走慢一点点
zǒu màn yì diǎndiǎn
Walk a bit slowly
张震岳
zhāngzhèn yuè
Chang Chen-yue
A-Yue
Chang is a Taiwanese aborigine of the Amis people.
催促的引擎声回荡着街边, 斑马线的行人低头走向前
cuīcù de yǐnqíng shēng huídàng zhe jiē biān, bānmǎxiàn de xíngrén dītóu zǒu xiàng qián
Urging engine sounds echoed along the street; pedestrians on crosswalks walked on and on with bowing heads.
多少空虚的灵魂,塞在车阵里面, 想着午餐要吃拉面
duōshǎo kōngxū de línghún, sāi zài chē zhèn lǐmiàn, xiǎng zhāo wǔcān yào chī lāmiàn
How many empty souls jammed in the traffic and thought about eating ramen (noodles) for lunch.
八卦流言像病毒一样蔓延, 明星开着跑车到处去把妹
bāguà liúyán xiàng bìngdú yíyàng mànyán, míngxīng kāi zhe pǎochē dàochù qù bǎmèi
Gossips and rumors spread like viruses; celebrities drove sport cars to chase girls everywhere.
赚大钱就是大爷,玉兰却不买, 没人同情卖花的阿伯
zhuàn dà qián jiùshì dàyé, yùlán què bù mǎi, méi rén tóngqíng mài huā de ā bà
(People) who earned big fortunes are arrogant idlers; however, they don’t want to buy Yulan magnolia and nobody has sympathy on the flower selling male elder.
Music ….
专家学者说这是 M 形社会, 小孩肚子饿大人挥霍洒钱
zhuānjiā xuézhě shuō zhè shì M xíng shèhuì, xiǎohái dùzi è dàren huīhuò sǎ qián
Experts and scholars say that this is a middle sized shape society. Children are getting hungry and adults are squandering money.
速食新闻充满着,看完就消化, 曾几何时变成粪便？
sùshí xīnwén chōngmǎn zhe, kàn wán jiù xiāohuà, céngjǐhéshí biànchéng fènbiàn ？
Instant news permeate; after they got read, they got digested right away. Just a while before they became feces.
似乎每个人都走的好前面, 难道不曾想过要休息一会？
sìhū měi ge rén dōu zǒu de hǎo qiánmiàn, nándào bù céng xiǎng guò yào xiūxi yíhuì ？
It seems everyone walked on and on too much. Could it be that they never thought of taking a break?
回家路总是红灯绿灯一点点, 回到家不知要到几点
huí jiā lù zǒngshì hóngdēng lǜdēng yìdiǎndiǎn, huídào jiā bùzhī yào dào jǐ diǎn
The way back home all has a bit of red lights and green lights. When I return home, (I ) won’t know when will it be?
就是会忘记停下来, 就是会睡到起不来
jiùshì huì wàngjì tíng xià lái, jiùshì huì shuì dào qǐ bù lái
Just that (people) will forget to stop; just that (people) will sleep until not be able to wake up.
就是一直转台却不知道要看哪一台
jiùshì yìzhí zhuàntái què bù zhīdào yàokàn nǎ yì tái
Just that (people) will keep changing channels, yet they won’t know which channel they want to watch.
生活的意义是什么, 我看你也说不出口
shēnghuó de yìyì shì shénme, wǒ kàn nǐ yě shuōbuchū kǒu
What is the meaning of life? I see that you are not able to speak it out either.
一辈子也只有盲从
yí bèi zi yě zhǐ yǒu mángcóng
All this life (people) just follow blindly.
Musics …….
就是会忘记停下来, 就是会睡到起不来
jiùshì huì wàngjì tíng xià lái, jiùshì huì shuì dào qǐ bù lái
Just that (people) will forget to stop; just that (people) will sleep until not be able to wake up.
就是一直转台却不知道要看哪一台
jiùshì yìzhí zhuàntái què bù zhīdào yàokàn nǎ yì tái
Just that (people) will keep changing channels, yet they won’t know which channel they want to watch.
生活的意义是什么, 我看你也说不出口
shēnghuó de yìyì shì shénme, wǒ kàn nǐ yě shuōbuchū kǒu
What is the meaning of life? I see that you are not able to speak it out either.
一辈子也只有盲从
yí bèi zi yě zhǐ yǒu mángcóng
All this life (people) just follow blindly.
Music ….
希望每个人都走慢一点点, 不要冲过头才知道不对
xīwàng měigerén dōu zǒu màn yìdiǎndiǎn, bú yàochōng guòtóu cái zhīdào búduì
Hope everyone all walk a bit slowly; don’t rush cross the line then realize the wrongness.
简单, 其实很简单, 如果你学会, 就像小孩满足很随便
jiǎndān qíshí hěn jiǎndān rúguǒ nǐ xuéhuì jiù xiàng xiǎohái mǎnzú hěn suíbiàn
Simple, actually it is very simple. If you learned it, then you will be like a kids– satisfied and very casual.
Music ….
Translated by Shu
Chinese traditional character lyrics
走慢一點點
張震嶽
催促的引擎聲 迴盪著街邊 斑馬線的行人 低頭走向前
多少空虛的靈魂 塞在車陣裡面 想著午餐要吃拉麵
八卦流言像病毒一樣蔓延 明星開著跑車到處去把妹
賺大錢就是大爺 玉蘭卻不買 沒人同情賣花的阿伯
專家學者說這是M形社會 小孩肚子餓 大人揮霍灑錢
速食新聞充滿着 看完就消化 曾幾何時變成糞便？
似乎每個人都走的好前面 難道不曾想過要休息一會？
回家路總是紅燈 綠燈一點點 回到家不知要到幾點
就是會忘記停下來 就是會睡到起不來
就是 一直轉台卻不知道要看哪一台
生活的意義是什麼 我看你也說不出口
一輩子也只有盲從
希望每個人都走慢一點點 不要衝過頭才知道不對
簡單其實很簡單 如果你學會 就像小孩滿足很隨便
Quotes about walk /walking
“My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She’s ninety-seven now, and we don’t know where the heck she is.”
― Ellen DeGeneres
“All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
“Patience and wisdom walk hand in hand, like two one-armed lovers.”
― Jarod Kintz
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”
― Steven Wright
“But the beauty is in the walking — we are betrayed by destinations.”
― Gwyn Thomas
“When I’m in turmoil, when I can’t think, when I’m exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It’s just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building.”
― Jim Butcher
“Walkers are ‘practitioners of the city,’ for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of possibilities, and walking is the act of speaking that language, of selecting from those possibilities. Just as language limits what can be said, architecture limits where one can walk, but the walker invents other ways to go.”
― Rebecca Solnit
“If I could fly, life would be amazing. But paraplegic people say the same thing about walking, and I freaking hate walking. Somebody might ask me, “Hey, do you want to go for a walk?” and I’ll reply, “Nope. But I do want to have a seat on a chair with wheels and roll along with you.” So maybe flight isn’t so cool after all. Possibly birds get pissed off they have to fly everywhere.
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― Jarod Kintz
These quotes come from:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/walking
Foo Fighters – Walk lyrics