Jay Chou: Rainbow

I am very sorry for these months of absence (I must say I have a very good reason for not posting so often). Thanks to those who keep dropping by and leaving comments.

I am a big fan of Jay Chou. Today I'm posting his song Cai Hong (Rainbow) which can be found in his previous work, 我很忙 (On the Run) and was featured as the 2nd single of that album. If you spot any mistakes in the Chinese or in the pinyin let me know (I am using now a new tool for annotating Chinese, ZDT, and as most annotation tools out there it sometimes changes the pinyin).

彩虹
Cai Hong
Rainbow
..

哪里有彩虹告诉我
能不能把我的愿望还给我
为什么天这么安静
所有雲都跑到我这里

nǎ li yǒu cǎi hong gào su wǒ
néng bù néng bà wǒ de yuàn wàng hái gěi wǒ
wèi shén me tiān zhè me ān jìng
suǒ yǒu yún dōu pǎo dào wǒ zhè lǐ

Where is the rainbow, tell me
can't you give me back my wish?
Why is the sky so quiet
all the clouds are coming to me


有没有口罩一个给我
释怀说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药
也是我现在正服下的毒药

yǒu méi yǒu kǒu zhào yī gè gěi wǒ
shì huái shuo le tài duō jiù chéng zhēn bù liǎo
yě xǔ shí jiān shì yī zhòng jiě yao
yě shì wǒ xiàn zài zhèng fú xìa dí dú yào

Is there a mask you can give me?
We can get nothing out of recalling too much what was said
Maybe the time is a kind of cure
and at the same time it is the first poison I am taking


看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着
你的身影这么近我却抱不到
没有地球太阳还是会绕
没有理由我也能自己走

kàn bú jiàn nǐ de xiào wǒ zěn me shuì děi zhāo
nǐ de shēn yǐng zhè me jìn wǒ què bào bù dào
méi yǒu dì qiú tài yáng hái shì hui rào
méi yǒu lǐ yóu wǒ yě néng zì jǐ zǒu

I cannot see your smile, who am I supposed to sleep?
Your image is so close to me, but I can't get to hold it
The Sun can still go round without Earth
There's no reason why I couldn't walk alone


你要离开我知道很简单
你说依赖是我们的阻碍
就算放开那能不能别没收我的爱
当作我最后才明白

nǐ yāo lí kāi wǒ zhī dao hěn jiǎn dān
nǐ shuo yī lài shì wǒ men dí zǔ ài
jiù suàn fàng kāi nà néng bù néng biè mò shōu wǒ de ài
dàng zuò wǒ zuì hòu cái míng bai

You want to leave, I know it is quite simple.
You say dependece is what blocks us
Given that this is breaking up can't you still receive my love
Seeming I am the last to understand


有没有口罩一个给我
释怀说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药
也是我现在正服下的毒药

yǒu méi yǒu kǒu zhào yī gè gěi wǒ
shì huái shuì le tài duō jiù chéng zhēn bù liǎo
yě xǔ shí jiān shì yī zhòng jiě yao
yě shì wǒ xiàn zài zhèng fú xìa dí dú yào

Is there a mask...

看不见你的笑我怎么睡得着
你的身影这么近我却抱不到
没有地球太阳还是会绕
没有理由我也能自己走

kàn bú jiàn nǐ dí xiào wǒ zěn me shuì děi zhāo
nǐ dí shēn yǐng zhè me jìn wǒ què bào bù dào
méi yǒu dì qiú tài yáng hái shì hui rào
méi yǒu lǐ yóu wǒ yě néng zì jǐ zǒu

I cannot see your smile, who am I supposed...

你要离开我知道很简单
你说依赖是我们的阻碍
就算放开那能不能别没收我的爱
当作我最后才明白

nǐ yāo lí kāi wǒ zhī dao hěn jiǎn dān
nǐ shuo yī lài shì wǒ men dí zǔ ài
jiù suàn fàng kāi nà néng bù néng biè mò shōu wǒ de ài
dàng zuò wǒ zuì hòu cái míng bai

看不见你的笑
要我怎么睡得着
你的身影这么近我却抱不到
没有地球太阳开始环绕环绕
没有理由我也能自己走掉
是我说了太多就成真不了
也许时间是一种解药解药
也是我现在正服下的毒药

kàn bú jiàn nǐ de xiào
yāo wǒ zěn me shuì děi zhāo
nǐ dí shēn yǐng zhè me jìn wǒ què bào bù dào
méi yǒu dì qiú tài yáng kāi shǐ huán rào huán rào
méi yǒu lǐ yóu wǒ yě néng zì jǐ zǒu diào
shì wǒ shuì le tài duō jiù chéng zhēn bù liǎo
yě xǔ shí jiān shì yī zhòng jiě yao jiě yao
yě shì wǒ xiàn zài zhèng fú xìa dí dú yào

你要离开我知道很简单
你说依赖是我们的阻碍
就算放开那能不能别没收我的爱
当作我最后才明白

nǐ yāo lí kāi wǒ zhī dao hěn jiǎn dān
nǐ shuì yī lài shì wǒ men dí zǔ ài
jiù suàn fàng kāi nà néng bù néng biè mò shōu wǒ de ài
dàng zuò wǒ zuì hòu cái míng bai

Want to play it with your guitar? Cai Hong TABS

Jay Chou: Qing Hua Ci

Last Jay Chou's record -On the Run- features this beautiful ballad. It is my favorite track on the record. Here you have the lyrics (in Chinese and with pinyin) as well as the translation into English. Enjoy!

