A Song a day: 15th Apr 2015 (默契

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The song for today is “默契” by Sammi Cheng. This is a song from 1996. The title is a bit hard to translate as I don’t think there is a direct compatible word in English that describe it. The phase of the title means an understanding between a group of people where without any sign (or very minimal sign) they understand each other and coordinate very well. So the best translation of the title that I could think of is “Silence understanding”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. The protagonist said that it is because they had been separated, and that she thought of their past, she is very clear on how love gone wrong. She knows clearly that he loves her, but sadly she was so stupid back then. She always did wrong and tried too hard to be herself, so she never treasured the people around her. But she no longer wanted to miss out, because she can see it all clearly through time. From the beginning to the end, there is only him that couldn’t be replaced as his love was very tender. Quietly looking at each other and they still feel comfortable. How to predict the future, but the silence understand between themselves could last forever. It is him who makes her life perfect. No one would be as good as him as he is everything that she got. Hope you will like the song.