九百九十九朵玫瑰 Translation

[zchenyu]

Hi, could someone translate this song for me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY_wqLD9r90

Lyrics:

往事如風 癡心只是難懂

借酒相送 送不走身影濛濛

燭光投影 映不出你顏容

仍只見你獨自照片中

夜風已冷 回想前塵如夢

心似冰凍 怎堪相識不相逢

難捨心痛 難捨情已如風

難捨你在我心中的放鬆

我早已為你種下 九百九十九朵玫瑰

從分手的那一天 九百九十九朵玫瑰

花到凋謝人已憔 千盟萬誓已隨花時湮滅

Edited October 18, 2009 at 06:14 PM by roddy

[mewmew]

My best effort:

The past is like the wind. Only a sentimental heart is hard to understand.

To borrow and give [a bottle of] wine, gives an ever-present misty silhouette.

Candlelight throws a shadow. It doesn't shine upon your appearance.

Still only seeing you alone in the picture.

Late wind is already cold. Dusty recollections are like dreams.

The heart is frozen. How does one endure not meeting an acquaintance.

It's hard to give up the heart's pain. It's hard to give up an emotion that is already like the wind.

It's difficult to give up the comfort you bring when you are by me.

For a long time, I've grew for you 999 roses.

From the day we broke-up, 999 roses.

A flower withers, a man is haggard. 1,000 oathes, 10,000 pledges already extinguished along with the flowers.

[zchenyu]

Thanks mewmew!

I stumbled upon a translation online: http://tingdong.powersugoi.net/song.php?song=167

Your translation is pretty darn close. Keep up the good work

[mewmew]

Thanks. I was at odds over how to translate "借酒相送 送不走身影濛濛", so it's good to see something that makes more sense than what I had. I'm not quite sure how "千盟萬誓" translates into "A hundred thousand oaths" though. Guessing it was just part of the poetic license that the translator said he used.