M Ward 'Chinese Translation'

[ShadowChancellor]

I'm here because of the youtube sidebar that recommends songs to me. Love dat thing.

[GaeasBlessing]

How about...like if you neither know nor care who the F Janet Devlin is but think M. Ward is the tits!

[callmesquirrel]

my cat is shaking to this ;-)

[metacity75]

What a great song !!

[Vascolide]

Thumbs up if you like the cute animation :)

[LemonadeLaura]

So cute the way the birds flap their wings.

[mrpti]

the three questions he asks are actually quite a good choice.

[beyondtheclouds95]

can anyone recommend me songs similar to this one? especially the part from @0:27 to @0:40

[noyce83]

@beyondtheclouds95 Brazos is a cool band, especially their song Day Glo, i think is very similar

[EasyG53]

There has to some type of theme or message its trying to get across, right?

Well...I guess not.

[chrisherself]

@EasyG53 Nothing big, just the meaning of life.

<3

[pickypal100]

i dunno how he got those lyrics down but dayum

[stuckinreverse]

Love this song so. It's transcendent. 

[upesupernova]

This song is great and so is the video. They suit each other perfectly. BTW, who's Janet Devlin?

[SkyeLyon23]

This song is wise beyond it's years. M. Ward is by far the EPITOME of breathe taking folk singer/songwriters! I am soooooo in love with him ♥

[CoyotePoet]

scuse my language but....THAT IS FUCKIN' GENIUS!!!!

[marcusyeanyean]

this song made me cry.

[iTwitch666]

960 views of the 228,960 are from me [:

[chris3443]

@iTwitch666 I added the rest

[MissStoneFox]

I taught the old man how to play by ear.

[azngotback]

well im here because im here....

[funniegangster2jp]

@azngotback same

[Diablo112687]

Like if you were extremely depressed when you found out about Bright Eyes... they touched you deeply... then you ended up looking up other acts they have been associated with and you found M. Ward.

[MonsterMisunderstood]

@Diablo112687 Haha you got me pinned down to a T!

[BrightYoungManMusic]

Yummy noise.

[eldi72]

6 people don't have a clue...

[seriari]

beutifull video were is it.. ?

[oldrinb17]

I've been waiting to feel the truth in this song for 3 years and now I can safely say I have.

[bullshark3000]

like it? I love it!

[Snowking587]

M.Agnificent

[takenbytrees22]

Janet Devlin? I'm here because of mister Ward.

[nnydepp]

@takenbytrees22 Same here. What's a Janet Devlin?

[aqua1993]

Really like this song but still not sure why this song is called "Chinese Translation", anyone have any insight? (please, something beyond, "the lyrics are shown in Chinese at the bottom of the video", something that would give this song reason to be called "Chinese Translation" if someone just heard M. Ward performing it on the street)

[drogheda1966]

We don't Really want easy answers...do we?

[JoeyQue]

i awwwed :]

[connieismusical]

I for one am here due to M. Wards amazing musical talents. I for one also know how to write using the correct grammar and spelling.

[soulofL]

oh my goodness it IS a translation.

[weirdfishdc]

I feel like i'm responsible for 208,682 of the plays for this song

[nathanboobier]

Who the crap is Janet?!

[luckyducky4612]

How have I never heard of him before?!

[drogheda1966]

Wowee. Brand new fan now. I'm speechless.

[BethanyBeachLov]

I LOVE THIS SONGGGGG

[Xawabonga]

And if life is really as short as they say

[Endrium100]

I love the tuning he uses on the guitar. The harmonies are perfect!. Oh man...I love this song!. It's almost like I'm walking into a meadow and on the edge of hearing this incredible sound reaches my ears.

[fionaspencer8]

For some reason I can't post the link, but if you like this song, you should check out the cover by Revolver. They are a French band and their cover is amazing. Difficult to decide which is better and that is rare.

[AnbTele]

I would be honored if anyone here, listening to the great M. Ward, would want to listen to my music.

Im a huge M. Ward fan, and he is one of my biggest inspirations when i write.

Check it out and tell your friends!

