2003

心淡 Heart Gone Cold

Joey Yung 容祖兒

A woman too devoted to walk away gives herself a deadline of half a year to slowly fall out of love. From Joey Yung's 2003 album My Pride, it became one of her biggest hits.

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seung想bat不hei起jam怎mo麼wui會beng病dou到bat不fan分hou好daai歹lin連sau受fu苦dou都tim甜mei美I can't work out how I got so sick I can't tell good from bad, and find even the suffering sweet.

ngo我mui每yat日ngaai捱jeuk著bat不choi睬bat不lei理Every day I put up with being ignored,

daan但keuk卻ngaai捱bat不sei死yau又heui去chi癡chin纏nei你naan難dou道jung終chi此yat一sang生yet it doesn't kill me, and I go clinging to you again. Must I, for the rest of my life,

dou都yiu要je這mo麼bat不ho可jang爭yat一hau口hei氣always be like this, never able to stand up for myself?

han很him謙bei卑ji只bat不gwo過si是ngo我taai太gwo過oi愛nei你lin連ji自jyun尊dou都mong忘gei記I'm so humble; it's only that I love you too much, I've even forgotten my self-respect.

dit跌dou到gik極ma麻muk木ji只hou好seung相seun信Fallen until I'm completely numb, all I can do is believe

yau又joi再pa爬dak得hei起jau就wui會yau有jyun轉gei機that if I climb back up again, things will turn around.

yeuk若ngo我bat不dung懂jang憎nei你yu如ho何lei離bit別nei你yik亦pa怕bat不wui會fei飛If I can't hate you, how can I leave you? I'm afraid I'll never fly free.

yau由je這yat一fan分jung鐘hoi開chi始gai計hei起cheun春fung風chau秋yu雨gaan間Counting from this very minute, from spring breeze to autumn rain,

haan限ngo我deui對nei你yi以bun半nin年si時gaan間maan慢maan慢dik的sam心taam淡I give myself half a year to slowly let my heart go cold on you.

fu付ching清jeung賬daan單ping平jing靜dik的deui對nei你yit熱dou度teui退gaam減Settle the bill, and calmly let my feelings for you cool.

yat一tin天yat一dim點seung傷sam心gwo過je這yat一baak百sou數sap十maan晚A little heartbreak each day, through these hundred-odd nights,

daai大koi概ya也gau夠ngo我sung送ngo我loi來wui回dei地yuk獄yau又jit折faan返yan人gaan間should be about enough to take me to hell and back to the world again.

cheun春tin天fan分sau手chau秋tin天wui會jaap習gwaan慣fu苦chung衝hoi開liu了bin便daam淡Break up in spring, used to it by autumn; bitterness fades once it's watered down.

han很him謙bei卑ji只bat不gwo過si是ngo我taai太gwo過oi愛nei你lin連ji自jyun尊dou都mong忘gei記I'm so humble; it's only that I love you too much, I've even forgotten my self-respect.

dit跌dou到gik極ma麻muk木ji只hou好seung相seun信Fallen until I'm completely numb, all I can do is believe

yau又joi再pa爬dak得hei起jau就wui會yau有jyun轉gei機that if I climb back up again, things will turn around.

yeuk若ngo我bat不dung懂jang憎nei你yu如ho何lei離bit別nei你yik亦pa怕bat不wui會fei飛If I can't hate you, how can I leave you? I'm afraid I'll never fly free.

yau由je這yat一fan分jung鐘hoi開chi始gai計hei起cheun春fung風chau秋yu雨gaan間Counting from this very minute, from spring breeze to autumn rain,

haan限ngo我deui對nei你yi以bun半nin年si時gaan間maan慢maan慢dik的sam心taam淡I give myself half a year to slowly let my heart go cold on you.

fu付ching清jeung賬daan單ping平jing靜dik的deui對nei你yit熱dou度teui退gaam減Settle the bill, and calmly let my feelings for you cool.

yat一tin天yat一dim點seung傷sam心gwo過je這yat一baak百sou數sap十maan晚A little heartbreak each day, through these hundred-odd nights,

daai大koi概ya也gau夠ngo我sung送ngo我loi來wui回dei地yuk獄yau又jit折faan返yan人gaan間should be about enough to take me to hell and back to the world again.

cheun春tin天fan分sau手chau秋tin天wui會jaap習gwaan慣fu苦chung衝hoi開liu了bin便daam淡Break up in spring, used to it by autumn; bitterness fades once it's watered down.

syut說sam甚mo麼joi再ping平faan反ji只pa怕bei被bik迫yat一hei起gang更ngoi礙ngaan眼Why talk about setting things right? Being forced together would only grate more.

wong往hau後je這bun半nin年gaan間ji只oi愛ji自gei己seui雖syut說bat不taai太jaap習gwaan慣For the next half year I'll love only myself, though I'm not quite used to it.

bat畢ging竟yau有haan限jau就dong當gwo過gwaan關It has an end, after all; I'll treat it as a test to get through.

yau由je這yat一fan分jung鐘hoi開chi始gai計hei起cheun春fung風chau秋yu雨gaan間Counting from this very minute, from spring breeze to autumn rain,

haan限ngo我deui對nei你yi以bun半nin年si時gaan間maan慢maan慢dik的sam心taam淡I give myself half a year to slowly let my heart go cold on you.

fu付ching清jeung賬daan單ping平jing靜dik的deui對nei你yit熱dou度teui退gaam減Settle the bill, and calmly let my feelings for you cool.

yat一tin天yat一dim點seung傷sam心gwo過je這yat一baak百sou數sap十maan晚A little heartbreak each day, through these hundred-odd nights,

daai大koi概ya也gau夠ngo我sung送ngo我loi來wui回dei地yuk獄yau又jit折faan返yan人gaan間should be about enough to take me to hell and back to the world again.

cheun春tin天fan分sau手chau秋tin天wui會jaap習gwaan慣fu苦chung衝hoi開liu了bin便daam淡Break up in spring, used to it by autumn; bitterness fades once it's watered down.

Timed to 容祖兒 · 我的驕傲 (2003) · 4:09. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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