Friday, September 21, 2007

Fly's Tear Drops 苍蝇的泪滴


A special request from my friend, MrToilet, to translate this Mandarin song to English:

苍蝇的泪滴 - 林宇中
Cang Ying De Lei Di - Lin Yu Zhong
Fly's Tear Drops - Lin Yu Zhong

你的美丽像黑森林
Ni De Mei Li Xiang Hei Sen Lin
Your beauty is like the black forest

谁不着迷谁又靠得近
Shui Bu Zhao Mi Shui You Kao De Jin
Who won't be charmed? And who can get near?

温暖还是冰冷冷
Wen Nuan Hai Shi Leng Bing Bing
Warm or chilly cold
 
猜测下一秒你的天气
Cai Ce Xia Yi Miao Ni De Tian Qi
Guessing the next second, your weather (mood)

宝贝还是玩具
Bao Bei Hai Shi Wan Ju
Precious treasure or just a toy
 
我怀疑我自已
Wo Huai Yi Wo Zi Ji
I doubted myself

Chorus

戴苍蝇的眼镜
Dai Cang Ying De Yan Jing
Wearing spectacles of the fly
 
太多你数不清
Tai Duo Ni Shu Bu Qing
Too many of you, I lost count
 
一千种个性
Yi Qian Zhong Ge Xing
A thousand personalities
 
谁向谁说我爱你
Shui Xiang Shui Shuo Wo Ai Ni
Who says "I love you" to who?

你又不是垃圾
Ni You Bu Shi La Ji
You are not garbage
 
也没有长细菌
Ye Mei You Zhang Xi Jun
And has no bacteria
 
却让我生病
Que Rang Wo Sheng Bing
But I fall sick
 
亲一个让我痊愈
Qin Yi Ge Rang Wo Quan Yu
Give me a kiss to make me well

戴苍蝇的眼镜
Dai Cang Ying De Yan Jing
Wearing spectacles of the fly

看你举棋不定
Kan Ni Ju Qi Bu Ding
Seeing you so indecisive
 
一千颗泪滴
Yi Qian Ke Lei Di
A thousand tear drops
 
告诉我有多爱你
Gao Shu Wo You Duo Ai Ni
Telling me how much I love you

即使你没反应
Ji Shi Ni Mei Fan Ying
Even though you have no reactions
 
我想我也愿意
Wo Xiang Wo Ye Yuan Yi
I think I'm still willing
 
被一个温柔的表情
Bei Yi Ge Wen Rou De Biao Qing
To let a tender expression
 
骗我爱上你
Pian Wo Ai Shang Ni
Fools me into falling in love with you

I read an interview of Lin Yu Zhong by the China media, about his intuition when writing this song.

Lin Yu Zhong:
I got the intuition one day when a fly got into my room. Normally, as my room is high from ground, flies won't be able to get in easily. I thought, "This fly is cool, came by using the lift".

Sometimes I think about people who are not welcomed, just like flies. For example, guys around pretty lady, these guys will feel sad as they like the girl, but they are being described as flies. They will think, if they are really that lousy. I want to encourage these "flies", not to be sad, you'll find someone who likes you one day.

In the lyrics, I mentioned "Wearing spectacles of the fly". Fly has compound eyes, which are different from human, so when fly sees thing there are thousands or millions of images. When you see someone you like but she doesn't like you, you'll feel difficult to understand her. So, there'll be thousands of illusions, and the fly will eventually cries and thousands of tears will drop.

LOL. What a cute guy with his amazing imaginations! ^_^

2 comments:

Simon said...

Really thank you for the translation ho. Your good deeds have just helped a 'banana' to lvl up. errr... can u also help to translate zhang zhen yue - miss someone is a sickness? hehe.. this song also very nice.

@pple said...

wait ar...wait till......next week ar...bcos......this week ar......i'm suffocated...by exam.
~huff(@.@)puff~

 
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