Ending theme song of popular Chinese TV drama 三寸天堂 San cun tian tang Three-inch Heaven 严艺丹 Yan Yidan： lyrics, pinyin, English translation, what is 三寸天堂 and 步步惊心 episode 1

三寸天堂
Sān cùn tiāntáng
Three-inch heaven

步步惊心 片尾曲
Bùbù jīngxīn piān wěi qū
Ending theme song of Started by Each Step / Scarlet Heart

严艺丹
Yán Yìdān

停在这里不敢走下去让悲伤无法上演
tíng zài zhèlǐ bù gǎn zǒu xiàqù ràng bēishāng wúfǎ shàngyǎn
(I) stop at here, dare not to keep walking on, (and) to let sorrowfulness not able to surge.

停(stop)在(at)这里(here)不(not)敢(dare)走(walk)下去(to go on)让(let)悲伤(sorrowfulness)无法(unable)上演(to perform/ to put on stage)

下一页你亲手写上的离别由不得我拒绝
xiàyīyè nǐ qīnshǒu xiě shàng de líbié yóubùde wǒ jùjué
On next page the departure you wrote down with your own hand is beyond my control.

下(next)一(one)页(page)你(you)亲手(with one’s own hands)写上(write upon)的(connecting particle)离别(departure)由不得( to be beyond control of )我(I)拒绝(refuse)

这条路我们走得太匆忙拥抱着并不真实的欲望
zhè tiáo lù wǒmen zǒu dé tài cōngmáng yōngbào zhāo bìngbù zhēnshí de yùwàng
This road we walked too hurriedly and embraced the desire that was not really realistic.

这(this)条(measure word for road)路(road)我们(we)走(walk)得(particle after verb and before the verb’s complement)太(too)匆忙(hurry)拥抱(embrace)着(particle shows action is occurring)并不(not at all)真实(real/true)的(connecting particle)欲望(desire)

来不及等不起回头欣赏木兰香遮不住伤
láibují děng bù qǐ huítóu xīnshǎng mùlán xiāng zhē búzhù shāng
We did not have time to wait for turning our head to admire lily magnolia’s fragrance or to cover up the wound.

来不及(there was not enough time to)等不起(not able to wait)回头(turn one’s head)欣赏(to appreciate/ to admire)木兰香(lily magnolia)遮不住(not able to cover up)伤(wound)

不再看天上太阳透过云彩的光
búzài kàn tiānshàng tàiyang tòuguò yúncai de guāng
(I) stop seeing the light of sun penetrating from clouds in the sky.

不再(not anymore)看(see)天上(heaven/sky)太阳(sun)透过(penetrate)云彩(cloud)的(connecting particle)光(lights)

不再找约定了的天堂
búzài zhǎo yuēdìng le de tiāntáng
I stop looking for the promised heaven.

不再(not anymore)找(look for)约定(promise)了(past tense marker)的(connecting particle)天堂(heaven)

不再叹你说过的人间世事无常
búzài tàn nǐ shuō guò de rénjiān shìshì wúcháng
I stop sighing for the impermanence of mundane things.

不再(not anymore)叹(sigh)你(you)说(say)过(particle shows past experiences)的(connecting particle)人间(human world)世事(mundane things/ affairs of life) 无(no)常(consistence)

借不到的三寸日光
jiè búdào de sān cùn rìguāng
The three-inch sunlight that I am not able to borrow.

借不到(not able to borrow/ tried to borrow, but failed)的(connecting particle)三(three)寸(inch)日光(sunlight)

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停在这里不敢走下去让悲伤无法上演
tíng zài zhèlǐ bù gǎn zǒu xiàqù ràng bēishāng wúfǎ shàngyǎn
(I) stop at here, dare not to keep walking on, (and) to let sorrowfulness not able to surge.

停(stop)在(at)这里(here)不(not)敢(dare)走(walk)下去(to go on)让(let)悲伤(sorrowfulness)无法(unable)上演(to perform/ to put on stage)

下一页你亲手写上的离别由不得我拒绝
xiàyīyè nǐ qīnshǒu xiě shàng de líbié yóubùde wǒ jùjué
On next page the departure you wrote down with your own hand is beyond my control.

下(next)一(one)页(page)你(you)亲手(with one’s own hands)写上(write upon)的(connecting particle)离别(departure)由不得( to be beyond control of )我(I)拒绝(refuse)

这条路我们走得太匆忙拥抱着并不真实的欲望
zhè tiáo lù wǒmen zǒu dé tài cōngmáng yōngbào zhāo bìngbù zhēnshí de yùwàng
This road we walked too hurriedly and embraced the desire that was not really realistic.

