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Sandy Lam (林忆莲) -
/ Core
 
 
*NB: The Mandarin title means "Chauvin", probably in reference to male chauvinism.
 
 
Lyrics: å´é’å³° (Wu Tsing-Fong)
Composition: æ­ç¡•良 (Jun Kung), Kelvin Avon, Curtis Richardson
Arrangement: æ­ç¡•良 (Jun Kung), Ashin of Mayday, 常石磊 (Chang Shilei), Uplee of 831
 

Lyrics translation by @renn at www.onehallyu.com

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è¿™æ˜¯åŸºå› çš„é¥æŽ§
还是支é…的诱惑
 
zhè shì jī yīn de yáo kòng
hái shì zhī pèi de yòu huò
 
Is this the remote control of genes
Or the temptation that [having] control [over others] holds?
 
 
ç››å¼€ä¹‹å‰ æµçš„æ³¨å®šæ˜¯è¡€
ç››å¼€ä¹‹åŽ éš¾é“åªå‰©æž¯èŽ
黑土盖ä½çœ¼çç
æ´»åŸ‹ä¸€åŒæ²‰ç”¸ç”¸
è§è¯äº†æƒåŠ›è¾¹ç•Œ
漫漫蔓延一ç§åˆ¶çº¦
 
shèng kÄi zhÄ« qián / liú de zhù dìng shì xuè
shèng kÄi zhÄ« hòu / nán dào zhÇ shèng kÅ« wÄ›i
hēi tǔ gài zhù yǎn zhēng zhēng
huó mái yÄ« shuÄng chén diàn diàn
jiàn zhèng le quán lì biÄn jiè
màn màn màn yán yī zhǒng zhì yuē
 
Before blooming, what flows is bound to be blood.
After blooming, is withering really the only [outcome] that remains?
Black soil covers the helpless stare,
Burying alive a pair of heavy [eyes].
Having borne witness to the boundaries of authority,
Slowly, a type of restriction spreads.
 
 
è¿™æ˜¯åŸºå› çš„é¥æŽ§
还是支é…的诱惑
éšå½¢æš´åŠ›çš„è½®å»“
 
zhè shì jī yīn de yáo kòng
hái shì zhī pèi de yòu huò
yÇn xíng bào lì de lún kuò
 
Is this the remote control of genes
Or the temptation that [having] control [over others] holds?
The outline of invisible violence?
 
 
ä¸èƒ½å‘¼å¸çš„冷漠
åœ¨ææƒ§ä¸‹çš„æ²‰é»˜
伤痕堆æˆäº†é…’çª
 
bù néng hū xī de lěng mò
zài kǒng jù xià de chén mò
shÄng hén duÄ« chéng le jiÇ” wÅ
 
An indifference that renders breathing impossible,
A silence that [forms] out of fear;
Wounds have piled up into dimples.
 
 
å¤šå°‘åˆ½å­æ‰‹
被崇拜æˆè‹±é›„ åšéŸ§çš„æ¸©æŸ”
ä½©æˆ´æˆ è£…é¥°çš„èŠ±æœµ
 
duŠshǎo guì zi shǒu
bèi chóng bài chéng yÄ«ng xióng / jiÄn rèn de wÄ“n róu
pèi dài chéng / zhuÄng shì de huÄ duÇ’
 
How many executioners[1]
Have been worshipped as heroes? Tenacious tenderness
Is worn as decorative flowers.
 
 
对你而言
èŠ±çš„ä»»åŠ¡åªæ˜¯ç¾Ž
凋谢了往死里推
æ¯ä¸æŽ‰æˆ‘的尊严
漫漫蔓延满山é野
 
duì nÇ Ã©r yán
huÄ de rèn wù zhÇ shì mÄ›i
diÄo xiè le wÇŽng sÇ lÇ tuÄ« 
huÇ bù diào wÇ’ de zÅ«n yán
màn màn màn yán mÇŽn shÄn biàn yÄ›
 
To you,
The duty of a flower is merely [to be] beautiful.
After [it] has withered, [you] push [it] into death.
[You] cannot destroy my dignity.
Slowly, [flowers] spread to cover the entire land.
 
 
è¿™æ˜¯åŸºå› çš„é¥æŽ§
还是支é…的诱惑
䏿ƒ³å±ˆæœçš„自我
 
zhè shì jī yīn de yáo kòng
hái shì zhī pèi de yòu huò
bù xiǎng qū fú de zì wǒ
 
Is this the remote control of genes
Or the temptation that [having] control [over others] holds?
The self that does not want to surrender...
 
 
å…³æŽ‰åŸºå› çš„é¥æŽ§
断了支é…的诱惑
çµé­‚生根的自我
 
guÄn diào jÄ« yÄ«n de yáo kòng
duàn le zhī pèi de yòu huò
líng hún shēng gēn de zì wǒ
 
Turn off the remote control of genes;
Sever the temptation that [having] control [over others] holds.
The self whose soul has put down roots...
 
 
浪花ä¾èµ–著狂风
æœ€ç»ˆä¹Ÿåªæ˜¯æ³¡æ²«
è°ææƒ§ä¸€çœ‹å°±ç ´
 
làng huÄ yÄ« lài zhe kuáng fÄ“ng
zuì zhÅng yÄ› zhÇ shì pào mò
shéi kǒng jù yī kàn jiù pò
 
The spray relies upon the gale.
[it] is ultimately nothing more than froth.
Who fears [such a thing that] bursts as soon as one takes a look?
 
 
 
T/N:
 
[1] åˆ½å­æ‰‹ traditionally refers to executioners but has expanded to refer to murderers in general.
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I'm really impressed and blown away... It's the first time I read engaged lyrics like these in C-Pop (well, maybe because I don't know where to look or because I'm mainly into mainstream things I guess).

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I'm really impressed and blown away... It's the first time I read engaged lyrics like these in C-Pop (well, maybe because I don't know where to look or because I'm mainly into mainstream things I guess).

 

Most songs in the mainstream are about love (and then there is a fraction about dreams and adversity, home and family). Some have beautiful and poetic lyrics, for sure, but love songs definitely outnumber songs about societal issues and such heavier subject matters.

 

I don't know if it's just my imagination but I think when I watch singing shows, sometimes there's more of a variety. Maybe because people tend to choose songs with more musical and/or lyrical depth, maybe because people sometimes pick more obscure songs to rearrange and cover.

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