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何谓人
What Defines Humanity

Also known as: What is considered human?
Singer: 徐正溪 (Jeremy Tsui)

Character: Ghost Peony
Lyrics:昭昭
Music:曾滋麟
Drama Name: 水龙吟 Whispers of Fate

In progress...

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

理智与渴求纠缠着共存
lǐ zhì yǔ kě qiú jiū chán zhe gòng cún

Logic and desire are entangled, coexisting together

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

善恶同尘 是非写成人伦
shà nè tóng chén shì fēi xiě chéng rén lún

Good and evil along with dust, right and wrong are written as moral principles

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

阴晴或圆缺爱恨本一身
yīn qíng huò yuá nquē ài hèn běn yì shēn

Whether sunny and cloudy, or waxing and waning, love and hate are parts of the same body

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

是笑与恨 是爱或嗔 我们
shì xiào yǔ hèn shì ài huò chēn wo men

It is laughter and hatred. It is love or anger. Us.

Is it laughter and/or/with hatred? Is it love or anger? Us?

无有知觉 麻木残缺
wú yǒu zhī jué má mù can quē

Without feeling; numb and impaired

冰冷躯壳 空洞灵魂
bīng lěng qū qiào kōng dòng líng hún

An icy cold shell of a body, a hollow soul

哀怨喜乐 悉心篆刻
āi yuàn xǐ lè xī xīn zhuàn kè

Sorrow, resentment, joy, and happiness; carefully selected and carved

如何琢磨 迷茫思索
rú hé zuó mo mí máng sī suǒ

How to refine and polish?  Feeling perplexed while we ponder and search

散落的假面
sàn luò de jiǎ miàn

The fake masks that fell and scattered

错乱情绪让你疯癫
cuò luàn qíng xù ràng nǐ fēng diān

Wrong and disorderly emotions driving you to madness

被雕琢的脸
bèi diāo zhuó de liǎn

A face that had been chiseled

眼神迷惘 辗转难解
yǎn shén mí wǎng zhǎn zhuǎn nán jiě

A gaze perplexed; complicated and difficult to explain/untangle

雾里的火 迷蒙着 在烧灼
wù lǐ de huǒ mí méng zhe zài shāo zhuó

The fire in the fog hazily ignited again

惝然目眩
chǎng rán mù xuàn

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

理智与渴求纠缠着共存
lǐ zhì yǔ kě qiú jiū chán zhe gòng cún

Logic and desire are entangled, coexisting together

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

善恶同尘 是非写成人伦
shà nè tóng chén shì fēi xiě chéng rén lún

Good and evil along with dust, right and wrong are written as moral principles

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

阴晴或圆缺爱恨本一身
yīn qíng huò yuá nquē ài hèn běn yì shēn

Whether sunny and cloudy, or waxing and waning, love and hate are part of the same body

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

是笑与恨 是爱或嗔 我们
shì xiào yǔ hèn shì ài huò chēn wo men

It is laughter and hatred. It is love or anger. Us.

跳动的尾尖
tiào dòng de wěi jiān

The beating/[leaping and animated] tip of the tail

OMG.  Is he talking about his cat??!

轻柔悠闲 让你惦念
qīng róu yōu xián ràng nǐ diàn niàn

Gentle and leisurely, allowing you to think of/miss 

禁锢着意念
jìn gù zhe yì niàn

Taking prisoner of your [free] will

残魂半片 妄念乍现
cán hún bàn piàn wàng niàn zhà xiàn

Half a fragment of a wretched soul, delusions suddenly appear

徘徊执着 想挣脱 撬了锁
pái huái zhí zhuó xiǎng zhèng tuō qiào le suǒ

Lingering and stubbornly obsessed, wanting to break free, prying open the lock

闯入人间
chuǎng rù rén jiān

Barging into the human world

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

理智与渴求纠缠着共存
lǐ zhì yǔ kě qiú jiū chán zhe gòng cún

Logic and desire are entangled, coexisting together

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

善恶同尘 是非写成人伦
shà nè tóng chén shì fēi xiě chéng rén lún

Good and evil along with dust, right and wrong are written as moral principles

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

阴晴或圆缺爱恨本一身
yīn qíng huò yuá nquē ài hèn běn yì shēn

Whether sunny and cloudy or waxing and waning, love and hate are part of the same body

何谓人
he wèi rén

What is considered human?

是笑与恨 是爱或嗔 我们
shì xiào yǔ hèn shì ài huò chēn wo men

It is laughter and hatred. It is love or anger. Us.

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