I have hard time when doing the lyric translation in English and also interpreting the Chinese words because this song indeed hard. I need to read and check the words few times before I pick the suitable words (in my version). The title of this song is quite tricking for me because Li Sao (離騷) literally translated as Encountering Sorrow, and it was one of the famous poem of ancient China. This piece of poem was written by Qu Yuan, an aristocrat of the Kingdom of Chu.
I can’t guarantee the translation correct by 100 percent but I have tried my best to translate this song.
離騷 Li Sao
Jackson Yee (易烊千璽)
日與月 夏與冬 更迭難休
Ri yu yue xia yu dong geng die nan xiu
Sun and moon summer and winter it is harder to change
草與木 盛與衰 問美人依舊
Cao yu mu sheng yu shuai wen mei ren yi jiu
Grass and wood rise and fall still asking the beauty
流言四起的風
Liu yan si qi de feng
The winds of spreading the rumors to everywhere
撩撥君臣異夢
Liao bo jun chen yi meng
A dream to provoke the ruler and his minister
問天可否為明心而見證
Wen tian ke fou wei ming xin er jian zheng
Ask heaven is it possible to clear mind and witness
濁與清 美與陋 顛倒眾生
Zhuo yu qing mei yu lou dian diao zhong sheng
Clear and turbid beauty and ugly upside down
芷與蘭 蕙與荃 難吐芳馨
Zhi yu lan hui yu quan nan tu fang xin
Angelica and Orchid fragrant scented and herb scent hard to forget
何故逆流而上
He gu ni liu er shang
Why must against the flow
何為孤芳自賞
He wei gu fang zi shang
Why indulge in self-admiration
無人知曉故鄉變他鄉
Wu ren zhi xiao gu xiang bian ta xiang
No one knows the change of hometow
亂世而 不群
Luan shi er bu qun
Troubled time gone with the tide
誰可解 君意
Shei ke jie jun yi
Who will understand the King’s thought
云游而 遠去
Yun you er yuan qu
Wandering far away
心卻系 故里
Xin que xi gu li
But heart stay at home
飲一句離騷別愁
Yin yi ju Li Sao bie chou
Said Li Sao don’t worry
醉一世報國春秋
Zui yi shi bao guo chun qiu
Drunk for while for the country springs and autumn
奈何長路漫漫上下難求
Nai he chang lu man man shang xia nan qiu
Unable to change the long and slow path ups and downs the difficulty
哀民生幾多憂
Ai min sheng ji duo you
to change few of people’s livelihood and sorrowness
唱一句離騷別愁
Chang yi ju Li Sao bie chou
Sing a Li Sao don’t be worry
嘆一生知己難留
Tan yi sheng zhi ji nan liu
Sighed for life hard to leave
心之所善無悔 終化作灰
Xin zhi suo shan wu hui zhong hua zuo hui
The heard of the good and regret finally will turn into ash
此夢若顛沛
Ci meng ruo dian pei
If this dream destitute
留給後人玩味
Liu gei hou ren wan mei
Leave it to amuse the future generation
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