Artist: Andy Lau (劉德華, 刘德华, Lau Tak-wah)
Song: 忘情水 (Wàng qíng shuǐ)

忘情水

曾经年少爱追梦
一心只想往前飞
行遍千山和万水
一路走来不能回

蓦然回首情已远
身不由已在天边
才明白爱恨情仇
最伤最痛是后悔

如果你不曾心碎
你不会懂得我伤悲
当我眼中有泪
别问我是为谁
就让我忘了这一切

啊给我一杯忘情水
换我一夜不流泪
所有真心真意
任它雨打风吹
付出的爱收不回

给我一杯忘情水
换我一生不伤悲
就算我会喝醉
就算我会心碎
不会看见我流泪

Potion for Forgetting the Relationship

Once I was young and loved to chase my dreams,
and only thought to fly forward;
Having travelled over thousands of mountains and tens of thousands of rivers,
my path could not be reversed.

As I abruptly look back, [I realise that] the romance is already far away
from my body and at the edge of the skies,
it was then that I understood that, in love, hate, romance and opposition,
the most severe hurtful pain is regret.

If you had never been heartbroken,
you would not understand my grievance.
When I have tears in my eyes
don’t ask who it is for –
just let me forget all this!

Oh~ Give me a potion for forgetting the relationship,
so I can have a life without the grievance.
Even if I get drunk from the potion, even if I get heartbroken – at least you won’t see me cry…

Submitted by alexandraplatz

Author’s comments:
水 means “water” literally but also means “potion” in Chinese medicine.
This is a very romantic melancholic song, and the lyrics poetic and well-written in Chinese.