俗 (Sú)

==Lyrics==
Chinese 	Pinyin 	English
一次一次放弃思索 	yīcì yīcì fàngqì sīsuǒ 	Time and again, giving up all thinking
一句一句啰啰嗦嗦 	yījù yījù luōluō suosuo 	Each word, in one ear and out the other
一天一天得过且过 	yītiān yītiān déguòqiěguò 	A day and passing, just being happy with what is got
一直一直被时代淹没 	yīzhí yīzhí bèi shídài yānmò 	Once and always, left behind by time itself
 	 	
我就是我俗人一个 	wǒ jiùshì wǒ súrén yīgè 	I am but a simple crass one
世态炎凉我能奈何 	shìtàiyánliáng wǒ néng nàihé 	What options I have, to deal with the two-faced nature of the world世態炎涼: “the world turns warm or cold depending on your status”. I’ve translated this as “hypocrisies of the world” and “two-faced nature of the world”?
得失矛盾即是规则 	déshī máodùn jí shì guīzé 	When the contradiction of win and loss is but the law?
食色性也休怪我快乐 	shí sè xìng yě xiū guàiwǒ kuàilè 	An appetite for food and sex食色性也: “Appetites for food and sex are part of our nature”. This is an old quote (6A.4) in Mencius’ ‘The Doctrine of the Goodness of Human Nature’, as an opening point on the arguments of the greater parts of human nature/behaviour. is but human nature, don’t fault me for being content
 	 	
念着什么阿弥陀佛吃斋念佛 	niànzhe shénme ēmítuófó chīzhāiniànfó 	Chant all the ‘Amitabha’s you want, prostrate yourself an abstinent, religious life as you want
到头还是俗人一个 	dàotóu háishì súrén yīgè 	Always, you’ll always be just a simple crass one
说着什么看破红尘 	shuōzhe shénme kànpòhóngchén 	Talk all you want, but when you look past this world of ours
轮回因果世俗又有谁能逃过 	lúnhuí yīnguǒ shìsú yòu yǒu shéi néng táoguò 	The afterlife, karma, and the future lives we’ll be born onto, who can possibly go above it?
骂着什么七情六欲人间烟火 	màzhe shénme qīqíngliùyù rénjiān yānhuǒ 	Curse the human emotions, desires七情六欲: “the seven emotions and the six desires of men”., the vulgarities人間煙火: “the cooked foods of the human world”. This is a metaphor for the worldly affairs of the human world, too low/vulgar to even be graced by the great beings/deities (神仙不食)., all you want
何必徒劳多费口舌 	hébì túláo duō fèi kǒushé 	What need is there to so fruitlessly waste your breath?
唱着什么众人皆醉举世皆浊 	chàngzhe shénme zhòngrén jiē zuì jǔshì jiē zhuó	Sing all you want to the drunk audience, to this chaotic world
还汲汲名利不洒脱 	hái jíjí mínglì bù sǎtuō 	You’ll still end up wanting more, fame and glory doesn’t come easy
 	 	
你自诩 高雅 风雅 儒雅 优雅 	nǐ zì xǔ gāoyǎ fēngyǎ rúyǎ yōuyǎ 	You flaunt yourself as being graceful, refined, sophisticated, a patrician 俗: “low-brow”, “crass”, “mediocre”, “run of the mill”, 雅: “high-brow”, “sophisticated”, “refined”, “graceful”. These two words are repeated throughout the song, most noticeably the chorus, and I’ve used various translations for them. “Low-brow”/”high-brow” are the most general definitions of the two words, but they’re honestly interchangeable with a lot of words from the vernacular.in all regards
得几度潇洒 	dé jǐ dù xiāosǎ 	With the various degrees of poise and grace
人说我 世俗 粗俗 庸俗 恶俗 	rén shuō wǒ shìsú cūsú yōngsú èsú 	While people have called me run of the mill, vulgar, crass, a philistine in all regards
我心自有度 	wǒ xīn zì yǒu dù 	My heart has its limits
古人云 雅情 雅致 雅趣 雅兴 	gǔrén yún yǎ qíng yǎzhì yǎqù yǎxìng 	From the words of old it is advised to hold ourselves to refined manner, tastes, wants, and state of mind
自有难言苦 	zì yǒu nán yán kǔ 	It’s easy to complain when tasked with difficulties
人世间 俗人 俗世 俗气 俗物 	rén shìjiān súrén súshì súqì súwù 	The world of mortals is teeming with mediocre people, divorced from all greatness
我走我的路 	wǒ zǒu wǒ de lù 	I shall walk my own road
 	 	
