追尋
By: Yen-j/嚴爵
Album: Thanks Your Greatness
Translated intro from the lyric book:
"When I first left school to chase my own dream, I turned my feelings of wanting to pursue freedom into a song to express what I felt at the time. It's a song full of hopes and visions for the future. Combining strings and jazzy piano, with a rhythm like a train, I sing to myself the words that I also want everyone else to hear."
只是 大家跟我說 大家都勸我說
zhi shi, da jia gen wo shuo, da jia dou quan wo shuo
It's just that, everyone's told me; everyone's advised me
千萬不要這麼做 怕我之後承擔不起後果
qian wan bu yao zhe me zuo, pa wo zhi hou cheng dan bu qi hou guo
That I absolutely shouldn't do this, for fear I can't afford the consequences
@4$^!@#$%^& 我 我都聽不懂
@4$^!@#$%^&... wo, wo dou ting bu dong
blah blah blah blah... I don't hear any of it
運氣都差不多 我們 那麼多那麼多後果
yun qi dou cha bu duo, wo men na me duo na me duo hou guo
I've more or less had some luck; We had so many, so many consequences
一切的結果不是我們可以掌握
yi qie de jie guo bu shi wo men ke yi zhang wo
We couldn't grasp all the outcomes
但若你洽我 我暫時不在家喔
dan ruo ni qia wo, wo zan shi bu zai jia, oh
But if you're trying to contact me, I'm not at home at the moment
因為我追尋自由
yin wei wo zhui xun zi you
Because I'm pursuing freedom
追尋自我 就是追尋自己
zhui xun zi wo, jiu shi zhui xun zi ji
Pursuing myself; I'm pursuing my own
追尋知己的朋友
zhui xun zhi ji de peng you
Pursuing close friends
追尋之後 之後 的日子 的日子怎麼過
zhui xun zhi hou, zhi hou, d'er zi, d'er zi, zen me guo
Pursuing what those days afterward will be like
追尋樂活
zhui xun le huo
Pursuing life
Woh...
誰說愛情 事業 家庭不行滿分 因為會牽涉
shei shuo ai qing, shi ye, jia ting bu xing man fen, yin wei hui qian se
Who said love, a career, a family can't get 100%, because they'll mix
我說魚與熊掌與獵人能夠同時兼得
wo shuo yu yu xiong zhang yu lie ren neng gou tong shi jian de
I say the fish and the bear and the hunter can all be had at the same time**[See note below]
魚可以煎的 熊掌要用燉的
yu ke yi jian de, xiong zhang yao yong dun de,
The fish can be pan fried, the bear paw stewed,
獵人若是女的很可愛就用來愛的
lie ren ruo shi nu de hen ke ai jiu yong lai ai de
And if the hunter's a cute girl, she can be loved
流浪這麼久都沒有發現我這麼多這麼優的朋友
liu lang zhe me jiu dou mei you fa xian wo zhe me duo, zhe me you de peng you
Having wandered so long, I never realized I had so many, such excellent friends
家人都這麼夠意思 我怎麼說臉不羞
jia ren dou zhe me gou yi si, wo zen me shuo lian bu xiu
My family means so much to me; I'm not ashamed to admit it
因為我之前都沒感受
yin wei wo zhi qian dou mei gan shou
Because before I'd never felt it
我好快樂 在此刻
wo hao kuai le, zai ci ke
I'm so happy at this moment
多年後的我找 不找得到我要的 還是早就得到
duo nian hou de wo zhao, bu zhao de dao wo yao de, hai shi zao jiu de dao
Years after this pursuit, whether I don't find what I want or if I'll have gotten it long before
到那時候 才知道過程比結果重要
dao na shi hou, cai zhi dao guo cheng bi jie guo zhong yao
At that time, I'll have realized that the process is more important than the result
因為不知道 因為沒領悟到
yin wei bu zhi dao, yin wei mei ling wu dao
Because I don't know; Because I haven't comprehended it
所以我追尋自由
suo yi wo zhui xun zi you
So I'm pursuing freedom
追尋自我 就是追尋自己
zhui xun zi wo, jiu shi zhui xun zi ji
Pursuing myself; I'm pursuing my own
追尋知己的朋友
zhui xun zhi ji de peng you
Pursuing close friends
追尋之後 之後 的日子 的日子怎麼過
zhui xun zhi hou, zhi hou, d'er zi, d'er zi, zen me guo
Pursuing what those days afterward will be like
追尋自由
zhui xun zi you
Pursuing freedom
追尋自我 就是追尋自己
zhui xun zi wo, jiu shi zhui xun zi ji
Pursuing myself; I'm pursuing my own
追尋知己的朋友
zhui xun zhi ji de peng you
Pursuing close friends
追尋之後 之後 的日子 的日子怎麼過
zhui xun zhi hou, zhi hou, d'er zi, d'er zi, zen me guo
Pursuing what those days afterward will be like
追尋樂活
zhui xun le huo
Pursuing life
**Translator's Note:
This is an allusion to the story about (obviously) a bear, a fish, and a hunter. There are different versions of the story, but it seems to be that a hunter happens upon the bear and fish but can't catch them both and has to choose between the two. The moral is that there are some things in life that you have to choose between--you can have one but not the other. Here, Yen-j seems to be saying that if you work it out right, you can have both the fish and the bear.....and even the hunter!
Zhui Xun, lyric translation by XiaoZero
Feel free to correct me! ^_^'
Feel free to correct me! ^_^'
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