Translations for 'What Is Troubling You' complete!

It's been hard translating all of the songs- I highly suspect that there are more than just a few translation errors lying around, but I'll make changes where necessary. But most importantly, here are the English translations for sodagreen's latest album, 'What Is Troubling You'. I hope that anyone who happens to read this would find them useful! You can find other (uncompleted) album translation projects by clicking on the 'English Translations' tab right at the top of the page, under the banner!

WHAT IS TROUBLING YOU 你在煩惱什麼 (2011)

1. 片刻永恆 This Moment is Forever (Instrumental)
    Music: sodagreen
2. 幸福額度 The Limit of Happiness
    Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
    Music: Wu Tsing-Fong
3. 你被寫在我的歌里 I Wrote of You in My Song (ft. Ella Chen)
    Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
    Music: Wu Tsing-Fong
4. 如果凝結就是愛 If Love is Like Condensation
    Lyrics: Gong Yu-chi
    Music: Gong Yu-chi
5. 喜歡寂寞 Enjoy Loneliness
    Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
    Music: Wu Tsing-Fong
6. 燕窝 Bird's Nest
    Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
    Music: Wu Tsing-Fong
7. 茧 Cocoon
    Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
    Music: Wu Tsing-Fong
8. 当我们一起走过 As We Walked Together
    Lyrics: Shih Jyun-wei
    Music: Shih Jyun-wei
9. 浪漫派 Romantics
    Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
    Music: Liou Jiakai
10. 控制狂 Control Freak
      Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
      Music: Shih Jyun-wei
11. 你在烦恼什么 What Is Troubling You (ft. Suming)
      Lyrics: Wu Tsing-Fong
      Music: Wu Tsing-Fong

浪漫派 Romantics*- English translation

路过的狂歌者 躁动的音乐声
正认真准备着坠落的一盏星辰
掉落的一根针 在寂寞上睡着了
正忐忑祈祷着平安的一队旅人

Wild singers are passing by with the restless sound of music
Earnestly preparing for a falling star
A fallen needle is asleep on top of loneliness
A band of travellers anxiously pray for peace

发梢雨丝彼此磨蹭
风的强迫症

Hair and rain wear each other out
The obsession of the wind

我的红色敏感 你的灰色地带
流水云彩 无关紧要的对白
起劲到费力的爱

My red sensitivity; your grey region
Water and clouds; unneccesary dialogue
Energises that straining love

怎么说 你的眼是一面失焦的镜
因此我多喜欢看着你 像看自己
弦月的脚步声 华丽得令人窒息
或舞蹈或劳动 或漠然得令人着迷

How do I put it? Your eyes are like an unfocused mirror
Because of this, I like watching you; it’s like watching myself
The steps of the string-like moon are suffocating in their splendour
In dancing or in labouring, or in its bewitching indifference

比一尾鱼更哑更聋
更冷进怀里

Muter and deafer than a fish
And colder in my embrace

我的金色狂烈 你的墨色呜咽
身体取悦 灵魂已凋谢
我的褪色倒影 你的染色身形
我将是你 最丑陋的装饰品
炙热到冷却的心

My golden intensity; your ink-coloured sobbing
The flesh obtains gratification while the spirit withers
My fading reflection; your tinted physique
I will soon become your ugliest, crudest decoration
A heart heated so much that it becomes cold

越发鲜艳 终究成为一团黑

No matter how bright it becomes, it would become a black mass* in the end

快乐不再是重点
忧郁不再来盘旋
无穷无尽的思念
以真以假的爱恋

Happiness is no longer the point
Depression will no longer linger
Endless longing and yearning
Love based on both truths and falsehoods

Translator's notes:
* My personal interpretation of the title is that it refers to participants in the Romantic movement, or Romanticism, which in Chinese is '浪漫主义'. The '派' in the title refers to people belonging to a certain group, or a clique. Thus, I rendered the English title as 'Romantics', participants in the Romantic movement. You could very well accuse me of not having done my research, but from what I know, Romanticism is connected to Bohemianism, another artistic movement, which is often associated with a lifestyle dedicated to the arts as well as loose living and hippies. I'm not sure what Tsing-Fong means, giving his song this title, but as the first sodagreen song I've seen with relatively obvious references to sex (Tsing-Fong's confirmed this himself), the title could be a reference to this. I know my 'argument' is weird, but *shrugs* I'm no Literature student.
* 'A black mass' here is my translation of '一团黑', which literally translates as 'a group of black'. You could replace 'a black mass' with 'a pile of darkness' or 'completely dark'. I felt that 'black mass' better captures the essence and flow of the lyric. 'Black mass' in the translation does not refer to the rite, the Black Mass.

