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"退後" by 周杰倫

Definitely one of my favorite ballads by Jay Chou (used to think this was my absolute favorite till I played it on repeat too many times, lol). I'm starting to realize after translating a handful of Jay Chou songs, that his songs are pretty sad. :[

ARTIST & TITLE: 周杰倫 - 退後 RELEASED: 2006 ALBUM: Still Fantasy English Lyrics Romanized Lyrics Chinese Lyrics

天空灰的像哭過
tian kong hui de xiang ku guo
Grey engulfed the sky, as if it had just had finished crying

離開你以後並沒有更自由
li kai ni yi hou bing mei you geng zi you
After leaving you, I still don’t feel a sense of freedom

酸酸的空氣
suan suan de kong qi
The bitterness in the air

嗅出我們的距離
xiu chu wo men de ju li
Reveals the distance between us

一幕錐心的結局
yi mu zhui xin de jie ju
A heart-breaking ending

像呼吸般無法停息
xiang hu xi ban wu fa ting xi
That continues on, like the rhythm of one’s breath

抽屜泛黃的日記
cho ti fan huang de ri ji
The yellowing of the neglected diary placed in my drawer

榨乾了回憶
zha gan le hui yi
Stored memories that have long-since been forgotten

那笑容是夏季
na xiao rong shi xia ji
Your smile reminds me of the summer

你我的過去
ni wo de guo qu
Our past has, like the

被順時針的忘記
bei shun shi zhen de wang ji
Clockwise motion of time, been forgotten

缺氧過後的愛情
que yang guo hou de ai qing
The kind of love that surfaces after a lack of oxygen

粗心的眼淚是多餘
cu xin de yan lei shi duo yu
Where careless tears are unnecessary

我知道你我都沒有錯
wo zhi dao ni wo dou mei you cuo
I know that neither of us are to blame

只是忘了怎麼退後
zhi shi wang le ze me tui hou
It’s just that we forgot how to compromise

信誓旦旦給了承諾
xin shi dan dan gei le cheng nuo
The vows exchanged between the two of us

卻被時間撲了空
que bei shi jian pu le kong
Became meaningless with time

我知道我們都沒有錯
wo zhi dao wo men dou mei you cuo
I know that we aren’t at fault

只是放手會比較好過
zhi shi fang shou bi jiao hao guo
It’s just that our lives would be better if we’d let go of each other

最美的愛情回憶裡待續
zui mei de ai qing hui yi li dai xu
The most beautiful kind of love will continue on in our memories