五月天 Mayday Wu yue tian
知足 Zhi Zu Contentment
怎 麽 去 拥 有 一 道 彩 虹
zěn me qù yōng yǒu yí dào cǎi hóng
How to own a rainbow?
怎 麽 去 拥 抱 一 夏 天 的 风
zěn me qù yōng bào yí xià tiān de fēng
How to embrace one summer’s wind?
天 上 的 星 星 笑 地 上 的 人
tiān shàng de xīng xing xiào dì shàng de rén
The stars in the sky laugh at the people on the ground:
总 是 不 能 懂 不 能 知 道 足 够
zǒng shì bù néng dǒng bù néng zhī dào zú gòu
Always can not understand; are not able to know enough
如 果 我 爱 上 你 的 笑 容 要 怎 麽 收 藏 要 怎 麽 拥 有
rú guǒ wǒ ài shàng nǐ de xiào róng yào zěn me shōu cáng yào zěn me yōng yǒu
If I fell in love with your smiling appearance, how can I collect it and how to own it?
如 果 你 快 乐 不 是 为 我 会 不 会 放 手 其 实 才 是 拥 有
rú guǒ nǐ kuài lè bú shì wéi wǒ huì bu huì fàng shǒu qí shí cái shì yōng yǒu
If you are happy not for me, whether or not I would be able to release hand, in fact, only it is possession
当 一 阵 风 吹 来 风 筝 飞 上 天 空
dāng yí zhèn fēng chuī lái fēng zheng fēi shàng tiān kōng
When one gust of wind blows here, kites fly up to the sky
为 了 你 而 祈 祷 而 祝 福 而 感 动
wèi le nǐ ér qí dǎo ér zhù fú ér gǎn dòng
For you I pray, I express good wishes and I got touched
终 於 你 身 影 消 失 在 人 海 尽 头 才 发 现 笑 着 哭 最 痛
zhōng yū nǐ shēn yǐng xiāo shī zài rén hǎi jìn tóu cái fā xiàn xiào zhe kū zuì tòng
Finally, your silhouette disappeared at the edge of the sea of people, then I realized — smiling when cried is the most painful
那 天 你 和 我 那 个 山 丘 那 样 的 唱 着 那 一 年 的 歌
nà tiān nǐ hé wǒ nà gè shān qiū nà yàng de chàng zhe nà yì nián de gē
That day, you and I, at that mountain hill, that way, sang that year’s song
那 样 的 回 忆 那 麽 足 够 足 够 我 天 天 都 品 嚐 着 寂 寞
nà yàng de huí yì nà me zú gòu zú gòu wǒ tiān tiān dōu pǐn cháng zhe jì mò
That kind of memory is that enough; so enough that I can everyday all taste the loneliness
当 一 阵 风 吹 来 风 筝 飞 上 天 空
dāng yí zhèn fēng chuī lái fēng zheng fēi shàng tiān kōng
When a gust of wind blows near, kites fly up into the sky
为 了 你 而 祈 祷 而 祝 福 而 感 动
wèi le nǐ ér qí dǎo ér zhù fú ér gǎn dòng
For you, I pray, I expressed good wishes, and I got touched
终 於 你 身 影 消 失 在 人 海 尽 头 才 发 现 笑 着 哭 最 痛
zhōng yū nǐ shēn yǐng xiāo shī zài rén hǎi jìn tóu cái fā xiàn xiào zhe kū zuì tòng
Finally, your silhouette disappeared at the edge of the sea of people, then I realized — smiling when cried is the most painful
当 一 阵 风 吹 来 风 筝 飞 上 天 空
dāng yí zhèn fēng chuī lái fēng zheng fēi shàng tiān kōng
When one gust of wind blows here, kites fly up to the sky
为 了 你 而 祈 祷 而 祝 福 而 感 动
wèi le nǐ ér qí dǎo ér zhù fú ér gǎn dòng
For you I pray, I express good wishes and I got touched
终 於 你 身 影 消 失 在 人 海 尽 头 才 发 现 笑 着 哭 最 痛
zhōng yū nǐ shēn yǐng xiāo shī zài rén hǎi jìn tóu cái fā xiàn xiào zhe kū zuì tòng
Finally, your silhouette disappeared at the edge of the sea of people, then I realized — smiling when cried is the most painful
如 果 我 爱 上 你 的 笑 容 要 怎 麽 收 藏 要 怎 麽 拥 有
rú guǒ wǒ ài shàng nǐ de xiào róng yào zěn me shōu cáng yào zěn me yōng yǒu
If I fell in love with your smiling appearance, how can I collect and how to own it?
如 果 你 快 乐 不 是 为 我 会 不 会 放 手 其 实 才 是 拥 有
rú guǒ nǐ kuài lè bú shì wéi wǒ huì bu huì fàng shǒu qí shí cái shì yōng yǒu
If you are happy not for me, whether or not I would be able to release hand, in fact, only it is possession
知 足 的 快 乐 叫 我 忍 受 心 痛
zhī zú de kuài lè jiào wǒ rěn shòu xīn tòng
The contended happiness made me endure the heart pains
知 足 的 快 乐 叫 我 忍 受 心 痛
zhī zú de kuài lè jiào wǒ rěn shòu xīn tòng
The contended happiness made me endure the heart pains
Translated by Shu
Quotes of contentment
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain
“It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.”
― Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough”
― Oprah Winfrey
“We need much less than we think we need.”
― Maya Angelou
“The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.”
― Martha Washington
“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.”
― Lao Tzu
“Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt
“Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.”
― Lao Tzu
These wonderful quotes come from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/show_tag?id=contentment
Baby, now that I’ve found you – Alison Krauss and Union Station