一次一次不再落魄 	yīcì yīcì bù zài luòpò 	Time and again, no longer down on their luck
一句一句坦白自我 	yījù yījù tǎnbái zìwǒ 	Each word, a frank admittance to themselves
一天一天平凡快活 	yītiān yītiān píngfán kuàihuó 	A day and passing, a simple happy life
一直一直我并不贪得 	yīzhí yīzhí wǒ bìng bù tān dé 	Once and always, I don’t ask for much
 	 	
我就是我俗人一个 	wǒ jiùshì wǒ súrén yīgè 	I am but a simple crass one
世态炎凉不是我错 	shìtàiyánliáng bùshì wǒ cuò 	The hypocrisies of the people are no fault of mine
弱肉强食即是规则 	ruòròuqiángshí jí shì guīzé 	To prey upon the weak is but the law of this world
食色性也休怪我快乐 	shí sè xìng yě xiū guàiwǒ kuàilè 	An appetite for food and sex is but human nature, don’t fault me for being content
 	 	
你自诩 高雅 风雅 儒雅 优雅 	nǐ zì xǔ gāoyǎ fēngyǎ rúyǎ yōuyǎ 	You flaunt yourself as being graceful, refined, sophisticated, a patrician in all regards
只一现昙花 	zhǐ yī xiàn tánhuā 	But what you are is only a short-lived moment of glory before withering
人说我 世俗 粗俗 庸俗 恶俗 	rén shuō wǒ shìsú cūsú 	People have called me run of the mill, vulgar, crass, a philistine in all regards
有谁能免俗 	yǒu shéi néng miǎnsú 	But who can go above their nature?
古人云 雅情 雅致 雅趣 雅兴 	gǔrén yún yǎ qíng yǎzhì yǎqù yǎxìng 	From the words of old it is advised to hold ourselves to refined manner, tastes, wants, and state of mind
须涉红尘路 	xū shè hóngchén lù 	But all of us must walk on this road paved with red dust紅塵 'Red dust' is a Taoist and Buddhist metaphor for experiencing the mortal world, i.e. ‘red dust’ that is scattered by spokes of a wheel going through a road represents ‘people’ that are cycled through lifetimes of reincarnation.
人世间 俗人 俗世 俗气 俗物 	rén shìjiān súrén súshì súqì súwù 	The world of mortals is teeming with mediocre people, divorced from all greatness
真情天下孤 	zhēnqíng tiānxià gū 	And in reality, each one of us stands alone, distanced from the heavens above
 	 	
你自诩 高雅 风雅 儒雅 优雅 	nǐ zì xǔ gāoyǎ fēngyǎ rúyǎ yōuyǎ 	You flaunt yourself as being graceful, refined, sophisticated, a patrician in all regards
得几度潇洒 	dé jǐ dù xiāosǎ 	With the various degrees of poise and grace
人说我 世俗 粗俗 庸俗 恶俗 	rén shuō wǒ shìsú cūsú yōngsú èsú 	While people have called me run of the mill, vulgar, crass, a philistine in all regards
我心自有度 	wǒ xīn zì yǒu dù 	My heart has its limits
古人云 雅情 雅致 雅趣 雅兴 	gǔrén yún yǎ qíng yǎzhì yǎqù yǎxìng 	From the words of old it is advised to hold ourselves to refined manner, tastes, wants, and state of mind
自有难言苦 	zì yǒu nán yán kǔ 	It’s easy to complain when tasked with difficulties
人世间 俗人 俗世 俗气 俗物 	rén shìjiān súrén súshì súqì súwù 	The world of mortals is teeming with mediocre people, divorced from all greatness
我走我的路 	wǒ zǒu wǒ de lù 	I shall walk my own road
你自诩 高雅 风雅 儒雅 优雅 	nǐ zì xǔ gāoyǎ fēngyǎ rúyǎ yōuyǎ 	You flaunt yourself as being graceful, refined, sophisticated, a patrician in all regards
得几度潇洒 	dé jǐ dù xiāosǎ 	With the various degrees of poise and grace
人说我 世俗 粗俗 庸俗 恶俗 	rén shuō wǒ shìsú cūsú yōngsú èsú 	While people have called me run of the mill, vulgar, crass, a philistine in all regards
我心自有度 	wǒ xīn zì yǒu dù 	My heart has its limits
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