[MisterDubelina]

very cool lyrics!

[JayRocks311]

too good.

[drogheda1966]

Is it supposed to be that beautiful? Lot of layers going on there.

[iTwitch666]

187087 views and 87 from me [:

[binknosake]

Incredible. I still feeling it in my skin. ^.^

Beutiful song, thanks for the apport.

[cactiman]

The Answer Is - open to interpretation

[mylgjy]

I am from China

And I love Janet

[ChinglishVlogs]

@mylgjy

how's janet to do with this??

[bazzingalore]

@ChinglishVlogs She favourite'd this =)

[DamoZScopeZ]

like if our here becuase of janet devlin :)

[ChinglishVlogs]

@DamoZScopeZ

how's janet devlin to do with this?

[aqua1993]

@DamoZScopeZ Who is Janet Devlin? :o



[Patchie97]

@DamoZScopeZ That doesn't fly, man. You make no sense.

[JeenahExplosion]

@DamoZScopeZ Who is Janet Devlin??

I'm here because M. Ward is freaking amazing!

[afiqrahmat]

we need to go deeper!

[CookieCamCam]

So cute. :)

[EveryDayCosplay]

Inceptasong. 

[themixedchick100]

dudddeeee we watched this video and had 2 analyze it in english and it was stuck in my head alllllll weekend

[BrightEyesBaybee]

@themixedchick100 If your English teacher made you listen to this song, they're the coolest English teacher in all the world.

[michfabulous03]

you're never old and wise until you're young and wild

[4thelulzonly]

@michfabulous03 quite possibly the saddest attempt at zen i have ever ran across....lulz, man, just friggen lulz

[mowgli2071]

Small and huge at the same time.

Thumbs up, if, like me, you got here from the vid for Morcheeba's "Enjoy The Ride"

[musicislife1909]

M is the man! you guys should give Rems Floating Chandelier a listen:)

[kleebebe]

His voice is so hot.

[FFCCarvalho]

I just love this song.. 

[pterence4dino]

Mattew Stephen Ward!

Do you want get married with me? :3

cuz´ I LOVE YOU SU MUCH <3

[xbebelx]

What do you do with the pieces of a broken heart?

And how can a girl like me remain in the light?

[VertigaDesignMEDIA]

Today, I wore my cool new shirt with an oriental character on it to class. The Chinese TA burst into laughter and told me the shirt read, "I am a sad, pathetic person."

[Thcjoshthc100]

why is the night so long?

[TomboyintheCity]

3 people who watched this awesome music video are not human

[standupsingout]

I think i am going to their concert next Saturday in Ottawa!!! I have never been this happy in my life!!!

[78uh]

Who the hell would dislike this?

[armeeuff1]

Great song, great artist and songwriter. Not sure if I'd want him to break out, then sell out as many do, but I wish him much success and happiness.

[michfabulous03]

simply beautiful...

[VanillaCoke5134]

FANTASTIC -3

[trailofdeadpeople]

Only through you're mistakes and old age do you begin to understand life. Man I love M ward, such a poet.

[ofcrag12]

3 people don't have a translator

[chrisburchardt]

So sweet

[sandinista4444]

cool video

[PHUONGQccmvg]

Luv it!

[RymvTheGod]

My interpretation of the visuals combined with the song is that, for all the thinking and philosophizing you do, you'll realize as an old man that life was about making the beast with two backs all along.

[HKOverlord117]

It's a relatively accurate translation but some of the phrases are out of context.

[Xiquad]

i dont know how and why, but this song makes me think about all the lyrics :S , cant even say why :S

[fknrat]

that was an adorable song and video.

[Luzaaazul]

Ur welcome... tambien te quiero, y te mando besos, grandes, sin diminutivos

[YellowSubMartin]

Gracias azu por este videíto...Te quiero.

Chispita de luz, cosita extrañable... besitos.

[enterpriseinterviews]

"I once was a young fool like you. Afraid to DO THE THINGS I KNEW I HAD TO DO... so I did a bunch of bullshit instead."

[BIGLMYBro]

i see those faces on everytree....am i high?

