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忘情水 → English translation

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Original lyrics

忘情水

曾经年少爱追梦

一心只想往前飞

行遍千山和万水

一路走来不能回

蓦然回首情已远

身不由已在天边

才明白爱恨情仇

最伤最痛是后悔

如果你不曾心碎

你不会懂得我伤悲

当我眼中有泪

别问我是为谁

就让我忘了这一切

啊给我一杯忘情水

换我一夜不流泪

所有真心真意

任它雨打风吹

付出的爱收不回

给我一杯忘情水

换我一生不伤悲

就算我会喝醉

就算我会心碎

不会看见我流泪

Translation

Potion for Forgetting the Relationship

Once I was young and loved to chase my dreams,

and only thought to fly forward;

Having travelled over thousands of mountains and tens of thousands of rivers,

my path could not be reversed.

As I abruptly look back, [I realise that] the romance is already far away

from my body and at the edge of the skies,

it was then that I understood that, in love, hate, romance and opposition,

the most severe hurtful pain is regret.

If you had never been heartbroken,

you would not understand my grievance.

When I have tears in my eyes

don't ask who it is for -

just let me forget all this!

Oh~ Give me a potion for forgetting the relationship,

so I can have a life without the grievance.

Even if I get drunk from the potion, even if I get heartbroken - at least you won't see me cry...

Thanks! ❤
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citlālicue	8 years 1 month

Submitted by

alexandraplatz on 2016-03-18

Last edited by

infiity13 on 2018-05-05

Author's comments:

水 means "water" literally but also means "potion" in Chinese medicine.
This is a very romantic melancholic song, and the lyrics poetic and well-written in Chinese.

Andy Lau: Top 3

1.	上海灘 (Seung hoi taan)
2.	一起走過的日子 (Yat hei jau gwo dik yat ji)
3.	忘情水 (Wàng qíng shuǐ)

Idioms from "忘情水"

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Comments

citlālicue

Fri, 18/03/2016 - 06:24

Take out the "https://lyricstranslate.com/en/Me" or the "Me" in your source, that's not necessary. Thank you for taking the time in submitting your own translation.

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Andy Lau

忘情水 → English translation

忘情水

Potion for Forgetting the Relationship