这(this)条(measure word for road)路(road)我们(we)走(walk)得(particle after verb and before the verb’s complement)太(too)匆忙(hurry)拥抱(embrace)着(particle shows action is occurring)并不(not at all)真实(real/true)的(connecting particle)欲望(desire)

来不及等不起回头欣赏木兰香遮不住伤
láibují děng bù qǐ huítóu xīnshǎng mùlán xiāng zhē búzhù shāng
We did not have time to wait for turning our head to admire lily magnolia’s fragrance or to cover up the wound.

来不及(there was not enough time to)等不起(not able to wait)回头(turn one’s head)欣赏(to appreciate/ to admire)木兰香(lily magnolia)遮不住(not able to cover up)伤(wound)

不再看天上太阳透过云彩的光
búzài kàn tiānshàng tàiyang tòuguò yúncai de guāng
(I) stop seeing the light of sun penetrating from clouds in the sky.

不再(not anymore)看(see)天上(heaven/sky)太阳(sun)透过(penetrate)云彩(cloud)的(connecting particle)光(lights)

不再找约定了的天堂
búzài zhǎo yuēdìng le de tiāntáng
I stop looking for the promised heaven.

不再(not anymore)找(look for)约定(promise)了(past tense marker)的(connecting particle)天堂(heaven)

不再叹你说过的人间世事无常
búzài tàn nǐ shuō guò de rénjiān shìshì wúcháng
I stop sighing for the impermanence of mundane things.

不再(not anymore)叹(sigh)你(you)说(say)过(particle shows past experiences)的(connecting particle)人间(human world)世事(mundane things/ affairs of life) 无(no)常(consistence)

借不到的三寸日光
jiè búdào de sān cùn rìguāng
The three-inch sunlight that I am not able to borrow.

借不到(not able to borrow/ tried to borrow, but failed)的(connecting particle)三(three)寸(inch)日光(sunlight)

不再看天上太阳透过云彩的光
búzài kàn tiānshàng tàiyang tòuguò yúncai de guāng
(I) stop seeing the light of sun penetrating from clouds in the sky.

不再(not anymore)看(see)天上(heaven/sky)太阳(sun)透过(penetrate)云彩(cloud)的(connecting particle)光(lights)

不再找约定了的天堂
búzài zhǎo yuēdìng le de tiāntáng
I stop looking for the promised heaven.

不再(not anymore)找(look for)约定(promise)了(past tense marker)的(connecting particle)天堂(heaven)

不再叹你说过的人间世事无常
búzài tàn nǐ shuō guò de rénjiān shìshì wúcháng
I stop sighing for the impermanence of mundane things.

不再(not anymore)叹(sigh)你(you)说(say)过(particle shows past experiences)的(connecting particle)人间(human world)世事(mundane things/ affairs of life) 无(no)常(consistence)

借不到的三寸日光
jiè búdào de sān cùn rìguāng
The three-inch sunlight that I am not able to borrow.

借不到(not able to borrow/ tried to borrow, but failed)的(connecting particle)三(three)寸(inch)日光(sunlight)

那天堂是我爱过你的地方
nàtiān táng shì wǒ ài guò nǐ de dìfang
That heaven is the place where I loved you.

那(that)天堂(heaven)是(is)我(I)爱(love)过(particle shows past experienc)你(you)的(connecting particle)地方(place)

Translate and annotated by Shu

寸cun is east Asian’s traditional measurement unit. Its length is not the same as inch’s.

Three-inch sunlight means very short-lived perfect love.

The information and allusion (典故 diǎngù) about Three-inch sunlight,
“三寸差不多就是一米，《三寸天堂》里的三寸日光应该是“一米阳光”的典故！
据传说终年云雾缭绕的玉龙雪山,即使在最晴朗的日子,阳光也无法穿透云层,传说在秋分那天,日月交合,同辉同映,神灵会在那天 ,将人世间最完美的爱情阳光,赐予人间.如果那天云开雾散,神奇的阳光就会铺满整个山谷. 每个被阳光抚摸到的人,都会获得最美,最圣洁的爱情.但是善妒的山神,在那一天从不开放胸怀.那一天总是会有云,有雾,有雨.所以人世间很难有完美的爱情. ”
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