[jedi4Iife]

Again and again this song feels relevant. I love it.

[WARDISWARD]

beautifull animation , great song ,

[mallorythebandgeek]

Woah. The amazing song is like Inception---a song within song....



[fknrat]

@mallorythebandgeek well, you ruined it.

[mikecords]

@mallorythebandgeek

it's actually a song within a song within a song

[boyruns]

@mikecords nope. its a song within a song within a song.

the orginal speaker sings about what the old man sung (song within a song)

the old man sings about what the old man before him sung (within another song)

[mikecords]

@boyruns that's what i said, dumbass

[juicebox2six]

This song reminds me of the poem "A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey". They both portray different perspectives that go along with aging as risenloudly said. A beautiful poem to go along with an incredible song (:

[kiwimist]

this song is so peaceful 

[mune014]

the translation doesn't make sense to me at all but entertaining enough lol

[Mark001002]

Heard this at Starbucks.

[Tressofthenorth]

@Meggerr69 : I don't think it's simply the "hipsters" who make such comments, because "hipster" is simply a term, people are far too complex to be placed in such categories. I think the "existential" debates you are referring to are made by everyone. Its a part of being human to question meaning, to seek answers and to ponder death.

M Ward does a great job of expressing the basic questions of life in a very simple song. The meaning, I believe, is as simple as you want it to be.

[2mysteriouspoets]

My math teacher showed me this song :P

Great song!!! :D

[superlink235]

2:55 the bird is a Lefty ;)

[awze87]

Man this is a great song.

[Angelcherub23]

ya it a song to be sung

[bonniebardowski]

fantastic

[caocoll10]

看著我！我是一個胖老太太！訂閱！ translate that to google translate! thumbs up for every one to see.

[TheMusicProductionzz]

ummmm lol hahha are you really a fat old lady

[caocoll10]

@TheMusicProductionzz no. O_O its just a translation.

[caocoll10]

@TheMusicProductionzz you know what, better yet- 賈斯汀比伯糟透！

[zamaster111]

yo if you guys like M. Ward then youl probs like the song "Trading Breaths"

[papase7en]

nameste

[thillybeaver66]

1 man! so dumb

[mdvavdm]

The answers to the questions is The Game, and you just lost it.

[arapsasuga]

the answer my friend, is blowin in the wind. #dylanreference

[si60750]

The answer is music. Just listen. 

[RylanCarnahan]

Stop asking, start living.

[pheedale]

The answer to all the questions is to NOT run away. That's about it, to NOT run away from the things that you KNOW you have to do.

M. Ward is LEGENDARY!!! my generation's Bob Dylan!

[4NrAGS]

I think he's talking about those Chinese Buddhist quotes that are really really ultra super deep but at first they don't really make sense kinda and monks use them to focus their minds and meditate. because they can't be properly translated to english. goes with the name and the lyrics I think.

[matxjos]

who disliked this? what a noob...

[BorderlanderBE]

what do you do whit the pieces of a broken heaaaaarrt... makes me smile every time! ;)

[chloeisbleu]

this is pretty great

had me as soon as his voice came in along with the lively guitar strain

[24onepiece]

beautiful but to many idiots watching

[LadyLostInBooks]

this is beautiful

[rememberxjuly]

also, I think it's sweet how everyone is thinking about it, using brain power and getting closer to those "answers" anyway; and I think even if you're one of those who think there is no answer and it's about the music or the questions themselves, that in and of itself is an answer and a beautiful one at that, and it too helps you get closer to a sort of enlightenment --even if you weren't trying.

Anyway, I was just thinking how nice it is to read all these thought-out, intuitive comments..

[rememberxjuly]

i think the answer is you gotta find a banjo-esue instrument and a mountain, climb the mountain, sit, play your banjo thing, and everything will be fine :)

[123silkygirl]

Everyone's talking about the answers to the questions, but the whole point is that you don't need to find them. It's Chinese Buddhism, with Taoist ideals mixed in. The old man is enlightened, and the young man is trying to be. The old man is simply saying that the answers aren't important: just live. The idea of needing answers to all life's questions is very western. This is a beautiful song.

