Artist: Faye Wong (王菲, 王靖雯, 王靖文, Wang-Fei, Wong Fei, 夏琳, Shirley Wong, フェイ・ウォン, 왕비, 왕페이, 왕정문)
Song: 流年 (Liú nián) •Album: 王菲 (2001)

流年

爱上一个天使的缺点
用一种魔鬼的语言
上帝在云端 只眨了一眨眼
最后眉一皱 头一点

爱上一个认真的消遣
用一朵花开的时间
你在我旁边 只打了个照面
五月的晴天 闪了电

有生之年 狭路相逢
终不能幸免
手心忽然长出纠缠的曲线
懂事之前 情动以后
长不过一天
留不住 算不出 流年

遇见一场烟火的表演
用一场轮回的时间
紫微星流过 来不及说再见
已经远离我 一光年

有生之年 狭路相逢
终不能幸免
手心忽然长出纠缠的曲线
懂事之前 情动以后
长不过一天
留不住 算不出 流年

有生之年 狭路相逢
终不能幸免
手心忽然长出纠缠的曲线
懂事之前 情动以后
长不过一天
哪一年 让一生 改变

Fleeting Years

Fell in love with an angel’s faults
Using the language of the Devil
God residing above the clouds only blinked once
In the end frowned, and nodded

Fell in love with an honest diversion
Using the time of a flower’s bloom
You were beside me, just a meeting only
May’s sunny day, filled with lightning

In this life time, crossing paths
In the end still couldn’t be spared
Palm sprouted sudden entangled fates
Before growing up, after falling in love
Cannot last one day later
Cannot keep, cannot calculate the fleeting years

Chanced upon a display of fireworks
Lasting a rebirth’s time
The North Star flow by, before I could say goodbye
Already flew a light year away from me

In this life time, crossing paths
In the end still couldn’t be spared
Palm sprouted sudden entangled fates
Before growing up, after falling in love
Cannot last one day later
Cannot keep, cannot calculate the fleeting years

In this life time, crossing paths
In the end still couldn’t be spared
Palm sprouted sudden entangled fates
Before growing up, after falling in love
Cannot last one day later
Cannot keep, cannot calculate the fleeting years

Submitted by seaside

Fleeting years

Fell for an angel’s flaw
Using devil’s language
God who is residing above the clouds only blinked
then frowned, and nodded

Fell for a sincere pastime
Using bloom time of a flower
You were beside me, just with one glance
the sunny sky in May, stroked by lightning

In this life time, (our) paths crossed and we confronted
it was the destiny we couldn’t avoid
Palms suddenly entangled with lines
Growing up, falling in love
It took no longer than a day
Cannot hold, cannot calculate, this fleeting years

Chanced upon a firework show
Lasting as long as one reincarnation
Pole star streaks through, and before I could say goodbye
It was already one light year away from me

In this life time, (our) paths crossed and we confronted
it was the destiny we couldn’t avoid
Palms suddenly entangled with lines
Growing up, falling in love
It took no longer than a day
Cannot hold, cannot calculate, this fleeting years

In this life time, (our) paths crossed and we confronted
it was the destiny we couldn’t avoid
Palms suddenly entangled with lines
Growing up, falling in love
It took no longer than a day
In that year, my life, has changed

Submitted by yuewen mao

Author’s comments:
The song is about a girl remembering the lost time, when she fell for someone with first sight. The feeling she had about that person is like a lightning strick, sudden, amazing and astounding. However, this love didn’t last long. It was like a shooting star across the sky, a firework show, or flower bloom period, one hasn’t get enough of their beauty, they already vanished, and won’t show up again. But for the girl, it is a full beginning-less cycle, mundane existence and dying again, like reincarnation. She probably relived this story in her head many many times again, after departure. She sees this love as destiny, like the fate lines entangled in her palm. No matter how short the relationship is, she was deep in love, and still is. She is obsessive.

Fleeting Years

I fall in love with an angel’s fault
With the language of the devil
God is above the clouds, blinking for once
A frown and a nod at last

I fall in love with an earnest recreation
Which lasts for the time that a flower needs to bloom
You are beside me. We have just encountered.
There’s lightening in this clear May day

As long as life endures, there is
an unavoidable tense confrontation
Entangled curves suddenly paint my palm
Before I realise, and after I wake
It lasts no longer than one day
Fleeting years can neither be detained nor counted

I run into a firework show
Which lasts for the time for a transmigration
Polaris flowing, there’s no enough time to say farewell
It’s already a light-year away from me

As long as life endures, there is
an unavoidable tense confrontation
Entangled curves suddenly paint my palm
Before I realise, and after I wake
It lasts no longer than one day
Fleeting years can neither be detained nor counted

As long as life endures, there is
an unavoidable tense confrontation
Entangled curves suddenly paint my palm
Before I realise, and after I wake
It lasts no longer than one day
In which year is my whole life made to change?

Submitted by metroandro