当刺猬爱上玫瑰

Dang Ci Wei Ai Shang Mei Gui

Artist: 游鴻明 (Chris Yu) Year: 2003 Album: 彭游戀歌最愛精選

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你越努力靠近 越刺痛自己 爱意里的敌意 一身的讽刺
nǐ yuè nǔ lì kào jìn yuè cì tòng zì jǐ ài yì lǐ de dí yì yī shēn de fěng cì
The closer you get, the more it hurts yourself, love's hostility, a body full of sarcasm.
得不到的最美 不开不枯萎 炙热的成灰 对不对
dé bú dào de zuì měi bù kāi bù kū wěi zhì rè de chéng huī duì bú duì
The most beautiful things are often unreachable, neither blooming nor withering, turning burning passion to ash, right?
不能依偎 就像刺猬爱上玫瑰 曾以为直来直往才不虚伪
bù néng yī wēi jiù xiàng cì wèi ài shàng méi guī céng yǐ wéi zhí lái zhí wǎng cái bù xū wěi
We can't embrace, like a hedgehog in love with a rose; thought being straightforward would mean no deceit.
我们是同类 却不算一对 始终学不会 用粗糙的方法 给彼此安慰
wǒ men shì tóng lèi què bù suàn yī duì shǐ zhōng xué bú huì yòng cū cāo de fāng fǎ gěi bǐ cǐ ān wèi
We belong to the same kind yet don’t match as a pair; still can’t learn to give comfort in rough ways.
不能依偎 就像刺猬爱上玫瑰 当防卫是自我的基本配备
bù néng yī wēi jiù xiàng cì wèi ài shàng méi guī dāng fáng wèi shì zì wǒ de jī běn pèi bèi
We can't embrace, like a hedgehog in love with a rose; when defense is the basic setup of self.
心里还有谁 算不算一对 脆弱是种罪 所有伤悲都像是 借题发挥
xīn lǐ hái yǒu shuí suàn bù suàn yī duì cuì ruò shì zhǒng zuì suǒ yǒu shāng bēi dōu xiàng shì jiè tí fā huī
Who else is in my heart, do they count as a pair? Weakness feels like a sin; all sorrow seems just an excuse.
我何尝不爱你 却伤了自己 生命是否锯齿 痛才是真实
wǒ hé cháng bù ài nǐ què shāng le zì jǐ shēng mìng shì fǒu jù chǐ tòng cái shì zhēn shí
How could I not love you, yet only hurt myself? Is life jagged, with pain being the only truth?
失去的最珍贵 口是却心非 白昼后 天黑 对不对
shī qù de zuì zhēn guì kǒu shì què xīn fēi bái zhòu hòu tiān hēi duì bú duì
What's lost is most precious, words say one thing while the heart feels another; after daylight comes darkness, right?
不能依偎 就像刺猬爱上玫瑰 曾以为直来直往才不虚伪
bù néng yī wēi jiù xiàng cì wèi ài shàng méi guī céng yǐ wéi zhí lái zhí wǎng cái bù xū wěi
We can't embrace, like a hedgehog in love with a rose; thought being straightforward would mean no deceit.
我们是同类 却不算一对 始终学不会 用粗糙的方法 给彼此安慰
wǒ men shì tóng lèi què bù suàn yī duì shǐ zhōng xué bú huì yòng cū cāo de fāng fǎ gěi bǐ cǐ ān wèi
We belong to the same kind yet don’t match as a pair; still can’t learn to give comfort in rough ways.
不能依偎 就像刺猬爱上玫瑰 当防卫是自我的基本配备
bù néng yī wēi jiù xiàng cì wèi ài shàng méi guī dāng fáng wèi shì zì wǒ de jī běn pèi bèi
We can't embrace, like a hedgehog in love with a rose; when defense is the basic setup of self.
心里还有谁 算不算一对 脆弱是种罪 所有伤悲都像是 借题发挥
xīn lǐ hái yǒu shuí suàn bù suàn yī duì cuì ruò shì zhǒng zuì suǒ yǒu shāng bēi dōu xiàng shì jiè tí fā huī
Who else is in my heart, do they count as a pair? Weakness feels like a sin; all sorrow seems just an excuse.
不能依偎 就像刺猬爱上玫瑰 曾以为直来直往才不虚伪
bù néng yī wēi jiù xiàng cì wèi ài shàng méi guī céng yǐ wéi zhí lái zhí wǎng cái bù xū wěi
We can't embrace, like a hedgehog in love with a rose; thought being straightforward would mean no deceit.
我们是同类 却不算一对 始终学不会 用粗糙的方法 给彼此安慰
wǒ men shì tóng lèi què bù suàn yī duì shǐ zhōng xué bú huì yòng cū cāo de fāng fǎ gěi bǐ cǐ ān wèi
We belong to the same kind yet don’t match as a pair; still can’t learn to give comfort in rough ways.
就像倔强的刺猬 爱上了多心的玫瑰 当寂寞 爱也无法碰触包围
jiù xiàng jué jiàng de cì wèi ài shàng le duō xīn de méi guī dāng jì mò ài yě wú fǎ pèng chù bāo wéi
Like a stubborn hedgehog loving an overly sentimental rose; when loneliness surrounds, love can't even touch.
心里愈有愧 愈说无所谓 心里愈疲惫 感觉愈钝反应却 愈发尖锐
xīn lǐ yù yǒu kuì yù shuō wú suǒ wèi xīn lǐ yù pí bèi gǎn jué yù dùn fǎn yìng què yù fā jiān ruì
The more guilt inside, the more I pretend it’s fine; the more tired my heart, the duller the feeling, yet my reactions sharpen.

