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跨越自己 (Kuàyuè Zìjĭ) To Surpass Ourselves

Apr. 2, 2015
跨越自己(Kuàyuè Zìjĭ) Surpass Ourselves
—汪国真(Wāng Guózhēn) Wang Guozhen


Wŏmen kěyĭ qīpiàn biéren
我们      可以  欺骗   别人
We can deceive others

Què wúfă qīpiàn zìjĭ
却    无法  欺骗  自己
But can not delude ourselves

Dāng wŏmen zŏu xiàng zhīfányèmào de wŭyuè
当       我们     走   向      枝繁叶茂    的   五月
When we go to the luxuriant May

Qīngchūn jiù bú zài shì yí gè mí
青春        就  不  再  是 一 个 谜
Youth will no longer be a mystery


Xiàng shàng de lù
向        上     的 路
The way up

Zŏngshì kănkě yòu qíqū
总是       坎坷   又   崎岖
Is always rough and bumpy

Yào yŏngyuăn băochí zuì chū de làngmàn
要       永远     保持     最  初   的   浪漫
We should maintain the original romance forever

Zhēn shì bù róngyì
真      是  不  容易
Which is not easy


Yŏu rén bēi’āi
有    人  悲哀
Someone is sad

Yŏu rén xīnxĭ
有    人  欣喜
Someone is happy

Dāng wŏmen kuàyuèle yí zuò gāoshān
当       我们       跨越    一  座    高山
When we have crossed a mountain

Yě jiù kuàyuèle yí gè zhēnshí de zìjĭ
也 就    跨越了 一 个  真实   的  自己
Which also means that we have surpassed our real selves

Vocabulary:
1. 欺骗(qīpiàn) v. to deceive and delude

2. 青春(qīngchūn) n. youth

3. 坎坷(kănkě) adj. rough people

4. 崎岖(qíqū) adj. be rugged and rough

5. 保持(băochí) v. to keep and hold

6. 真实(zhēnshí) adj. real and true

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