Artist: Jay Chou (周杰倫 (Chou Chieh-Lun))
Song: 愛在西元前 (Ài zài xī yuán qián) [Love before BC] •Album: Fantasy (2001)

爱在西元前

古巴比伦王颁布了汉摩拉比法典
刻在黑色的玄武岩　
距今已经三千七百多年
妳在橱窗前 凝视碑文的字眼
我却在旁静静欣赏妳那张我深爱的脸

祭司 神殿 征战 弓箭 是谁的从前
喜欢在人潮中妳只属于我的那画面
经过苏美女神身边　
我以女神之名许愿
思念像底格里斯河般的漫延
当古文明只剩下难解的语言
传说就成了永垂不朽的诗篇

我给妳的爱写在西元前　
深埋在美索不达米亚平原
几十个世纪后出土发现　
泥板上的字迹依然清晰可见

我给妳的爱写在西元前　
深埋在美索不达米亚平原
用楔形文字刻下了永远　
那已风化千年的誓言
一切又重演

祭司 神殿 征战 弓箭 是谁的从前
喜欢在人潮中妳只属于我的那画面
经过苏美女神身边　
我以女神之名许愿
思念像底格里斯河般的漫延
当古文明只剩下难解的语言
传说就成了永垂不朽的诗篇

我给妳的爱写在西元前　
深埋在美索不达米亚平原
几十个世纪后出土发现　
泥板上的字迹依然清晰可见

我给妳的爱写在西元前　
深埋在美索不达米亚平原
用楔形文字刻下了永远　
那已风化千年的誓言
一切又重演

我感到很疲倦
离家乡还是很远
害怕再也不能回到你身边

我给妳的爱写在西元前　
深埋在美索不达米亚平原
几十个世纪后出土发现　
泥板上的字迹依然清晰可见

我给妳的爱写在西元前　
深埋在美索不达米亚平原
用楔形文字刻下了永远　
那已风化千年的誓言
一切又重演

爱在西元前　
爱在西元前

Our B.C Love

Ancient Babylon king decreed the Hammurabi Code
It was engraved on the basalt
thirty-seven centuries ago
You stand by window gazing at the inscription
While I stand aside admiring your face, which is my beloved one

The priest,temples,battles,arrows, whose bygones are those?
I dote on the tableau that in the crowd you belong to me
I made a wish in the name of
Sumer goddess when passed by her
My longing inundates vastly like the Tigris
When ancient civilization remains ciphers
The legends turn into the immortal epics

I give you the love written before Christ
deeply buried in Mesopotamia
After thousands of years it was unearthed
The vestiges on clay board are still discernible

I give you the love written before Christ
deeply buried in Mesopotamia
Constancy was engraved in cuneiform
The weathered vow had spanned centuries
All history repeats

The priest,temples,battles,arrows, whose bygones are those?
I dote on the tableau that in the crowd you belong to me
I made a wish in the name of
Sumer goddess when passed by her
My longing inundates vastly like the Tigris
When ancient civilization remains ciphers
The legends turn into the immortal epics

I give you the love written before Christ
deeply buried in Mesopotamia
After thousands of years it was unearthed
The vestiges on clay board are still discernible

I give you the love written before Christ
deeply buried in Mesopotamia
Constancy was engraved in cuneiform
The weathered vow had spanned centuries
All history repeats

I feel exhausted but
still I’m far from my homeland
I dread that I can never be back to you

I give you the love written before Christ
deeply buried in Mesopotamia
After thousands of years it was unearthed
The vestiges on clay board are still discernible

I give you the love written before Christ
deeply buried in Mesopotamia
Constancy was engraved in cuneiform
The weathered vow had spanned centuries
All history repeats

Our love before Christ
Our love before Christ

Submitted by Stormyfeather