[Eng] Love and Redemption OST 琉璃主题曲 | 琉璃 (Coloured Glass) - 刘宇宁

This song has a lot of references to Chinese myths and Buddhism and it's sung rather quickly so I'll put the entire lyrics with explanations. I hope people don't misuse this. I don't mind people using my translations if they ask but I've seen people reuploading my MVs with their own watermark, taking translations without asking or combining them with someone else's making it seem like their own. It's quite upsetting because I do put in effort doing the translations and editing the videos.

I would like to apologise in advance if some lines are confusing because I don't really know much about Buddhism so there may be even more references that I do not know about in the lyrics.
Spoiler alert!! Background: Male Lead (ML) destroyed his cultivation in exchange for meeting FL in her next 10 reincarnations. He basically died for her or got killed by her in the previous 9 lives. Current life is the 10th I think. (Perhaps the storyline with all the reincarnation is why the song references so much Buddhism/ cause and effect)

P.S. Some of them are not actual explanations but my random comments (like the 3rd line) but hopefully they help in some understanding of the song

探 乾坤貌
Explore the universe
[It actually says the appearance of the universe]
剑拢起沙暴
The sword brings forth the sandstorm
红尘观悟在鞘
Comprehending the mortal's view through the sword's sheath
[Probably related to ML and FL originally being immortals and not understanding the mortal point of view until they went through stuff?]

问 迷津道
Ask for the path through the maze
度天地之辽
Measuring the distance of heaven and earth
御风万物皆小
Ruling over every single thing and creature
[Over here it actually says ruling over the wind and all creation, even the small/minor ones. Wind here refers to information and atmosphere. 'Atmosphere' as in when someone says "The emperor has died, the wind in the city has changed" it refers to the situation changing. So the meaning of wind is not literal and rather nuanced]

我泪 琉璃之澈
My tears, as clear as coloured glass
[Fun fact: 琉璃 = coloured glass = Drama name]
慈悲 动干戈
Mercy/ taking arms preparing for war
定坤 蛟龙入山河
Stabilising the earth, the flood dragon enters the land
[A flood dragon is a mythological creature capable of invoking storms and floods, 山河 = land of a country. *Someone pointed out that 定坤 is a sword, my bad! Yep so 定坤 means to stablise the earth and it's Xuanji's sword! So Im guessing this line means that the reappearance of the Dingkun sword (it still responds to Xuanji when she is in extreme danger even without her memories) brings uneasiness/ chaos to the land]
莫试我 敌无赦
Don't test me, enemies will not forgiven

且看这一途 度恩怨
Look at the degree of resentment on this path
造化 涅槃 轮转几回
Creation. Nirvana. How many cycles of reincarnation
借悲欢几世 炼我心
Borrowing a few lives of sorrow and joy to refine my heart
[Well 10 lives]
我勇 我爱 快意无悔
I'll be brave, I'll love, Satisfied with no regrets
[The ML chose to go through the 10 lives, constantly being killed by the FL yet he chose to do it willingly]
有情劫万载 斗三界
There are numerous love tribulations, struggling against the three worlds,
六道 九天 誓死相随
Six paths, nine heavens. A promise till death do us apart
[This line and the line above should be a single sentence? They are referencing Buddhism's three worlds and six paths. Nine heavens in Chinese mythology is the highest point/ level of heavens. 誓死相随 is actually a life and death pledge to accompany someone]
饮忘川之水 也不负再会
Even if I drank from the river of forgetfulness, I will not forget our promise
[ 不负 means to not let down and 再会 actually means to meet again so he's saying that even after drinking from the river of forgetfulness, he will not let her down and will show up for their next meeting. But this line is already quite long in the captions so I went for the gist of it]

我魄 血肉之核
My soul the core of my human body
众生 痴离合
All living things are foolish about separating and reuniting
一念 有天悬地隔
One thought has a distance of heaven and earth
[天悬地隔 means being poles apart/ completely different but i went for the more literal translation]
尝因果 品痛彻
Experiencing karma, tasting penetrating pain
[In this case the karma here is about cause and effect, so I'm guessing it's something like whatever happens in the past 9 lives would have an effect on their current one]

血脉 不界善恶
Blood ties, no boundary between good and evil
[Someone help what does this line mean lol]
阴阳 相生克
Yin and Yang, mutual restrain
[Mutual restrain is from the 5 elements in Chinese philosophy, just use google images, it's pretty easy to understand]
空空 执念中取舍
Emptiness, a choice in the midst of obsessions
[I think another Buddhism reference, becoming 'empty' is a choice amidst all the obsessions he has or the obsessions in the world]
以善择 非天择
It's the good that will be chosen and not heaven's will
[So in the end the people who will be chosen are those who are good and not those the heaven chooses or wills]

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