控制狂 Control Freak- English translation

没关系 都理解的
拍照时 角度和方向
没问题 都配合的
睡着时 做梦的重量

No problem, everything is understood
The photograph’s angle and direction
No question, I will be co-operative
How deep I dream while I sleep

云要多高
天要多蓝先对照色票
我往前跑 迷幻的神态都做到
回头的次数刚刚好

How high you want the clouds to be
And how blue the skies? Just control the colour swatches
I run forward; maintaining a mysterious demeanor
Turning back just the right number of times

控制狂 你到底想怎样
因为你我想要大声唱 Woah…
控制狂 你美丽的声响
沿着你我流进了海洋 Woah…

Control freak, what do you wanna do?
Because of you, I want to loudly sing, “Woah…”
Control freak, your beautiful voice
With you, I float into the ocean; Woah…

没道理 都迷恋的
一整天 绕圈圈打转
没办法 都需要的
一整夜 不可征服之幻

There’s no reason; I’m completely bewitched
Going in circles for a whole day
There are no more means; I completely need it
That irresistible magic that lasts the whole night

没有钟表 对着爱这个主题思考
我就想要 把所有生命都消耗
研究你所有的无聊

Without a watch, I think about the topic of love
I just want to deplete my entire life
Researching all your silly antics

控制狂 亲密得就好像
蛋壳里的蛋白和蛋黄Woah
控制狂 我还能怎么讲
哎 Woah

Control freak, we’re as intimate as
The yolk and albumen in an egg’s shell; Woah…
Control freak, what more can I say?
Ai, la la la la la la la la la; Woah…

控制狂 你到底想怎样
因为你我想要大声唱 Woah
控制狂 你美丽的声响
沿着你我流进了海洋 Woah

Control freak, what do you wanna do?
Because of you, I want to loudly sing, “Woah…”
Control freak, your beautiful voice
With you, I float into the ocean; Woah…

听你安排的豢养 听你所有的话
谁在乎太阳
盲目的手抚慰我的擦伤
让你命令我歌唱 让你将我捆绑
谁在乎光亮
丢掉自由就是自由的方法

Raised up by things you arranged; listening to everything you say
Who cares about the sun?
Blind hands comfort my bruises
Allowing you to command me to sing; Allowing you to bind me
Who cares about the light?
Give up freedom to be free

没什么 我可以的
就控制你这个控制狂

It’s nothing, really; I can handle it
I just have to control you, control freak

你在烦恼什么 What Is Troubling You- English translation

没有不会谢的花

没有不会退的浪
没有不会暗的光
你在烦恼什么吗

There’s no flower that will never wither
There’s no wave that will never recede
There’s no light that never would dim
Is anything troubling you?

没有不会淡的疤
没有不会好的伤
没有不会停下来的绝望
你在忧郁什么啊

There’s no wound that will never fade
There’s no injury that will never recover
There’s no hopelessness that never would stop
What is depressing you?

时间从来不回答
生命从来不喧哗
就算只有片刻我也不害怕
是片刻组成永恒哪

Time never gives an answer
Life never makes a sound
Even for moment I won’t be afraid
It’s moments that make up eternity, you see

时间从来不回答
生命从来不喧哗
就算只有片刻我也不害怕
片刻组成永恒哪

Time never gives an answer
Life never makes a sound
Even for a moment I won’t be afraid
It’s moments that make up eternity, you see

就算只有片刻我也不害怕
片刻组成永恒哪

Even for a moment, I won’t be afraid
Moments make up eternity, you see

城市 City- English translation

这座城市一般

让你在梦中不停的衰老
人像落叶一般
冬天的空中冰冷的容貌

This city, in general
Makes you, in your dreams, continually fade away
People, just like falling leaves
Have the appearance of ice in the winter sky

城市面目狰狞 驾着光速奔跑
我们是沉默机器 对照着时间表

The city is grim; it runs at the speed of light
We are silent machines, running like watches

我们就像温室的花朵
麻木的心 刷白的瞳孔
彩色的脸 混乱的欲望颤抖
现在是谣言侵略事实的时代
必须偷看哪个谁是不是在偷看

We are just like flowers in a greenhouse
Numb hearts and whitewashed pupils
Colourful faces; confused desires shiver
It is now the age in which rumours invade the truth
We need to peep at that person to see if he is peeping

这座城市一般
享受着奢侈却莫名失落
人像稀释一般
在闹区列车上逐渐沉默

This city, in general
Enjoys luxury but is inexplicably downcast
People are diluted
Gradually becoming silent among the noisy districts and trains

我们囚禁在格林威治的规则里
在数位的银色浪花中喘不过气

We are imprisoned in the rules of Greenwich
Unable to breathe in the digital, silver spray

我们就像温室的花朵
麻木的心 刷白的瞳孔
彩色的脸 混乱的欲望颤抖
现在是现在侵略过去的时代
必须悲哀快乐所带来的更悲哀

We are just like flowers in a greenhouse
Numb hearts and whitewashed pupils
Colourful faces; confused desires shiver
It is now the age in which the present invades the past
It has to be sorrowful; anything joy brings would be even more sorrowful

