《我在人民广场吃炸鸡》 ‘I’m Eating Fried Chicken at People’s Square’ was included in Shanghainese indie pop artist 阿肆 A Si’s first eponymous album, released on July 4, 2013. Although this song has been popular among Chinese “artistic youth” [hipsters] for some time, it didn’t reach the broader public until Xu Mingming, a contestant of 中国梦之声 (literally China’s Dream Voice) Chinese Idol covered the song on the July 14th episode.
A Si’s record company Modern Sky later pointed out that Xu Mingming performed the song without the company’s permission, and requested that Chinese Idol stop airing her performance in all forms.
At time of translation, A Si’s ‘I’m Eating Fried Chicken at People’s Square’ has generated 227,115 listens on Xiami and 394,927 listens on Douban.
Music Video:
The MP3 version of this song on Xiami has better sound quality.
Composer: A Si
Lyrics: A Si
Singer: A Si
Lyrics (Original Chinese, Pinyin Romanization, and English Translation):
VERSE #1:
最近你变得很冷漠
zuì jìn nǐ biàn de hěn lěng mò
Recently you became very cold让我有些不知所措
ràng wǒ yǒu xiē bù zhī suǒ cuò
which left me not knowing what to do其实我没期待太多
qí shí wǒ méi qī dài tài duō
Actually I don’t expect too much你能像从前般爱我
nǐ néng xiàng cóng qián bān ài wǒ
[I just expect that] you can love me like before只是连约会你都逃脱
zhǐ shì lián yuē huì nǐ dōu táo tuō
But you even ran away from our dates什么解释都不说
shén me jiě shì dōu bù shuō
without giving any explanation
VERSE #2:不是我不知道
bú shì wǒ bù zhī dào
It’s not that I don’t know爱情需要煎熬
ài qíng xū yào jiān áo
that love requires endurance不是我没祈祷
bú shì wǒ méi qǐ dǎo
It’s not that I didn’t pray(你只是……迟到)
nǐ zhǐ shì…chí dào
(that you were just…late)
CHORUS #1:我在人民广场吃着炸鸡
wǒ zài rén mín guǎng chǎng chī zhe zhà jī
I’m eating fried chicken at People’s Square而此时此刻你在哪里
ér cǐ shí cǐ kè nǐ zài nǎ lǐ
But at this very moment where are you?虽然或许你在声东击西
suī rán huò xǔ nǐ zài shēng dōng jī xī
Although perhaps you are “feinting to the east but attacking in the west” [appearing to do one thing while actually aiming at the other]但疲倦已让我懒得怀疑
dàn pí juàn yǐ ràng wǒ lǎn de huái yí
But exhaustion has made me too lazy to suspect
CHORUS #2:我在人民广场吃着炸鸡
wǒ zài rén mín guǎng chǎng chī zhe zhǎ jī
I’m eating fried chicken at People’s Square而此时此刻 你在哪里
ér cǐ shí cǐ kè nǐ zài nǎ lǐ
But at this very moment where are you?
VERSE #1
VERSE #2
CHORUS #1
CHORUS #2
VERSE #2
我在人民广场吃着炸鸡
wǒ zài rén mín guǎng chǎng chī zhe zhà jī
I’m eating fried chicken at People’s Square而此时此刻 你在
ér cǐ shí cǐ kè nǐ zài
But at this very moment you are…而此时此刻 你在
ér cǐ shí cǐ kè nǐ zài
But at this very moment you are…而此时此刻 你在
ér cǐ shí cǐ kè nǐ zài
But at this very moment you are…
我在人民广场吃着炸鸡
wǒ zài rén mín guǎng chǎng chī zhe zhà jī
I’m eating fried chicken at People’s Square而此时此刻 你在
ér cǐ shí cǐ kè nǐ zài
But at this very moment you are…
A Si’s Sina Weibo account. Her username is “Fried Chicken Girl A Si”.