Mandarin learning guide

Learn with 當刺蝟愛上玫瑰

This song uses the hedgehog-and-rose image to talk about wanting closeness while fearing harm. The lines circle around defense, regret, and the difficulty of giving comfort without hurting each other.

conditional contrast with 越...越...; relationship and distance vocabulary; metaphor for emotional self-protection

What to listen for

The lyric repeatedly returns to the idea of two people who belong together in some sense but still cannot comfortably touch or comfort each other. It uses direct contrasts, rhetorical questions, and repeated images of defense, pain, and hesitation to show how love can feel both sincere and damaging at the same time.

Recognize how 越...越... builds a cause-and-effect emotional pattern in the lyric.
Understand key relationship words like 依偎, 安慰, and 一對 in context.
Practice reading the hedgehog-and-rose metaphor as an expression of emotional distance and self-protection.

How the song moves

Opening tension

The lyric begins by showing that the more one tries to get close, the more one gets hurt, then frames love as hostile and ironic.

Core refrain

The repeated lines center on not being able to nestle together, comparing the pair to a hedgehog and a rose.

Reflective turn

Later lines add guilt, hidden feelings, and the sense that weakness and sorrow are hard to admit.

Translation choices

你越努力靠近越刺痛自己爱意里的敌意一身的讽刺

nǐ yuè nǔ lì kào jìn yuè cì tòng zì jǐ ài yì lǐ de dí yì yī shēn de fěng cì

Natural English: The harder you try to get close, the more you hurt yourself; love carries its own hostility, and everything feels ironic.
Why: This keeps the parallel structure of 越...越..., and renders 一身的讽刺 as a general sense of irony rather than a literal body part reading.

不能依偎就像刺猬爱上玫瑰曾以为直来直往才不虚伪

bù néng yī wēi jiù xiàng cì wèi ài shàng méi guī céng yǐ wéi zhí lái zhí wǎng cái bù xū wěi

Natural English: We can’t lean on each other, like a hedgehog falling for a rose; I once thought being straightforward meant not being fake.
Why: 不能依偎 is naturally “can’t lean on each other / can’t nestle,” and 直来直往 is best read as blunt, direct behavior rather than physical movement.

就像倔强的刺猬爱上了多心的玫瑰当寂寞爱也无法碰触包围

jiù xiàng jué jiàng de cì wèi ài shàng le duō xīn de méi guī dāng jì mò ài yě wú fǎ pèng chù bāo wéi

Natural English: Like a stubborn hedgehog in love with a suspicious rose, loneliness means even love can’t make contact.
Why: This follows the supplied English closely while preserving the lyric’s comparison and the idea that loneliness blocks even love from reaching out.

Useful Mandarin from the song

不能依偎bù néng yī wēicannot lean on each other / cannot nestle together

依偎 describes close, physically comforting contact. With 不能, it becomes a clear statement of blocked intimacy.

現在我們不能依偎，只能坐著聊天。xiàn zài wǒ men bù néng yī wēi， zhǐ néng zuò zhe liáo tiān。Right now we can’t cuddle; we can only sit and talk.

同类tóng lèithe same kind; the same sort

Here it means the two people are similar in type or nature, even though they still do not form a pair.

我們是同類，想法常常很像。wǒ men shì tóng lèi， xiǎng fǎ cháng cháng hěn xiàng。We’re the same kind of people; our thinking is often very similar.

安慰ān wèicomfort; reassurance

The lyric places 安慰 in a difficult relationship context, showing the act of comforting one another with effort and roughness.

朋友的話讓我很受安慰。péng yǒu de huà ràng wǒ hěn shòu ān wèi。My friend’s words really comforted me.

Listen closely

Listen for the repeated line 不能依偎, which returns as a central emotional anchor.
Notice how the lyric alternates between direct statements and rhetorical questions like 对不对 and 算不算一對.
Pay attention to the contrast words 卻, 但, and the repeated 愈...愈... pattern in the later lines.

Check your understanding

In the opening line, what pattern shows the relationship between effort and pain?
Show answer
越...越... shows that the more you try to get close, the more you hurt yourself.
What does 不能依偎 suggest in this lyric?
Show answer
It suggests that the two people cannot physically or emotionally lean on each other in comfort.

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