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Long ago, I stumbled upon Wang Jie's 明日你是誰 (video here). Recently, I casually sung it, and a friend asked me for a translation, and I was in trouble with a few lines. Let's see the start:

離別也許是簡單的一句
每次說出偏要灑眼淚
就像在放下也在擔起一片空虛
每一個夢也伴隨

The last two lines are a bit puzzling: I know (I think) the meanings of the single words, but I can't piece together a convincing translation from them. Here is an attempt:

"To part may be a simple.word,
[But] every time I say it, I always cry,
As if I were laying down [what?] and carrying a void,
And each [of my] dreams followed [what?]

Could someone shed light on this?

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  • Do you have a link for the audio?
    – Rodrigo
    Jul 31, 2016 at 2:43
  • @Rodrigo the song is on Youtube. Searching for it on a mobile is not exactly easy :). When I get to my computer, if I remember, I'll add the link to the question.
    – MickG
    Jul 31, 2016 at 6:22
  • @Rodrigo added. I don't know if it's on youku too, for those who have youtube blocked.
    – MickG
    Jul 31, 2016 at 21:24
  • Thank you. Which spoken language is that? Taiwanese?
    – Rodrigo
    Aug 1, 2016 at 6:27
  • @Rodrigo as the video title says, it's "粤" (Cantonese).
    – MickG
    Aug 1, 2016 at 8:44

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就像在放下也在擔起一片空虛

就像 (it is like) 在放下 (putting down,) 也在擔起 (also like picking up) 一片空虛 (an emptiness)

  • "Trying to let go of an emptiness, but this empty feeling always come back ."

每一個夢也伴隨

每一個夢(in every dream) 也伴隨 (it always follows me )

  • "This emptiness follows me, in all of my dreams."
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    I think it's up to the reader who's the companion in his dreams. It may be the loneliness or the one he loved.
    – Rodrigo
    Jul 31, 2016 at 1:18
  • The two sentences are related, the implied subject is " his heart". saying emptiness follow someone's heart, make more sense than saying a loved one follow someone's heart, because a heart feels emptiness, and a mind think of loved one. And he just mentioned " emptiness" in the previous line, it is logical to presume it is the subject of the next line-- the subject that follow him in all his dream
    – Tang Ho
    Jul 31, 2016 at 6:17
  • But who misses a lost love uses to find it only when dreaming. Also, I don't know where you saw "heart" or "mind", but both may be 心 (so they're not necessarily opposed like you seem to imply). The only character that makes me tend to agree with you is 也 (also). But I'm not so good at Chinese to know for sure.
    – Rodrigo
    Jul 31, 2016 at 9:37
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放下 = quit, terminate

What about this?

As if I could forget you and carrying a void.

But you are still in every of my dreams.

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I will be your company in every of your dreams.

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