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serenityreview ([personal profile] serenityreview) wrote2020-08-11 12:42 pm

万字情诗|10,000 Word Love Poem Chuyao Fan Song Translation

This is my translation of the Chuyao fan song 万字情诗 by JMJ. This song is from Qiao Chu Sheng's POV. Here's the link to the song video.

If you feel like something doesn't make sense or the wording is off feel free to leave me a comment below.

万字情诗
[wan zi qing shi]
10,000 Word Love Poem

年华从来易逝,他醒悟得稍迟
[nian hua cong lai yi shi,ta xing wu de shao chi]
The years passes easily, he realized this a bit late

指针指向民国十四年的报纸
[zhi zhen zhi xiang min guo shi si nian de bao zhi] 
The needle points to 1925’s new paper *

他和他的乱世,寥寥几笔野史
[ta he ta de luan shi,liao liao ji bi ye shi]
He and he during troubled times, only a few words of an unofficial history

破碎铅字,无声光阴里搁置
[po bi qian zi,wu sheng yang guang li ge zhi]
Broken typeface, put aside in silence

沉默街巷,只他与他的月光
[chen mo jie xiang,zhi ta yu ta de yue guang]
Silent alley, only he and his moonlight

并肩过深渊万丈十里洋场
[bing jian guo shen yuan wan zhang shi li yang chang] 
Side by side across the abyss in Shanghai *

剪裁玫瑰的纸,深海窥见的诗
[jian cai mei gui de zhi,shen hai kui jian de shi]
Paper used to cut out roses, deep sea glimpse of a poem

提笔便知来日有壮阔故事
[ti bi bian zhi lai ri you zhuang kuo gu shi]
The pen knows there will be a magnificent story the next day

他眉宇的偏执,他刻薄的唇齿
[ta mei yu de pian zhi,ta ke bo de chun chi]
His eyebrows’ paranoid, his mean lips and teeth

少年不知,情动一刻难自持
[Shao nian bu zhi,qing dong yi ke nan zi chi]
Youth doesn’t know, it’s hard to control a moment of affection 
爱意肮脏,变成不可说罪状
[ai yi ang zang,bian cheng bu ke shuo zui zhuang]
Love is dirty, turns into unspeakable sins

蜚语流言又何妨与他共赏
[fei yu liu yan you he fang yu ta gon xiang]
Why not share the rumors with him

若年岁是白纸,情歌便作唱诗
[ruo nian sui shi bai zhi,qing ge bian zuo chang shi]
If the years are blank paper, love songs are poems

他从来深知,那光于他太奢侈
[ta cong lai shen zhi,na guang yu ta tai she chi]
He always knew deep down, that light is too expensive for him *

有一万字情诗,字句不为人知
[you yi wan zi shi,zi ju bu wei ren zhi]
He has a 10,000 word love poem, no one knows a word of it

写在他眼底,念在他望向他时
[xie zai ta yan di,nian zai ta wang xiang ta shi]
Written in his eyes, recited when he looks at him

于深渊造城池,或心尖刻泪痣
[yu shen yuan zao cheng chi,huo xin jian ke lei zhi]
A city built in the abyss, or a mole on the tip of the heart

年少放肆,只他敢对他造次
[nian shao fang si,zhi ta gan dui ta zao ci]
Young and presumptuous, only he dares to make trouble with him

喧闹街市,万千人潮接踵而至
[xuan nao jie shi,wan qian ren chao jie zhong er zhi]
In the noisy streets, thousands of people crowded together

少年却只固执走向他影子
[shao nian que zhi gu zhi zou xiang ta ying zi]
The youth only stubbornly walked towards his shadow

同他分尝,破晓时分的天光
[tong ta feng xiang,po xiao shi fen de tian guang]
Sharing with him, the light at dawn

情意也悉数掩藏炙热眼眶
[qing yi ye xi shu yan cang zhi re yan kuang]
Affection is hidden in hot eyes

曾握枪的手指,摆正领结位置
[ceng wo qiang de shou zhi,bai zheng ling jie wei zhi]
Fingers that once held a gun, fixing the bow tie’s position

某年某日,某位成他最珍视
[mou nian mou ri,mou wei cheng ta zui zhen gui]
On a certain day in a certain year, a certain person became his most cherished person

如约盛装而至,等他与她立誓
[ru yue sheng zhuang er zhi,deng ta yu ta li shi]
Dressed up as promised, waiting for he and her to take their vows

他吻她时,奉上玫瑰与戒指
[ta wen ta shi,feng shang mei gui yu jie zhi]
When he kissed her, he presented them with roses and rings

好梦终将要散场,他这样想
[hao meng zhong jian yao san chang]
All good dreams will eventually end, he thought

宾客熙攘,贺一声子孙满堂
[bin ke xi rang,he yi sheng zi sun man tang]
The guests are bustling, wishing them many children

若年岁是白纸,情歌便作唱诗
[ruo nian sui shi bai zhi,qing ge bian zuo chang shi]
If the years are blank paper, love songs are poems

他从来深知,那光于他太奢侈
[ta cong lai shen zhi,na guang yu ta tai she chi]
He always knew deep down, that light is too expensive for him *

有一万字情诗,终究无济于事
[you yi wan qing shi,zhong jui wu ji yu shi]
He has a 10,000 word love poem, but it’s to no avail after all

他遇见他时,才是他一生起始
[ta yu jian ta shi,cai shi ta yi sheng qi shi]
When he met him, that’s when his life started 

若生逢于乱世,硝烟掩埋城池
[ruo sheng feng yu luan shi,xiao yan yan mai cheng chi]
If born in troubled times, gun smoke buries the city

他是没信仰仍期望的来世
[ta shi mei xing yang reng qi wang de lai shi]
He is the next life he hoped for without faith

他藏起的情诗,再无人可窥视
[ta cang qi de qing shi,zai wuren ke shi]
The love poem he hidden away, no one can get a peek

他与他永远停在相逢的秋日
[ta yu ta yong yuan ting zai xiang feng de qiu ri]
He and he will be frozen during the autumn day when they first met.


*Here it says 民国十四年 [min guo shi si nian] which means 14th year of the republic, which is the year 1925

*Here it says 十里洋场 [shi li yang chang] which is a world often used to describe old Shanghai

*Here the light refers to Lu Yao, as Qiao Chu Sheng's actor once described Lu Yao as Qiao Chu Sheng's light. 

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