C-POP STUDY Modern Lyrics Lab
Selection № 02

悟 (Wu)

Theme from "New Shaolin Temple"

wú liàng xīn shēng fú bào wú jí xiàn

無量心 生福報 無極限

無量 Boundless / Heart / Birth/Breeds / 福報 Blessings / No / 極限 Limit

Boundless heart breeds blessings without limit

wú jí xiàn shēng xī xī ài xiāng lián

無極限 生息息 愛相連

無極限 No limit / Birth/Live / 息息 Breath / Love / 相連 Connected

Without limit, life breathes on, love connects all

wèi hé jūn shì ér bù jiàn guī ju dìng fāng yuán

為何君視而不見 規矩定方圓

為何 Why / You / 視而不見 Look but not see / 規矩 Rules / Define / 方圓 Square & Circle

Why do you look but not see? Rules define the circle and square

wù xìng wù jué wù kōng xīn gān qíng yuàn

悟性 悟覺 悟空 心甘情願

Awaken / Nature / Aware / Void / 心甘情願 Willing heart

Realizing nature, awakening, realizing void, with a willing heart

fàng xià diān dǎo mèng xiǎng fàng xià yún yān

放下 顛倒夢想 放下雲煙

放下 Let go / 顛倒 Distorted / 夢想 Dreams / 雲煙 Smoke

Let go of distorted dreams, let go of passing smoke

fàng xià kōng yù sè fàng xià xuán niàn

放下 空欲色 放下懸念

放下 Let go / Void / 欲色 Desire/Form / 懸念 Suspense

Let go of void, desire, and form; let go of suspense

duō yī wù què tiān le tài duō wēi xiǎn

多一物 卻添了 太多危險

More / One / Object / But / Add / 危險 Danger

One more thing adds too much danger

shǎo yī wù tān chēn chī huì shǎo yī diǎn

少一物 貪嗔痴 會少一點

Less / Object / 貪嗔痴 Greed/Anger/Delusion / Will / 少一点 Lessen

One less thing, greed, anger, and delusion will lessen a bit

ruò shì yuán zài kǔ wèi yě shì tián

若是緣 再苦味也是甜

若是 If is / Fate / Even / 苦味 Bitter / 也是 Is also / Sweet

If it is fate, even bitterness is sweet

ruò wú yuán cáng ài zài xīn tián

若無緣 藏愛 在心田

If / 無緣 No fate / Hide / Love / In / 心田 Heart's field

If there is no fate, hide love in the heart's field

chén shì ǒu duàn hái sī lián huí shǒu yī shùn jiān

塵世 藕斷還絲連 回首一瞬間

塵世 Mortal world / 藕斷絲連 Ties linger / 回首 Look back / 瞬間 Instant

In mortal world, ties linger like lotus roots; a glance back in an instant

zhòng kē shàn yīn péi nǐ zǒu hǎo měi yī tiān

種顆善因 陪你走好每一天

Plant / Seed(MW) / 善因 Kind cause / Accompany / 每一天 Every day

Plant a seed of kindness to accompany you through every day

wéi yǒu xīn wú guà ài chéng jiù dà yuàn

唯有 心無掛礙 成就大願

唯有 Only / Heart / 無掛礙 No obstacles / 成就 Achieve / 大願 Great vows

Only with a heart free of obstacles can great vows be fulfilled

wéi yǒu xīn wú gù miào bù kě yán

唯有 心無故 妙不可言

唯有 Only / Heart / 無故 No cause / 妙不可言 Beyond words

Only with a heart without cause is it wonderful beyond words

suàn tiān suàn dì suàn jìn le cóng qián

算天算地 算盡了 從前

Calculate / Heaven / Earth / All / 從前 Past

Calculating heaven and earth, calculating all of the past

suàn bù chū shēng sǐ huì zài nǎ yī tiān

算不出 生死 會在哪一天

算不出 Cannot calculate / 生死 Life/Death / Will / 哪一天 Which day

Yet unable to calculate on which day life and death will come

wù shēng hèn diǎn huà xū kōng de yǎn

勿生恨 點化虛空的眼

Don't / Breed / Hatred / 點化 Enlighten / 虛空 Void / Eye

Do not breed hatred, enlighten the eyes of the void

wù shēng yuàn huān xǐ bù yáo yuǎn

勿生怨 歡喜 不遙遠

Don't / Breed / Resentment / 歡喜 Joy / 不遙遠 Not far

Do not breed resentment, joy is not far away

chán rào yù wàng de sī niàn shàn è yī shùn jiān

纏繞 慾望的思念 善惡一瞬間

纏繞 Entwine / 慾望 Desire / 思念 Thoughts / 善惡 Good/Evil / 瞬間 Instant

Entwined in thoughts of desire, good and evil in an instant

xīn huái chàn huǐ péi nǐ zǒu hǎo měi yī tiān

心懷懺悔 陪你走好每一天

心懷 Harbor / 懺悔 Repent / Accompany / 走好 Walk well

With a heart of repentance, accompany you through every day

zài láo de huǎng yán què táo bù guò tiān yǎn

再牢的謊言 卻逃不過天眼

再牢 Firmest / 謊言 Lie / But / 逃不過 Cannot escape / 天眼 Heaven's eye

No matter how firm the lie, it cannot escape heaven's eye

míng rì zhī qián xīn liú lí gèng yuǎn

明日之前 心流離更遠

明日 Tomorrow / 之前 Before / Heart / 流離 Drift / 更遠 Further

Before tomorrow, the heart drifts even further

fú yún shà nà jiān zhàng yǎn rén xīn jiàn lí jiàn

浮雲霎那間 障眼 人心漸離間

浮雲 Clouds / 霎那間 Instant / 障眼 Blind eye / 人心 Human heart / 離間 Apart

Floating clouds in an instant blind eyes, hearts gradually drift apart

jí kǔ lián lián bù duàn de chū xiàn

集苦連連 不斷的出現

集苦 Collect pain / 連連 Repeatedly / 不斷 Without end / 出現 Appear

Gathering suffering repeatedly, appearing without end

wú liàng xīn shēng fú bào wú jí xiàn

無量心 生福報 無極限

無量 Boundless / Heart / Birth / 福報 Blessings

Boundless heart breeds blessings without limit

fán rén què shì ér bù jiàn guī ju dìng fāng yuán

凡人卻視而不見 規矩定方圓

凡人 Mortals / But / 視而不見 Not see / 規矩 Rules

Mortals look but do not see; rules define the circle and square

jiǎn jiǎn dān dān péi nǐ zǒu hǎo měi yī tiān

簡簡單單 陪你走好每一天

簡簡單單 Simply / Accompany / 每一天 Every day

Simply accompany you through every day