Goodbye Yesterday

Goodbye Yesterday
Artist: Jeff Zhang
Album: Wo hao xiang (How I miss)



měigé yī fēnzhōng jiù yǒu yī bānjī qǐfēi
每隔一分钟就有一班机起飞

At intervals of every minute, there’s a plane departing

měi duàn guānxi zǒng líbukāi láihuí
每段关系总离不开来回
Every relationships can never escape the back and forth
(来回 = literally round trip)

yī duàn qíng, yī ge rén bùduàn gěi
一段情 一个人不断给
A stage of love, (if it’s only) a person devoting it ceaselessly

zěnme nénggòu tíngzhǐ yè de hēi
怎么能够停止夜的黑
How could it possibly stop the dark colour of the night?

huáiniàn guòqù měihǎo rìzi huànlái tǐhuì
怀念过去美好日子换来体会
Reminiscing the past, trading it to experience the beautiful (future) days

chóngxīn dédào kuàilè què xūyào zhìhuì
重新得到快乐却需要智慧
Re-gaining happiness, one should just have a wisdom

gàosu wǒ, shénme jiào wúsuǒwèi
告诉我 什么叫无所谓
Tell me, what’s so called being indifferent

huàn yī ge zuòwèi, huàn yī bēi kāfēi
换一个座位 换一杯咖啡
(By) changing a seat, changing a cup of coffee

jiù huì wàngle shéi
就会忘了谁
Who can you forget ?

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zài yī ge shìhé wǒ de zhěntou liú wán wǒ de lèi
在一个适合我的枕头流完我的泪
At one fittest (moment when) my pillow is no longer flowing my tears

zhǎo yī ge zuì wánměi de dìfāng wàngle nǐ de měi
找一个最完美的地方忘了你的美
Finding for a most beautiful place, to forget your beauty

(Goodbye yesterday)

qǐng bié yòng nǐ wǒ zuì shóuxi de yǔyán shuō zàihuì
请别用你我最熟悉的语言说再会
Please don’t use the sentences you and I are both most familiar with, to say till we me meet again

Goodbye yesterday
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míngtiān yīdìng xuéhuì
明天一定学会(
I) must have learnt well (by) tomorrow

bùdào yī fēnzhōng jǐngsè jiù miànmùquánfēi
不到一分钟景色就面目全非
It’s not until a minute that the scenery would change beyond recognition
(面目全非 = idiom, meaning that nothing would remain the same)

bùdào tiānliàng wǒ jiù kāishǐ rùshuì
不到天亮我就开始入睡
It is not until the daylight that I’d start to fall asleep

yī duàn qíng, bùnéng kào bùduàn gěi
一段情 不能靠不断给
A stage of love, (you) can’t just merely devote it ceaselessly

zhǐyǒu shíjiān cāliàng yè de hēi
只有时间擦亮夜的黑
(After all) It’s only time that could polish the dark colour of the night

huáiniàn yī ge rén dédào le duōshǎo tǐhuì
怀念一个人得到了多少体会
Reminiscing someone, how much understanding can be gained?

wàngjì yī ge rén yǒu duōdà jīhuì
忘记一个人有多大机会
How big is the chance to forget someone?

gàosu wǒ, shénme jiào wúsuǒwèi
告诉我 什么叫无所谓
Tell me, what’s so called being indifferent

qiányītiān Táiběi, xià yī yè Táiběi
前一天台北 下一夜台北
A previous day in Taipei, the next night in Taipei

wǒ huì jìde shéi
我会记得谁
Who can I remember?

Repeat Reff

goodbye yesterday

Repeat Reff

míngtiān yīdìng xuéhuì
明天一定学会
(I) must have learnt well (by) tomorrow