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素胚勾勒出青花笔锋浓转淡　
瓶身描绘的牡丹一如妳初妆
冉冉檀香透过窗心事我了然　
宣纸上走笔至此搁一半

sù pēi gōu lè chū qīng huā bǐfēng nóng zhuǎn dàn
píng shēn miáohuì de mǔdān yī rú nichū zhuāng
rǎnrǎn tánxiāng tòu guò chuāng xīnshì wǒ liaorán
xuān zhǐ shàng zǒu bǐ zhìcǐ gē yībàn

The brush outlines a beautiful pattern, brush strokes becoming lighter
The peony on the bottle, simplest beauty, just like you
Whiffs of incense smoke bring your troubles to my heart
I pause halfway while painting

釉色渲染仕女图韵味被私藏　
而妳嫣然的一笑如i苞待放
妳的美一缕飘散　
去到我去不了的地方

yòu sè xuànrǎn shi nǚ tú yùn wèi bèi sīcáng
ér niyān rán de yī xiào rú hán bāo dāi fàng
nide měi yī lǚ piāo sǎn
qù dào wǒ qù bùliao de dìfang

The glazing of the lady’s portrait hides her charm
Your smile, to me, like a budding flower
But your beauty dissipates like smoke,
to a place I can never reach

天青色等烟雨　而我在等妳　
炊烟袅袅昇起　隔江千万里
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸　
就当我为遇见妳伏笔

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
chuī yān niǎo niǎo shengqi gé jiāng qiānwàn lǐ
zài píng dǐ shū hàn lì fǎng qianzhāo de piāo yì
jiù dāng wǒ wèi yùjiàn ni fúbǐ

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
From a thousand miles away, I gaze at the curling chimney smoke
The calligraphy beneath the bottle, elegance of the Han Dynasty
Our meeting I foreshadowed

天青色等烟雨　而我在等妳　
月色被打捞起　晕开了结局
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
妳眼带笑意

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
yuè sè bèi dǎ lāo qi yūn kāi lejiéjú
rú chuán shì de qīng huā cí zìgù zì měilì
ni yǎn dài xiào yì

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
The moonlight smudged away the remnants of our ending
Like legendary porcelain obsessed with itself,
your eyes full of laughter

色白花青的锦鲤跃然于碗底　
临摹宋体落款时却惦记著妳
妳隐藏在窑烧裡千年的秘密　
极细腻犹如绣花针落地

sèbái huā qīng de jǐn lǐ yuè rán Yú Wǎndǐ
línmó/ Sòng Tīluo kuǎn shí què diànjì zhǔ ni
ni yǐncáng zài yáoshāo li yīqiān nián de mìmì
jí xìnì yóurú xiùhuā zhēn luòdì

Those blue carp seem to come alive on the white bowl
While I am imitating the Song inscription I’m thinking of you
The eon of secrets you buried in the kiln
It’s exquisiteness like an embroidery needle

帘外芭蕉惹骤雨门环惹铜绿　
而我路过那江南小镇惹了妳
在泼墨山水画裡　
你从墨色深处被隐去

lián wai bājiāo rě zhòuyǔ ménhuán rě tónglù
ér wǒ lùguò nà jiāngnánxiǎozhèn rě le ni
zài pōmò shānshuǐ huà ni
nǐ cóng mò sè shēnchù bèi yǐn qù

The banana tree outside brought the sudden downpour,
and in turn the copper rust on the door handle
My passing by Jiangnan brings me to you
Yet you fade away into the deep abyss of the Chinese painting


天青色等烟雨　而我在等妳　
炊烟袅袅昇起　隔江千万里
在瓶底书汉隶仿前朝的飘逸　
就当我为遇见妳伏笔

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
chuī yān niǎo niǎo shengqi gé jiāng qiānwàn lǐ
zài píng dǐ shū hàn lì fǎng qianzhāo de piāo yì
jiù dāng wǒ wèi yùjiàn ni fúbǐ

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
From a thousand miles away, I gaze at the curling chimney smoke
The calligraphy beneath the bottle, elegance of the Han Dynasty
Our meeting I foreshadowed

天青色等烟雨　而我在等妳　
月色被打捞起　晕开了结局
如传世的青花瓷自顾自美丽
妳眼带笑意

tiān qīng sè děng yānyǔ ér wǒ zài děng ni
yuè sè bèi dǎ lāo qi yūn kāi lejiéjú
rú chuán shì de qīng huā cí zìgù zì měilì
ni yǎn dài xiào yì

The perfect shade of blue awaits the right weather, like how I wait for you
The moonlight smudged away the remnants of our ending
Like legendary porcelain obsessed with itself,
your eyes full of laughter

(repeat chorus)

Credits go to Adsotrans, to zjaychouz & diaolah from Jay-Chou.net for the translation, and to JenEm89 for the video!!

KEYWORDS: 周杰倫- 青花瓷MV (完整版) qing hua chi Jay Chow Qing hua Chi MTV (周杰伦 青花瓷 MV) Jay Chou 周杰倫 Zhou Jie Lun Qing Hua Ci 青花瓷 english subbed karaoke Blue and White Porcelain translation