Steven Ma – Ghost Writer MV (Long version)

First of all, my chinese is not amazing, so apologize for any wrong translations.

心竅

迷惑太多　能望見太多　明白太少
預計長夜深　終於天曉
暗黑的心　才最叵測　難料

雲象太多　而道理太多　提示太少
直到長夜深　星光普照
聽風的詩　能證世間　奇妙

如夢初醒　無言才動聽心的呼叫
鏡中緣　霧裡花　再美好　從未需要
如夢不醒　茫然流淚過方懂真笑
愛很長　夜再深　還有破曉

迷惑太多　能望見太多　明白太少
預計長夜深　終於天曉
暗黑 的心　才最叵測　難料

同伴太多　沿路過太多　留下太少
別算人或妖　鬼影心竅　
有酒今宵　讓最困擾　忘掉

如 夢初醒　明明還在笑怎麼哭了
鏡中緣　霧裡花　最假的　才越心跳
如夢不醒　明明流淚了怎麼失笑
怨很長　恨太多　唯愛太少

Literal Translation
Spellbinded too much, seen too much, understood too little
Predicted a long night, and the sun finally rises
the dim black heart, is the most unpredictable, hard to guess

cloud-like too much, too much reasons, too little clues.
until the long night, stars shine bright
Hear the wind’s poem, can prove the world, wonderful.

If awakened during dreaming, speechless only hearing the heart’s call
Mirror’s reflections, flowers in the mist, no matter how beautiful, is not needed
If you don’t wake while dreaming, after crying you will know how to smile
loving so deep, night’s more deep, and then there is dawn.

spellbinded too much, seen too much, understood too little.
I predicted long deep night, at last sunrises
dim black the heart, is most unpredictable, hard to guess.

too many companions, too many passerbys, leaving too little
Don’t care whether its human or demon, Theres always a demon in their heart.
Have wine tonight, let the most troubled, forget.

If you wake up suddenly while dreaming, you were obviously laughing so why are you crying now?
The mirror’s reflections, flowers in the mist, most more heart beat
If you never woke from dreams, obviously you were crying, so why do you sneak a smile?
complaining very long, hate too much, only love is too little.

Have wine tonight, let the most troubled, forget.
If you wake up suddenly while dreaming, you were obviously laughing so why are you crying now?
The mirror’s reflections, flowers in the mist, most more heart beat
If you never woke from dreams, obviously you were crying, so why do you sneak a smile?
complaining very long, hate too much, only love is too little.

What I think it translates to

Too much confusion, seen too much, understood too little
The expected long and dark night finally breaks into dawn
Pitch-black hearts are the ones most unfathomable, unpredictable

Too cloudy, too many reasons, too little clues.
When its a long and dark night, the stars shine bright
Listen to the wind, they can prove the world is… wonderful

As if awakened during dreaming, you hear nothing except your heart beat
The mirror’s reflection, flowers in the mist, no matter how pretty they are, it is useless
As if you dream and don’t wake up, after crying you will be smiling
loving so deep, the night gets darker, but there is always dawn.

Confused too much, seen too much, understood too little
The expected long and dark night finally breaks into dawn
Pitch-black hearts are the ones most unfathomable; unpredictable 

Too many companions, too many along the way, too few stay behind
Never mind whether humans or demons, we all have a demon inside us.
Have wine tonight, let the troubles be forgotten

As if awakening from a dream, was obviously laughing, how come you are crying now?
The mirror’s reflection, flowers in the mist, the more illusionary, the faster the heart beats
As if in a dream, can’t awaken, was obviously crying, how come you are smiling now?
Too much complaining, too much hate, only love alone is too little.

Analysis

First line, self explanatory. He has seen so much, but he is still confused, and understood too little.

He expects the night will be long, because as they say, time is slow when you are not enjoying yourself, but it is finally dawn now.

Pitch black hearts, describing evil people. It is hard to read their mind, you never know what they are thinking of.

Everything is cloudy (unclear), too many reasons, with little clues.

The next two lines about the stars / listen to the sound of the wind. He is describing what a beautiful world this is. The stars are pretty at night, and the wind makes wonderful sounds. Just these two things alone, already makes the world wonderful.

As if you suddenly woke up from a dream, it is silence, except for your heart beat.

The mirror’s reflection and flowers in the mist is both a way of saying “not-real”. The reflection you see in the mirror may look real, but its not. If you try to look during a fog, things are unclear. You don’t know if they are real or not.

No matter how pretty / beautiful illusions are, they are useless, as they are not real. He is possibly relating the illusion to dreaming.

If you fell asleep into a dream, and you never woke up.

You were crying before you fell asleep, probably because life is tough. You will start smiling when you dream, because the dream world is a much better place to be.

Love is very long, no matter how dark night is, there is always dawn. I think what he is doing here is comparing love with night. No matter how tough relations gets, there will eventually be a good end, just like no matter how dark night is, there will always be dawn.

Repeat of earlier, scroll up.

He has met so many people and made many friends, but too little of them last till the end.

It doesn’t matter whether we are human or demons/spirits/ spectral etc. We ALL have a dark side in us. (talking about Ko-Jit?)

Drinking wine makes you forget all your troubles…

As if you woke up suddenly from a dream.

You were laughing while dreaming (having a good time) and as soon as you wake, you realise it wasn’t real, so you start crying.

Mirror’s reflection / fog – meaning unclear / illusions.

The more illusionary (fake), the more they make your heart beat. I think he means heart beat as in, happy. The more fake things are, the better they seem to be compared to the real world.

As if you never woke up from a dream, you were crying before you slept, and now you smile because you are back in the illusionary world of dreams.

People complain too much, and hate too much. Only love alone is too little.

Just saying there is too much negativity in this world, and there is too little love in this world.

Summary

I think he is trying to say the world IS beautiful (stars / wind) but people has turned the world into a hell world, and everyone has a dark side inside them.

Illusions / dreams are a much better place to be, but no matter how beautiful they may be, they are useless because they are fake.

There is too much hatred and too little love in the world.

However, he believes if you hang in there, it will turn out good. (love is long,  but no matter how dark night is, there is always dawn.)