Bibi Zhou Bichang - Yu Guantou (Canned Fish) translation

The music video for this song is a rip-off of Nuit Blanche, an award-winning short film. Like, a blatant shot for shot rip-off. Not even a little bit subtle about it. And yes, it was plagiarism, because the director didn't give any credit for the idea. Why people think they can get away with this sort of thing in the era of the internet is beyond me.

The song isn't a plagiarism of anybody, though.

魚罐頭一樣 在平躺	lying flat, like canned fish	yu guantou yiyang zai ping tang
困在濃稠的思念 仰望	surrounded by dense nostalgia, looking up	kun zai nongchou de sinian, yangwang
星空空轉	the starry sky idly spins	xingkong kongzhuan
念頭像水母的飄蕩	thoughts floating like jellyfish	niantou xiang shuimu de piaodang
我並不孤單	I don't feel alone at all	wo bing bu gudan
想你 才孤單	but when I think of you I feel alone	xiang ni cai gudan
在瀰漫 防腐的哀傷	soaking in a preservative sorrow	zai miman fangfu de aishang
*被淹沒一樣 不作響	*not making a sound, like being drowned	*bei yanmo yiyang bu zuo xiang
四季就是那四面 白牆	the four seasons are just the four white walls	siji jiu shi na mian si bai qiang
唱盤在空轉	the turntable is idly spinning	changpan zai kongzhuan
寂寞是濃霧的暗光	loneliness is a dark light in thick fog	jimo shi nongwu de an'guang
空心磚發燙	a hollow brick burning	kongxing zhuang fatang
胸膛 正中央	in the center of my chest	xiongtang zheng zhongyang
那是我 真空的地方	that's me, a vacuum	na shi wo, zhenkong de difang
#缺氧	#no oxygen	#que yang
魚失去海洋	the fish lost the sea	yu shiqu haiyang
我失去心臟	I lost my heart	wo shiqu xinzang
要用什麼補償 都一樣	what can make up for it? it's all the same	yao yong shenme buchang, dou yiyang
魚罐頭一樣	like a can of fish	yu guantou yi yang
慢慢的被蓋上	slowly covered up by a lid	manman de bei gai shang
不透光	no light entering	bu tou guang
repeat *	repeat *	repeat *
repeat #	repeat #	repeat #
缺氧	no oxygen	que yang
魚失去海洋	the fish lost the sea	yu shiqu haiyang
我失去立場	I lost my place	wo shiqu lichang
我以為不一樣 都一樣	I thought it was different, but it's all the same	wo yiwei bu yiyang, dou yiyang
倔強得牽強	stubborn beyond reason	juejiang de qianqiang
慢慢的被風乾	slowly air-dried	manman de bei feng gan
我說謊	I tell lies	wo shuo huang
我說謊	I tell lies	wo shuo huang

Landy Wen Lan - Fatang (Burning) translation 溫嵐－ 發燙

A few hilarious notes about the video: Miami is conspicuously lacking in black and Hispanic people. Hmm. And the street signs are clearly from Hawaii. This is like when people ask me to translate something for them and I'm like "Um, that's Japanese."

"Whatever, that's all the same right? What does it mean?"

People always seem to treat "the exotic" as more or less interchangeable... you could also say this extends to the music. Penned by Jay Chou, it has a strong Middle Eastern vibe. So, Middle Eastern Miami Hawaii. In Chinese. Woo!

邁阿密海邊　棕欄的樹叢	Miami beach, clusters of palm trees	Maiami haibian, zonglang de shucong
微熱的南風　微熱的南風	warm southern wind, warm southern wind	weire de nan feng, weire de nan feng
手牽著手　還在　曖眛中摸索	hand in hand, but still fumbling in ambiguity	shou qianzhe shou, hai zai aimei zhong mosuo
街上人群猜不透我們算是什麼	the people on the street can't figure out what we are to each other	jieshang renqun caibuxiu women suanshi shenme
一路沉默　緊閉嘴角	the entire way silent, mouth shut tight	yi lu chenmo, jinbi zuijiao
突然說出　愛我	then suddenly you say you love me	turan shuo chu ai wo
腳底　髮梢	from the soles of my feet to the tips of my hair	jiaodi, fashao
全被不安情緒給籠罩	I'm enveloped by a mood of disturbance	quan bei bu an qingxu gei longzhao
關於耳邊呢喃　已經聽不到	as for the murmur in my ears, I already can't hear it	guanyu erbian ninan, yijing tingbudao
安靜已久心臟　左邊暈眩狂跳	my once peaceful heart is jumping giddily and madly in my left side	anjing yijiu xinzang zuobian yunxuan kuangtiao
邁阿密的下午　誰知道	an afternoon in Miami, who knows?	Maiami de xiawu, shei zhidao?
我感到臉頰一直在　發燙	I feel like my cheeks are constantly burning	wo gandao lianjia yizhi zai fatang
我感到胸膛　小鹿在亂撞	I feel like there's a little deer running around crazily in my chest	wo gandao xiongtang xiao lu zai luanzhuang
濕潤的嘴唇　被你覆蓋說不出話　不出話	my moist lips overlaid by yours can't say a word, not a word	shirun de zuichun bei ni fugai shuo bu chu hua, bu chu hua
我感到臉頰一直在　發燙	I feel like my cheeks are constantly burning	wo gandao lianjia yizhi zai fatang
溫柔從髮稍　一路在擴張	tenderness is extending from the tips of my hair the entire way	wenrou cong fashao yi lu zai kuozhang
曖昧的感覺逐漸蛻變成	the feeling of ambiguity is gradually shed and changed into	aimei de ganjue zhujian tui biancheng
一種愛情的模樣	a romantic style	yi zhong aiqing de moyang