卓依婷 (Timi Zhuo) - 男 人 这 本 书 (That Book Of Men)

This song was sung by Timi at the age of 17 in the 1998 album 化蝶 (Transform to a butterfly). This was part of VCD2/2 originally released but the DVD that was published later didn't include this song in it. I got this off of a mixed DVD-9 that I got in Canada. The video is still VCD quality, though.

那英 (Na Ying) is the originally singer of this song.

My sloppy translation! I haven't done this in a long time..
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Lyrics:

记不得有谁说过男人也是一本书
I remember someone once telling me that men are also a book.
这本书很大很厚
This book is very big and very thick
只是封面有点粗
and the front cover, a bit coarse.
坚硬的线条
The hard line
令人心动打开来才发觉他并不好读
causes people's hearts to open up and discover that it is not a good book to read.
记不得有谁说过男人也是一本书
Somebody once told me that men are like books.
这本书很重很深
This book is very heavy and very deep
只是印得有点粗
and the printing is very gruff.
潇洒的文字
The natural and unaffected writing
令人心动打开来才发觉他真不好读
causes people's hearts to open up and discover that it is not good to read.

有人读出刚毅
People have read about determination,
读出探求
read to seek,
读出执着
read about persevering.
有人读出狂妄
People read about arrogance,
读出脆弱
read about fragile issues,
读出成熟
read about maturity.
却没有人能读出它的全部
Nobody can read it as a whole.
哦男人啊男人啊这本书
Whoa... oh, men, oh, men, that book.
你是多么诱人的一本书
You are such a captivating and enchanting book.
用心去读心在流泪
Be careful about reading your heart to tears.
用情去读情也踌躇
Be careful about reading your love to complacency.

啊...男人啊男人这本书
Oh... that book of men.
你是如此磨人的一本书
You are a book that gives so much torture.
也许它就这样本来就不好读。
Perhaps it is like that because it was not a good book to read to begin with.