这座城市里面
试着让自己没有那么糟
人像落叶迎面
在一座座孤独岛中间
我微笑

In this city
I try to make myself feel less lousy
People are like the surfaces of leaves
Between the many blocks of islands
I smile

简单生活 Simple Life- English translation

或许天堂也常日落
或许所有拒绝现实的锣
悄悄穿透我的耳膜

Perhaps there are often sunsets in heaven
Perhaps all the gongs that reject reality
Quietly penetrate my eardrums

收音机里的万花筒
锁不住那正要开始的梦
想要清醒又太脆弱

The kaleidoscope in the radio
Cannot lock in the dream that is about to begin
I want to be lucid but I’m too fragile

走过闪躲的念头
昨天的愧疚 又沾了衣袖
思念放空的气球 想要挣脱 虚假承诺

Walking past the intention to shy away
The shame of yesterday stains my sleeve again
A balloon empty of thoughts wants to get rid of all false promises

会感动我过一种生活
简单到没有奢侈的轻松
过一种生活 在你的王国
过一种生活
简单地挥霍创意轮廓
听你大声说 简单生活

Moving me to live a kind of life
That is simple and carefree with no luxuries
Live a kind of life in your kingdom
Live a kind of life
That simply squanders the outlines of creativity
And I hear you loudly say: a simple life

而我 在你右手的花火 轻轻坠落
放了我 世界以不同的面孔 在穿梭

As for me, the fireworks in your right hand lightly fall
Set me free; the world is moving to and fro with different faces

这天 This Day- English translation

够深刻了吗 来躺下吧
让我轻抚你安慰 伤害我后的疲累
够尖锐了吗 看我的疤
用温柔包覆勇敢 给喘息的你笑脸

Is it profound enough? Come lie down
Let me stroke and comfort you, after the weariness of hurting me
Is it shrill enough? Look at my wounds
Coating bravery with gentleness, giving you a smiling face as you pant

生命从来不觉得自己对谁该负责任
太多虚伪情节的表面 模糊陌生的眼

In life, I never once thought that I should take responsibility for anyone
Too many shallow falsehoods blurred out an unfamiliar eye

请让我在你身边 一起穿越这条街
请让我在你身边 一起纪念

Please let me by your side walk through this street
Please let me by your side commemorate-

够痛快了吗 我知道阿
躲在你利刃之内 骄傲的自悲作祟
够鲜艳了吗 血染的花
被你刺满的双手 此刻擦干你眼泪

Is it hearty enough? I know, right?
Hiding in your razor, proud self-pity acts up
Is it striking enough? The blood-stained flower
The hands that were pierced by you now wipe away your tears

生命从来不觉得自己对谁该负责任
我们看了编造的谎言 就如此轻易将彼此划成碎片
太多虚伪情节的表面 模糊陌生的眼

In life, I never once thought that I should take responsibility for anyone
We looked at fabricated lies and we so easily tore each other to pieces
Too many shallow falsehoods blurred out an unfamiliar eye

请让我在你身边 一起穿越这条街
请让我在你身边 一起纪念 这一天

Please let me by your side walk through this street
Please let me by your side commemorate this day

总有一天我们都死去
丢掉名字的回忆再没有意义
总有一天我们都忘记
曾为了一个越演越烂的故事伤心
总有一天我们都叹息
笑着缅怀有过的愚蠢的美丽
就让现在过去

One day, we will all die
The memories of throwing away our names would have no meaning
One day, we will all forget
That we once were hurt because of an act that just got worse and worse
One day, we will all sigh
Smiling, cherishing the past’s foolish beauty
Just let the present become the past

让我握你的手 让你握我的手
彻底了解颤抖 你会知道我

Come and let me hold your hand; and you, come and hold my hand
Completely understanding the trembling; you will know me

让我握你的手 (让我握你的手 彻底了解颤抖)
让你握我的手 (让你握我的手 你会知道我)
彻底了解颤抖 (让我握你的手 彻底了解颤抖)
你会知道我 (让你握我的手 你会知道我)

Let me hold your hand (Let me hold your hand; completely understanding the trembling)
Come and hold my hand (Come and hold my hand; you will know me)
Completely understanding the trembling (Let me hold your hand; completely understanding the trembling)
You will know me (Come and hold my hand; you will know me)

请让我在你身边 一起穿越这条街
请让我在你身边 一起纪念

Please let me by your side walk through this street
Please let me by your side commemorate-

这一天 (透过我的眼泪看你的脸)
这一天 (自由是我们需要的特权)
这一天 (你笑了 我笑了 笑了)
笑了

This day (Through my tears, gazing at your face)
This day (Freedom is the special right that we need)
This day (You laugh, I laugh, laughing)
Laughing

这一天

This day