[Barbados190]

what are the instruments the old men play?

[Fini2468]

this is a heavy song but it still comes from the heart

[Deadskillet]

The questions are unanswerable, that's the point.

I don't know why you're all bothering.

[ultimate175gm]

The three questions themselves are basic: a question of suffering and love, a question of goodness or at least illumination, and a question of the inevitability of death. None of these questions are specifically answered, although the 'act of searching' is referred to as an escapade. Which implies that the three actions or the journey to the place where the questions are asked are, if nothing else, meaningless. The sun sets and rather than the second old man singing a song he plays one.

[ultimate175gm]

You folks need to limit yourselves to the lyrics and structure of the song. The song is broken up in the three segments, a verse followed by a chorus, another verse that mirrors the first followed by a chorus, and than a instrumental part. No answer is given and it's really hard to argue that an answer is implied. Unless you assume that, "and than he played for me this song." fills the answer unit of an adjacent pair in a question answer structure. If you assume that then the answer is music.

[tattvam4]

@ultimate175gm "The answer is music"... that's beautiful (whether or not that's what M Ward intended)

[risenloudly]

rofl at everyone having a psuedo-existential debate about the 'answers' to the questions- there are no answers to the questions, theyre just simply realizations in the end, after the shock of the realization wares off in old age, hence the 'i once was a young man like you, did all those things too (paraphrased)'

Shit happens, you see things from different perspectives, you grow old.

[drleper]

@risenloudly cool, but remember that's just your interpretation.. other ppl might see something different, no need to rofl :P

[Meggerr69]

@risenloudly But that's the objective of all the hipster kids on the internet. It's allllllll about "existential" debates.

[ChRiSpEaRcE72]

@risenloudly well the answer to life and everything is 42....

[red88alert]

@risenloudly shit does happen...and people wondering about what shit could mean is SHIT happening...without pondering the questions shit cannot be realized...so youre laughing at something thats part of the process lol

[BladeV8]

@risenloudly I agree but I always read it more as circle of life, you ask all these questions and people tell you they used too and you realise they're actually just life and that the people you look to for strength/as wise just accept them and get along instead of worrying like you do.

[lytlezues]

@risenloudly That was possibly the most intelligent comment ever posted on youtube. Bravo sir, bravo.

[CarteretraC]

@risenloudly What is it that makes your comment any more valid/less bigoted?

[dakster7000]

@risenloudly what you rofling at???

[sidnomis1]

@risenloudly bro... well said; well put. :)

[cosmicfrank]

@risenloudly The lyric is slightly different and to me it's the bigger wisdom, the old man says: "You see, once I was a young boy like you. Afraid to do the things I knew I had to do, so I played an escapade just like you" The escapade being the search, the journey, the climbing of the mountain, basically the fact that he's thinking that he needs to find the answers, to AVOID the acceptance of the fact that he knew what he had to do.

[aliceinrococoland]

ahhhhh <3

this is what love sounds like.

[aileenjacquez123]

i loveeee M.ward 

[thesoupfly]

The answers is that you can climb a mountain or sail the seas or ask the little old china man but really you dont need to go anywhere or ask anyone because you already have the answer !

[jsaic]

what the fuck are the answers to the questions? lol.

[LucidDream]

@jsaic I think you missed the point. They all went on an escapade in search for the same questions, only to realize that the answers were inside of them the whole time. They just needed to learn to trust their voice of reason...and that's what the whole adventure was about.

[TheFlyingWieland]

@LucidDream I don't think they necessarily found the answers inside themselves. I think they found other answers that were hidden beneath the surface. Questions more pervasive and universal.

[LucidDream]

@TheFlyingWieland Well, everyone has that voice of reason...which could be considered a universal thing.

[mrbrown242424]

@jsaic Im pretty sure thats the point.

[lifesabeach9137]

i just love this. I heard she and him first and just loved that,, so when i heard that he was also solo...XD

[borgnydedrik]

This animation is what I picture every time I hear that song. Good work!

[RTacousticstylez]

Perfect animation for the music - Awesome combo!! Good work team!