Marching on
I've been having some difficult times, so I haven't been updating, telling myself that I would do it when I things were better. Well things aren't getting better and I need something to distract me, so I'm updating. :D
BTW why does my university want the students to die? It charges $1.25 for soda and $1.35 for water! OW, MY HEALTH. OW, MY WALLET.
Two mp3s: David Tao's "Taoyan Hong Lou Meng" and Amu's "You Yi Zhong Ai Jiaozuo Fang Shou".
ARTIST: David Tao Zhe 陶喆
SONG: Taoyan Hong Lou Meng (Hate the Dream of Red Chambers 討厭紅樓夢
Downloads: SendSpace YouSendIt
ALBUM: Heise Liuding (Black Tangerine) 黑色柳丁
STYLE: midtempo R&B
MY TAKE: Firstly: THAT PICTURE OF DAVID GETS FUNNIER EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT. *cracks up in the computer lab* Excuse me. Anyway, this is a lowkey, midtempo R&B song. It's catchy but not the kind of thing that hits you over the head with a hook and stays in your brain for days. The lyrics were written by David and they're more raunchy than I expected from a David song. Okay they're like 1/64th raunchy but I think of David as a big fluffy dork so it still surprised me XD
TRANSLATION:
you say you've been hurt by love too much
I understand that pain you're speaking of as well
welcome to the Republic of Being Dumped
plotting against each other for a man
their hearts all hanging on him
and what have they paid you back with?
you say you hate the weakness of the girls in Dream of Red Chambers
but being strong will be called cold and indifferent
I say, "Little sister, don't torment yourself again, you think too much
actually love can be both simple and gentle"
#A B C D E F G H[1]
come on let's fall in love that's right
it's just that simple
1 2 3 4 five six seven eight
there's nothing wrong about it
come get under the covers with me#
you say you have seen through love
so you treat it as the homework of life
and would rather enjoy the loneliness of being single
lying together on top of the sofa
we decide to set love on fire
and do away with the nonsensical rules of romance
you say you hate that there's over 100 girls in Dream of Red Chambers,
yet not even a few of them achieved happiness
I say, "Little sister, don't torment yourself again, you think too much
actually love can be both simple and gentle"
repeat #
c'mon baby let's fall in love ok
you don't always have to worry about whether we're a match or not
I won't make you jump
I'll only make you dance
probably when you wake up tomorrow you'll be a little tired[2]
c'mon, it's a waste, these tears, you're still blaming someone?
don't repeat the lamentable ending of Baoyu and Daiyu[3]
you need not regret nor fear breaking the rules
there's nothing wrong with this friendly competition
just as long as you're willing
to get under the covers with me
repeat #
1. He's reciting the first "letters" of the Mandarin "alphabet" used on Taiwan. "bo po mo fo de te ne le", corresponding to the pinyin "b p m f d t n l" used on the mainland.
2. LOL David you player! Bad!
3. The tragic lovers in the novels. Baoyu was forced to marry another girl and Daiyu died of grief.
ORIGINAL LYRICS: Here.
ARTIST: Amu 阿木
SONG: You Yi Zhong Ai Jiaozuo Fang Shou (There's a Kind of Love Called Letting Go) 有一种爱叫做放手
Downloads: SendSpace YouSendIt
ALBUM: ???
STYLE: ballad
MY TAKE: I probably never would have translated this song if it hadn't been requested. I would have listened to the first thirty seconds, said "Yuck！ Ballad!" and deleted it. But I'm glad it was requested because the lyrics are really awesome. So I like the song now. I can't find any information about Amu in English. From what I gather from his website, he's new or at least newly popular, and this song was released this year. He's not Han Chinese, but a member of the Yi minority. If you can read Chinese and like to know silly facts about artists, you can find a lot of them there (his favorite fruit is watermelon, for instance). It doesn't tell me anything I would like to know, such as what the name of the album with this song is.
TRANSLATION:
@if two people's heaven
seems to be a warm fragrant wall
holding your dreams in captivity
then is happiness like an iron shutter?[1]
the migratory bird has lost the south
if you yearn for the sky
desire a pair of wings
I'll let go and let you fly
your pinions[2] need not follow the rose
listening obediently and languishing through time[3]
if romance turns into handcuffs
I will, for you, choose to return to loneliness
if sentiments become shackles
abandom your promise@
#there's a kind of love called letting go
for love renounce eternity
if protecting each other seems like it's cost you everything
let true love carry me away
for love renounce eternity
if my leaving seems like it will let you have everything
let true love carry me away and say "Let's break up"#
repeat @
repeat #
for your sake to lose you
heartlessly pretend to injure you
for your sake to leave you
an eternal departure[4]
repeat # x2
1. As in a prison window.
2. A more unusual form of the word "wing".
3. I'm not satisfied with this translation yet.
4. Ditto.
ORIGINAL LYRICS: here. Pinyin not up yet, sorry.
