)

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?

Knowing Oneself and Each Other (disc 2, track 1)

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

Random Thinking (disc 2, track 2)

song: Cocteau Twins/lyrics: Lin Xi

Want to cry, want to smile
I also want to jump
Want to call out, want to shout
I want to possess *

Thinking of someone all of a sudden
Thinking until the sky is hazy and the earth is dark
I also don't want to see anyone
Want to think through the mortal world **

Want wind, want rain
I also want to get drunk (no responsibilities, no worries)
Want to be wayward, want to be right
Want to get drunk (no grief, no worries)

Want to kiss someone all of a sudden
In these months of flowers, wind, and snow ***
Want to love someone all of a sudden
Want to continue loving no matter what
If I want to distance myself, to imagine not loving you
All of a sudden, thinking until I frown
Thinking of you, thinking of you, want to fly

Love makes one beautiful
It could also make one think randomly all of a sudden
Thinking of this, thinking of that

Want to cry, want to smile (Will the weather be good tomorrow?)
I also want to jump (Want to not think of not wanting to speak anymore)
Want to call out, want to shout (How about loving all over again?)
I want to possess (I already said I don't want to speak, don't want to speak anymore)

Want wind, want rain (I will don a monk's robe tomorrow)
Also want to get drunk (Can't think of it, it doesn't matter)
Want to be wayward, want to be right (Beg him, begrudge him, love him)
Want to get drunk (Don't want to speak tomorrow, don't want to speak anymore)

* Don't bother to try to make sense out of these lyrics because they don't
make sense even in Chinese. Lin Xi's lyrics are usually quite good; however,
sometimes he's just plain sloppy. It is obvious that when he was writing these
lyrics, he simply slapped a bunch of rhyming words together (smile, jump,
shout, and possess all rhyme in Cantonese). Lin Xi has done this on a number
of songs, including the last verse of "Di-Dar." Another note: As I said in the note
under "I Think" in Di-Dar, "want" and "think" are denoted by the same word in
Chinese, and Lin Xi uses both senses of this word throughout the lyrics

** Here Lin Xi changes the expression "see through the mortal world" into "think
through the mortal world."

*** I translated this line literally; in Chinese, "months of flowers, wind, and snow"
simply means the passing of the seasons.

Pledge (disc 2, track 3)

song: Faye Wong, Dou Wei/lyrics: Faye Wong

I thought that we could be together forever
Lots of times, I think of this and I don't want to fall asleep
If you could give me a sincere certainty
It doesn't matter; nothing matters to me

The road ahead is perhaps not too clear
After I proceed on confidently, perhaps I'll find it exhausting
Perhaps I'll want to stop but cannot stop

The darker the sky becomes, the more tired my heart becomes
I saw your face, listened to your unvoiced pledge
At that moment I discovered
That one day I walked past you and didn't catch your gaze

I take my heart and give it to you to console
Is it possible for me not to have to take it back?
[Please] don't think that a resolute heart is unbreakable
[Please] don't think that nothing matters to me

Chesspiece (disc 2, track 5)

song: Yang Ming Huang/lyrics: Pan Li Yu

I wish to leave your territory
Yet I enter your war situation
I don't have strong defences
And don't have an alternate route into which to retreat

I wish to escape from your trap
Yet I find myself trapped in another dilemma
I don't have the courage to determine victory or defeat
And don't have the good fortune of escape

I'm like a chesspiece
Attacking and retreating at your will
I am not the only knight in your eyes
Just an ordinary pawn

I'm like a chesspiece
Coming and going against my will
Raising of a hand without return; you never wavered
Yet I am under your control

Love Without Regrets (disc 2, track 6)

song: Yuan Wei Ren/lyrics: Faye Wong

This time I resolutely confront
I rashly allow myself to be enraptured
I don't care whether this is right or wrong
Even if it is a dangerous trap, I won't care about anything else
Even when it comes to love, I'll love without regret

Don't tell me that I should give up
That I should open my eyes
I use my heart
To see and to feel
You're not me, so how can you understand?
Even when it comes to love, let me love without regret

I'm not as perfect as you think
I admit that sometimes I can't tell the difference between truth and deception
It's not that I'm not willing to walk out of this heap of love
It's only that this time, this time it's me and not someone else

Whose heart should I use to comprehend
To truly experience my surroundings
Even if it's painful, even if it's tearful
It's all part of my remorse

Whose heart can I use to comprehend
To truly experience my surroundings
Even if I'm tired, even if I'm weary
I can only love without regret

Fragile Woman (disc 2, track 7)

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

A Thousand Words, Ten Thousand Phrases (disc 2, track 9)

song: Gu Yue/lyrics: Er Ying

I have no idea why
Misery surrounds me
I pray every day
To cast out the loneliness of love

You told me, from that day on
You would love me forever
A thousand words and ten thousand phrases
Brush past with the clouds

Exit (disc 2, track 10)

song/lyrics: Faye Wong

Heard that doomsday will arrive in 1999
When that time comes we must get married and have a child
Let God take him to heaven before he commits too many sins
Perhaps we could take some credit for it

I have many problems; problems which cannot be resolved
I lack patience; nothing will please me
I often offend people; it's as if I was born with this talent
I despise being a star; yet I crave attention

Flicking through the entertainment section
A big charity show; everyone is donating money
This is our contribution
I don't like politics; think it's filled with hidden danger
I care about our society; but society has fallen into enemies' hands
Of course there's a good side to it

I believe only in love; hope to have a happy family
But the fortune-teller said our marriage will not go smoothly
Said that when you're forty you will have an affair
Makes me worried; makes people worried

I want to find an exit; is there really a way out?
I'm a Buddhist; does this help?
I try to attain happiness, but what is happiness?
My concept of it is unclear

I'm Willing (disc 2, track 11)

song: Huang Guo Lun/lyrics: Yao Qian

*note: extra verse translated; this verse can be found
on a special version of this song (there's a different
music video to go with it too!)

Reminiscence is very profound
Like a shadow, always there
Soundlessly and unnoticed, it emanates from the heart
In a blink of an eye, it is consumed by loneliness

I have no strength to refuse
Especially at night
I think of you until I can't breathe
I resent the fact that I can't run towards you immediately
And tell you at the top of my voice:

I'm willing, I'm willing
I'm willing to forget my identity for you
For just one more second in your arms
Losing the world would not be a pity

I'm willing, I'm willing
I'll willingly be banished to the edge of the world for you
As long as you're sincere
And give me love in return
I'm willing to do anything, anything, for you

(Distance is razor-sharp, piercing emotion
I worry that our love will wear out because of this
And drown out the harmony of our hearts
The love you give is what I live for
You are the only one in my life
I have always wanted to lean close to you
To prove to you with my actions...)
[chorus]
.