Listen to this articleArtist: Jay Chou (周杰倫 (Chou Chieh-Lun))
Song: 前世情人 [Lover From Previous Life] (Qián shì qíng rén) •Album: Jay Chou’s Bedtime Stories (2016)
前世情人
松鼠陪着核桃 在庭院捉迷藏
葡萄躲进橡木桶 酿出时光
夏日在玉米齿缝中游荡
我为妳准备的四季 正在生长
炼金师从故事炼出土壤
我阖上书也闻到了花香
草地上的妳比果实芬芳
妳就像天使手里的糖小男孩害羞没想起 自己是个雕像
沉浸在芦苇跟风合奏用美妙歌声赞扬
世界因为妳而露出
阳光灿烂的 形状
谢谢妳不然纯真是什么我早已经遗忘什么爱 不说 就已经存在
什么爱 望着 就全都明白
妳笑 一点一点一滴漾开
一字一句 形容不来
是星空上的银海月晕下 的双手
越来越来越来 越依靠
从来从来从来 不知道
原来原来原来 有妳很骄傲小公主
过来过来过来 约定好
未来未来未来 的城堡
将来将来将来 我们一起造我会 当妳昼夜骑士 烈阳的树荫
让花朶为妳吟游的魔术师
每一道有妳风景
帮妳按下快门的秘密情人
什么爱 不说 就已经存在
什么爱 望着 就全都明白
妳笑 一点一点一滴漾开
一字一句 形容不来
是星空上的银海我后来 会在 纯白的礼堂
牵好久 的手 交给另个他
眼泪 一点一点一滴流下
感动 也会跟着留下
远远看着你们幸福像前世我们有过的模样
Lover from a Past Life
Squirrels accompany walnuts, playing hide-and-seek in the courtyard,
Grapes hide in oak barrels, fermenting in time.
Summer wanders through wifts of corn
[as] I prepared all the seasons for you, which now grow.
Alchemy smelted soil out of a story,
I close the book, and smell the flowers’ fragrance.
On the grass, you smell more fragrant than the fruits
You are like candy in an angel’s hand.A shy little boy couldn’t recall that he himself was a statue,
immersed in reeds playing beautiful songs of praise.
The world, because of you, showed
these forms on a sunny day.
Thank you, for otherwise, innocence is something I’ve already forgotten.What kind of love already exists, despite being unsaid?
What kind of love already understands everything, even when only hoped for?
Your smile overflows little by little,
which cannot be described word by word–
a galaxy in a starry sky.Two hands under the moon
rely on each other more and more and more
never never never knowing,
[how] all along all along all along, I’m proud of having you.Little princess,
come over come over come over, we’ll promise [that]
We will we will we will build together
our future future future castle.I will become your knight from [your] bedtime stories, a tree’s shade in the bright sun,
A magician that makes the flowers sing songs for you.
[And] a secret lover who helps capture every image of you.What kind of love already exists, despite being unsaid?
What kind of love already understands everything, even when only hoped for?
Your smile overflows little by little,
which cannot be described word by word–
a galaxy in a starry sky.One day, I will be in a pure white hall,
giving a hand which I’ve held so long to another man.
My tears trickle down, little by little,
touched as I follow you, left behind,38
gazing at your happiness from afar,
just like what we had in a past life.
Submitted by Elda Mengisto