BTW why does my university want the students to die? It charges $1.25 for soda and $1.35 for water! OW, MY HEALTH. OW, MY WALLET.
Two mp3s: David Tao's "Taoyan Hong Lou Meng" and Amu's "You Yi Zhong Ai Jiaozuo Fang Shou".
ARTIST: David Tao Zhe 陶喆
SONG: Taoyan Hong Lou Meng (Hate the Dream of Red Chambers 討厭紅樓夢
Downloads: SendSpace YouSendIt
ALBUM: Heise Liuding (Black Tangerine) 黑色柳丁
STYLE: midtempo R&B
MY TAKE: Firstly: THAT PICTURE OF DAVID GETS FUNNIER EVERY TIME I LOOK AT IT. *cracks up in the computer lab* Excuse me. Anyway, this is a lowkey, midtempo R&B song. It's catchy but not the kind of thing that hits you over the head with a hook and stays in your brain for days. The lyrics were written by David and they're more raunchy than I expected from a David song. Okay they're like 1/64th raunchy but I think of David as a big fluffy dork so it still surprised me XD
TRANSLATION:
you say you've been hurt by love too much
I understand that pain you're speaking of as well
welcome to the Republic of Being Dumped
plotting against each other for a man
their hearts all hanging on him
and what have they paid you back with?
you say you hate the weakness of the girls in Dream of Red Chambers
but being strong will be called cold and indifferent
I say, "Little sister, don't torment yourself again, you think too much
actually love can be both simple and gentle"
#A B C D E F G H[1]
come on let's fall in love that's right
it's just that simple
1 2 3 4 five six seven eight
there's nothing wrong about it
come get under the covers with me#
you say you have seen through love
so you treat it as the homework of life
and would rather enjoy the loneliness of being single
lying together on top of the sofa
we decide to set love on fire
and do away with the nonsensical rules of romance
you say you hate that there's over 100 girls in Dream of Red Chambers,
yet not even a few of them achieved happiness
I say, "Little sister, don't torment yourself again, you think too much
actually love can be both simple and gentle"
repeat #
c'mon baby let's fall in love ok
you don't always have to worry about whether we're a match or not
I won't make you jump
I'll only make you dance
probably when you wake up tomorrow you'll be a little tired[2]
c'mon, it's a waste, these tears, you're still blaming someone?
don't repeat the lamentable ending of Baoyu and Daiyu[3]
you need not regret nor fear breaking the rules
there's nothing wrong with this friendly competition
just as long as you're willing
to get under the covers with me
repeat #
1. He's reciting the first "letters" of the Mandarin "alphabet" used on Taiwan. "bo po mo fo de te ne le", corresponding to the pinyin "b p m f d t n l" used on the mainland.
2. LOL David you player! Bad!
3. The tragic lovers in the novels. Baoyu was forced to marry another girl and Daiyu died of grief.
ORIGINAL LYRICS: Here.
ARTIST: Amu 阿木
SONG: You Yi Zhong Ai Jiaozuo Fang Shou (There's a Kind of Love Called Letting Go) 有一种爱叫做放手
Downloads: SendSpace YouSendIt
ALBUM: ???
STYLE: ballad
MY TAKE: I probably never would have translated this song if it hadn't been requested. I would have listened to the first thirty seconds, said "Yuck！ Ballad!" and deleted it. But I'm glad it was requested because the lyrics are really awesome. So I like the song now. I can't find any information about Amu in English. From what I gather from his website, he's new or at least newly popular, and this song was released this year. He's not Han Chinese, but a member of the Yi minority. If you can read Chinese and like to know silly facts about artists, you can find a lot of them there (his favorite fruit is watermelon, for instance). It doesn't tell me anything I would like to know, such as what the name of the album with this song is.
TRANSLATION:
@if two people's heaven
seems to be a warm fragrant wall
holding your dreams in captivity
then is happiness like an iron shutter?[1]
the migratory bird has lost the south
if you yearn for the sky
desire a pair of wings
I'll let go and let you fly
your pinions[2] need not follow the rose
listening obediently and languishing through time[3]
if romance turns into handcuffs
I will, for you, choose to return to loneliness
if sentiments become shackles
abandom your promise@
#there's a kind of love called letting go
for love renounce eternity
if protecting each other seems like it's cost you everything
let true love carry me away
for love renounce eternity
if my leaving seems like it will let you have everything
let true love carry me away and say "Let's break up"#
repeat @
repeat #
for your sake to lose you
heartlessly pretend to injure you
for your sake to leave you
an eternal departure[4]
repeat # x2
1. As in a prison window.
2. A more unusual form of the word "wing".
3. I'm not satisfied with this translation yet.
4. Ditto.
ORIGINAL LYRICS: here. Pinyin not up yet, sorry.