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疯狂的阳光 - The Crazy Sunlight

English translations (by me)

*上帝用手把你捧着 此生轻轻地摇晃

God carried you with both hands, your life has thus been gentle shakes

可惜了我这辈子是在地上

It’s a pity that my life has been on the ground

不然谁在手里 像在怀里 都不必心慌

Otherwise anyone who is held close, like being embraced, doesn’t need to worry

或是我们一遍遍地往天上荡

Maybe it’s us screaming up to the sky again and again

**你多狂 是有伤吧

How deranged you are.. you’re hurting aren’t you

喃喃地 喃喃 奇怪 什麽都没有忘

Murmuring and muttering, strange that you haven’t forgotten anything

疯狂啊疯狂啊 那个阳光

Crazy, so crazy, that sunlight

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你是有伤呀

Oh you’re carrying scars

喃喃吧 喃喃地　喃喃直到像曾经像那把刀 一样

Murmuring and muttering, muttering until you become like that knife you used to be

疯狂啊疯狂啊 哪儿都是花

Crazy, how crazy, flowers everywhere

疯狂呐疯狂 雨下要烂呀

So crazy, when it rains they will rot

疯狂啊疯狂啊 遍地是花

Crazy, how crazy, flowers covering every inch of the earth

疯狂呐疯狂呐 你是雨下

Crazy, so crazy, you are the pouring rain

疯狂啊疯狂啊 那个阳光

Crazy, so crazy, that sunlight

疯狂呐疯狂呐 我的哀伤

Crazy, so crazy, my desolation

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I’ve been a big fan of 张悬 Deserts Chang for coming up to 15 years now - to me she’s by far the best Mandarin Chinese lyricist out there in terms of creative composition, depth of meaning and poetic lyricism. There are many old posts on my blog about her, but it seems that her songs really transcend time. They get more relatable the older I get. Recently I’ve been revisiting her last album Games We Play 神的游戏, released in 2012 before she went on hiatus 7 years ago🥲 This song is magical.

Chang’s hand written lyrics:

From her blog post:

“這首歌寫的是關於命運的玩笑與必然。

若是該活在海上迎風面浪的漁夫，

或在田地對著莊稼，

若是深愛土地的農人必須上船，

他們內心的衝動和哀傷都是真的，

但他們往往看起來只是瘋狂。

被錯置的人不一定能夠清楚說明，

自己與命運之間處境為何那麼怪異，

可是愛和恨是真的，

奮力地掙扎和垂手的鬥敗是真的，

知道自己是什麼，不是什麼，

是真的。”

"This song is about the jest of fate and its inevitability.

If a fisherman who should be at sea against the wind

and waves is on land looking at the crops,

Or if a farmer who deeply loves the land must get on a boat,

Their inner impulses and sorrow are all real,

But they tend to just look crazy.

People who are misplaced may not be able to clearly explain,

Why they and their fates are so strangely juxtaposed,

But love and hate are real,

Struggling hard and facing utter defeat are real,

Knowing who you are, and who you're not,

Is real.”

[sinetheta]

Child Song (兒歌) by Deserts Chang (張懸). 2010.

Deserts Chang is a Taiwanese indie singer-songwriter. Chang originally made her break as part of the Taiwanese indie band Mango Run (芒果跑樂團), before branching out as a solo artist in 2006. During this time, she was known for her regular performances at pubs, live house events, as well as her performances online. Since becoming an independent artist, Chang has released four albums and has released numerous nominations and awards in places like the Golden Melody Award, the HITO Pop Music Award and the KKBox Music Awards.

Chang selected “Deserts” as a stage name in order to represent herself as “mysterious” and “something out of a limbo”. Staged mostly on a guitar, Chang’s songs take on those qualities in their nostalgia driven melodies. In Child Song, Chang reflects on childhood innocence and a time of youthful innocence which cannot be reclaimed.

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我不知道今天會是今天。 一旦想到明天，明天就不再是明天。 而今天就是今天。 我好抱歉我沒察覺。 i did not know that today would be today; as soon as i think of tomorrow, tomorrow is no longer tomorrow but today still is today i am so sorry for not realizing it.

我走過一家店。 我看見它賣的， 但不知道裡面，有什麼是我想挑揀。 i walked past a store and i saw what it was selling, but i don’t know if there is anything i would pick inside.

還想著要跟你說的事情， 因為總是傾斜至一邊， 所以你總笑我對畫面的和諧沒有概念。 大的就要看起來大；小的，最好小的沒有人能看見～ 你愛我。 寬容與極限，嚴厲與慈悲， 相伴而相對。 我愛你。 你是一個世界。 i’m still thinking of what i wanted to tell you but they always slanted to a side so you’d always laugh and say that i had no sense of proportion about things in a scene. big things need to seem big, and small things should be so small that no one can see them you love me. generous and extreme, stern yet kind, in companionship yet in opposition. i love you. you are a world.

寂寞如神神如歌。 夏日以來；　眾神如人寂寞，眾人如神般寂寞。 因愛是交易，貨幣和辭彙； 我的孤單和孤單的你，　卡在之間， 各自無言， 彼此看見， 只剩喜悅。 loneliness is like the gods, the gods are like a song. in the summer days, the gods are lonely as people, the people are lonely as gods. love is a trade, in coin and in words; my loneliness and you who are lonely are stuck in the middle each unspeaking, each seeing the other, with only joy left behind.

在我了解這些以後，那天　我向你說了句不認真的再見。 after i understood all of this on that day i bid you an unwilling farewell

可我深深地親吻你的臉。 我再也不可能累積出那麼多的眷戀。 我曾堆出最高的疲憊和思念。 到它垮前～ i deeply kissed your face i will never be able to accumulate such longing. i once piled up the highest amount of weariness and nostalgia before it crumbled away

那天。 今天仍是那天。 每天，都是我能愛你的最後一天。 每個今天。 that day. today is still that day. every day, is the last day that i can love you. every single today.

後來，不是未來。 而是 從此，現在，今天。 later, is not the future, but from now on, right now, today.

我們像所有人一樣謙卑， 忙碌與分別。 走出家裡，走在日復一日的大街。 we are as humble as all the other people, busy yet separate. as we walk out of the house, onto the street where the days go on and on.

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好一陣子沒聽歌，因為鄰里過度安靜。靜得我暫且不需將音樂化作圍牆擋掉雜音，靜得 Phase2 之後稍稍甦醒的生氣就足以使我厭煩。適應後便認清，還是過度安靜啊，很適合浸在思緒裡。沒有歌的日子，總有詞在腦袋裡繞著，這陣子全都是張懸：

「我懂 活著的最寂寞」#關於我愛你

「深深的話要淺淺地說，長長的路要揮霍地走，大大的世界要率真地感受，會痛的傷口要輕輕地揉」#親愛的

「不想自由 反而更輕鬆，願意感動孤單不忐忑。生活 生活 會快樂也會寂寞，生活 生活 明天我們好好的過」#兒歌

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