‘Partner’ by Stefanie Sun (Sun Yanzi)

《同类》 ‘Partner’ was included in the 34-year-old Singaporean singer 孙燕姿 Stefanie Sun aka Sun Yanzi‘s 2004 album Stefanie.

Music Video:

Composer: Li Caisong
Lyrics: Yi Jiayang
Singer: Sun Yanzi/Stefanie Sun

Lyrics (Original Chinese, Pinyin Romanization, and English Translation):

VERSE #1:
雨后的城市
yǔ hòu de chéng shì
The city after the rain

寂寞又狼狈
jì mò yòu láng bèi
lonely and disgraced

路边的座位
lù biān de zuò wèi
The seat by the street

它空着在等谁
tā kōng zhe zài děng shuí
It’s empty waiting for who?
VERSE #2:
我拉住时间
wǒ lā zhù shí jiān
I tried to hold on to time

它却不理会
tā què bù lǐ huì
but it ignored me

有没有别人
yǒu méi yǒu bié rén
Is there anyone else

跟我一样很想被安慰
gēn wǒ yí yàng hěn xiǎng bèi ān wèi
who wants to be comforted as badly as I do？

CHORUS:
风　停了又吹
fēng tíng le yòu chuī
The wind, still and then whipping again

我忽然想起谁
wǒ hū rán xiǎng qǐ shuí
Who suddenly came to my mind?

天　亮了又黑
tiān liàng le yòu hēi
The sky, lit and then darkened again

我过了好几岁
wǒ guò le hǎo jǐ suì
I’m several years older

心　暖了又灰
xīn nuǎn le yòu huī
The heart, warmed and then wrenched again

世界
shì jiè
[In] the world

有时候孤单的很需要另一个同类
yǒu shí hou gū dān de hěn xū yào lìng yí gè tóng lèi
Sometimes it gets so lonely that I really need someone of my kind [partner]

爱　收了又给
ài shōu le yòu gěi
Love, taken back and then given away again

我们都不太完美
wǒ men dōu bú tài wán měi
Neither of us is anywhere near perfect

梦　作了又碎
mēng zuò le yòu suì
Dreams, dreamed and then shattered again

我们有几次机会　去追
wǒ měn yǒu jǐ cì jī huì qù zhuī
We’ve had a few opportunities to chase

VERSE #2

CHORUS

不晓得为甚么爱
bù xiǎo dé wèi shén me ài
Don’t understand why love

又稀少又昂贵
yòu xī shǎo yòu áng guì
is so rare and costly

云在半空中
yún zài bàn kōng zhōng
The clouds in the air

被微风剪碎
bèi wēi fēng jiǎn suì
are sheared by the breeze

回忆也许美
huí yì yé xǔ měi
Memories may be beautiful

可是正在飞走对不对
kě shì zhèng zài fēi zǒu duì bú duì
but they are flying away, right?