不要回答 (bù yào huí dá) (feat. 朱哲琴)

Do not answer (feat. Zhu Zheqin)

不要回答 (bù yào huí dá) (feat. 朱哲琴)

One day, forty thousand years hence, you receive this letter
四万年后某一天 你收到这封信件
sì wàn nián hòu mǒu yī tiān nǐ shōu dào zhè fēng xìn jiàn
Please cast it into a small fragment of time, and engrave it with the name, Yesterday
请把它铸成一小块时间 刻上名字叫 昨天
qǐng bǎ tā zhù chéng yī xiǎo kuài shí jiān kè shàng míng zì jiào zuó tiān
We dwell upon a planet, from whence we came is now unclear
我们住在一颗行星 来自哪儿已说不清
wǒ men zhù zài yī kē xíng xīng lái zì nǎr yǐ shuō bù qīng
The most ancient memory is a fish, which later gradually became a crowd of men and women
最古老的记忆是一条鱼 后来逐渐变成一群男女
zuì gǔ lǎo de jì yì shì yī tiáo yú hòu lái zhú jiàn biàn chéng yī qún nán nǚ

We were still so young back then, still believing in evolution and in love
我们那时还很年轻 还相信进化论和爱情
wǒ men nà shí hái hěn nián qīng hái xiāng xìn jìn huà lùn hé ài qíng
In times of loneliness, we invented the telescope, to seek for distant, free-spirited life
孤单的时候发明天文望远镜 寻找远方自由的生命
gū dān de shí hòu fā míng tiān wén wàng yuǎn jìng xún zhǎo yuǎn fāng zì yóu de shēng mìng
Do you need to breathe oxygen? Are you immune to all pain and sorrow?
你们需不需要呼吸氧气 是不是对一切伤痛免疫
nǐ men xū bù xū yào hū xī yǎng qì shì bù shì duì yī qiè shāng tòng miǎn yì
Can your cities fold and bend? Does anyone there love the autumn daisies?
城市能不能折叠弯曲 有没有人喜欢秋天的雏菊
chéng shì néng bù néng zhē dié wān qū yǒu méi yǒu rén xǐ huān qiū tiān de chú jú

Déjà vu
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Is time but a revolving door?
时间是不是一扇旋转门
shí jiān shì bù shì yī shàn xuán zhuǎn mén
Please do not answer, do not answer
请不要回答 不要回答
qǐng bù yào huí dá bù yào huí dá

Such is life
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
Are we the orphans of the cosmos?
我们是不是宇宙的孤儿
wǒ men shì bù shì yǔ zhòu de gū ér
Please do not answer, do not answer
请不要回答 不要回答
qǐng bù yào huí dá bù yào huí dá

One day when you arrive here, please be kind to the surviving birds and fish
有一天你们来到这里 请善待幸存的飞鸟和鱼
yǒu yī tiān nǐ men lái dào zhè lǐ qǐng shàn dài xìng cún de fēi niǎo hé yú
If you should find a mobile phone, please do not laugh at the apps within
如果你们捡到一部手机 请不要嘲笑里面那些APP
rú guǒ nǐ men jiǎn dào yī bù shǒu jī qǐng bù yào cháo xiào lǐ miàn nà xiē APP
The gifts we have left behind are records, films, poetry, and wine
我们留下的礼物 是唱片电影诗歌和酒
wǒ men liú xià de lǐ wù shì chàng piàn diàn yǐng shī gē hé jiǔ
Beyond these, we have nothing, with only a deserted metaverse remaining
除此之外我们一无所有 只剩下空无一人的元宇宙
chú cǐ zhī wài wǒ men yī wú suǒ yǒu zhǐ shèng xià kōng wú yī rén de yuán yǔ zhòu

Does it rain there where you are? Do different skin colors and currencies exist?
你们那里下不下雨 有没有不同肤色和货币
nǐ men nà lǐ xià bù xià yǔ yǒu méi yǒu bù tóng fū sè hé huò bì
Are there loyalty, piety, courtesy, justice, dreams, and laws? These were the meaning of our existence
有没有忠孝礼义梦想和法律 这些是我们存在的意义
yǒu méi yǒu zhōng xiào lǐ yì mèng xiǎng hé fǎ lǜ zhè xiē shì wǒ men cún zài de yì yì
The Bermuda, the Pyramids, crop circles, unidentified flying objects
百慕大 金字塔 麦田怪圈 不明飞行物
bǎi mù dà jīn zì tǎ mài tián guài quān bù míng fēi xíng wù
Are they but your primary school arithmetic?
是不是你们的小学算术
shì bù shì nǐ men de xiǎo xué suàn shù
Da Vinci, Einstein, Hawking, Liu Cixin, Asimov
达芬奇 爱因斯坦 霍金 刘慈欣 阿西莫夫
dá fēn qì ài yīn sī tǎn huò jīn liú cí xīn ā xī mò fū
Were they the eyes and ears you sent to us?
是不是你们派来的耳目
shì bù shì nǐ men pài lái de ěr mù

Déjà vu
Déjà vu
Déjà vu
Is time but a revolving door?
时间是不是一扇旋转门
shí jiān shì bù shì yī shàn xuán zhuǎn mén
Please do not answer, do not answer
请不要回答 不要回答
qǐng bù yào huí dá bù yào huí dá

Such is life
C'est la vie
C'est la vie
Are we the orphans of the cosmos?
我们是不是宇宙的孤儿
wǒ men shì bù shì yǔ zhòu de gū ér
Please do not answer, do not answer
请不要回答 不要回答
qǐng bù yào huí dá bù yào huí dá

If you can make spacetime bend, please send us back into the past
如果你们能让时空弯曲 请把我们送回到过去
rú guǒ nǐ men néng ràng shí kōng wān qū qǐng bǎ wǒ men sòng huí dào guò qù
Even if to face cannons and plagues, even for just a single dawn and dusk
哪怕面对枪炮与细菌 哪怕就只有一个朝夕
nǎ pà miàn duì qiāng pào yǔ xì jūn nǎ pà jiù zhǐ yǒu yī gè zhāo xī
Then we would lay down our arms, to listen together to the moonlight and the tides
那时我们会放下武器 一起去听月光和潮汐
nà shí wǒ men huì fàng xià wǔ qì yī qǐ qù tīng yuè guāng hé cháo xī
We would meet with every soul, and sing together that song of farewell
我们要和每个人相遇 一同唱那告别的歌曲
wǒ men yào hé měi gè rén xiāng yù yī tóng chàng nà gào bié de gē qǔ

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