Wednesday, September 30, 2015

30th Sep 2015 (傾斜 – Sandy Lam)

The song for today is “傾斜” by Sandy Lam. This song was quite popular back when it was released. The direct English translation of the tittle is “Tilted”.

The lyrics of the song are very abstract. The protagonist said: “Wind, it is running to a direction with me, like it made up its mind that it wanted to travel through the city. Wind, followed me to drink all the wind in the world, and sing with me time after time. Paris is so attractive, the smell of champagne floated to all direction. The east and west Berline are both very touching. Why am I still thinking of the time when I was with you. Tilted rain, the tilted you and the craziness, kissing me on an angle. Tilted mirror, the tilted coat that was hang upside-down is peaking at me on an angle. Legs must turn a few more times, so that it would stop trying to find you. Heart, how many more night it need to go through to learn to let you go. There are millions of European on the street, they are chating like they don’t know it is getting late. In the night street, hansom boy are so passionate, but I am still wishing that I could be with you one more night. Tilted rain, the tilted you and the craziness, kissing me on an angle. Tilted mirror, the tilted coat that was hang upside-down is peaking at me on an angle. Tilted rain, the tilted you and the craziness, kissing me on an angle. Tilted mirror, the tilted coat that was hang upside-down is peaking at me on an angle.” Hope you will like the song.

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傾斜 – Sandy Lam

Monday, September 28, 2015

28th Sep 2015 (但願不只是朋友 – Leon Lai/雪の降る人 – 円広志)

The song for today is “但願不只是朋友” by Leon Lai. This is a reader request. The direct English translation of the title is “Wish that we are not just friends”. This is the Cantonese cover version of the Japanese song” 雪の降る人” by円広志.

The lyrics of the song are about the protagonist wanting to be more than just friend with this girl, but he is not sure whether she feels the same. He said: “From the time we meet, I wish that we are not just friends. Loving you without other noticing it, it is hard to described and accept. Now we meet again, and the night star shine on us. Made me surprised, as it is an unexpected meetup. Ooh, wish that we could be together forever (No more no more lonely nights), ooh, but do you know? Lalalalala, could we take another step? Holding your hands and drink the love wine. Lalalalala, could we take another step? Wish that the long night could make you stay. If I gaze at you, it is all because love are leaking from my heart. Wish that I could tell you that I love you, but how to start? Now we are face to face, through the long night, you would understand the feeling through my eyes. But do you know this burning story in my heart? Lalalalala, could we take another step? Will your eyes give us an excuse? Lover or friends, all depends on this step. Wish that the long night could make you stay.” Hope you will like the song. As usual, I have linked to the original Japanese version for comparison.

27th Mar 2015 (聽身體唱歌 – Leon Lai)
6th Nov 2014 (沒名字的歌, 無名字的你 – Leon Lai)

但願不只是朋友 – Leon Lai


雪の降る人 円広志




Saturday, September 26, 2015

26th Sep 2015 (我沒有傷心 – Jinny Ng)

The song for today is “我沒有傷心” by Jinny Ng. This is a reader request. The direct English translation of the title is “I am not hurt”.

The lyrics of the song are about the protagonist saying that she broke up with her boyfriend, while her friends thinks that she is deeply hurt, she said that she is not hurt at all. She said: “Everyone is trying to comfort me, worry that I couldn’t take it. Got dumped by my love one, but the good thing is that my good friends are all staying with me. Don’t worry friends, who would have thought that I can’t be pushed down. Good weather is still in my heart, there is no rain to force me to lift my eyebrow. Like half cup of water, half full or half empty. There are some thought that you can control. When you have thought it through, then you wouldn’t drill in and can avoid being crazy. I am not hurt and I am not unhappy, love is not something that worth you to put in all your effort. Only weakling needed to be pity. If I still hold my last breath, then I can reborn. I am not angry, and I resist to be scarified. Falling over on the love road, so exaggerated that it becomes a defect. It is hard to bare really. Lover become someone else, got excited. It is hard to not care at all, but now I am free. In love for too long is hard not to ignore your friend. So now I need to repay friends that I ignored. Even if I am single, there are footstep from others that I can follow. You are never alone even if you got questions. I don’t have a reason to be angry or sad. I will rely on my experience, if you are lost I will give you direction.” Hope you will like the song.


我沒有傷心 – Jinny Ng


Friday, September 25, 2015

25th Sep 2015 (情書 – Jacky Cheung)

The song for today is “情書” by Jacky Cheung. This song has been popping up in my head many times today, so I think I should talk about it here. The direct English translation of the title is “Love letter”.

The lyrics of the song are about the protagonist talking about the love life of the person that he loves. He said: “You got skinner and sadder, it give me pain. Sometime love is more cruel than time. It turn people blind, make people worked so hard, forget that love requite both people to put in effort. You are drunk and so weak that you couldn’t hold your tears. I understand that hopeless is colder than winter. You hate yourself as a person that scares of being alone. But sadly you had fallen in love with a free and selfish person. You bought along the only love letter that he wrote, trying to proof that you didn’t make a mistake at the beginning. He once escaped from being lazy and pain for you. He had also hugged you in hope to save the relationship. Sadly, love is not just a few tears and a few love letters. Words like this are a bit cruel. The people that waiting for others, wishing to love others, are always happened to be the person that not being loved. Sadly love is not about holding up tears and keeping love letters. Cleaning the wound is as painful as the pain from a coma. Closing your eyes and holding onto the mistake. When true love comes, how would you keep it.” Hope you will like the song.

25th Dec 2014 (Merry Christmas I Love You – Jacky Cheung/不思议で素敌なクリスマス – Hiroshi Sugita (杉田裕))
16th Nov 2014 (明日世界終結時 – Jacky Cheung)


情書 – Jacky Cheung

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

23rd Sep 2015 (人生馬拉松 – Eason Chan)

The song for today is “人生馬拉松” by Eason Chan. This is the theme song for the twentieth anniversary of “Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon”. The direct English translation of the title is “Life marathon”.

The lyrics of the song are about not giving up. The protagonist said: “From half a time to a hundred times, trying day by day. With courage and will, giving up is too easy. Addicted or too naïve, it really doesn’t matter. Wish that at the end I would understand the meaning of training. Every time I wanted to give up, I felt that I heard someone is laughing behind my back.  They laugh that I was only half a second away but I lost at the end. All the energy had used up long ago, but using the will power, I could see the magic. A skinny body, a pair of tired legs. Used up all the strength to chase. A mouth full of water a and some old words, floated into me, calmed me down and helped me to fight my fear. From the high mountain, deep sea, happiness and sadness. The excitement from the journey, can never dodge away from the hurdle. Time and space changes, can only let go and wait. Should or shouldn’t, good or no good, all it matters is that I love it. Perhaps the world had changed, only cared about the ending. Everyone knows how to run and jump, but skipped the hard working part. Someone is competing with someone else, but it is all wrong. Couldn’t accept being ignored, but wish that fate will take care of you. Unlimited number of race, a wave after a wave. Who could avoid, the tiny bit of accident. Time and space changes, can only let go and wait. Should or shouldn’t, good or no good, all it matters is that I love it.” Hope you will enjoy the song.

11th Jan 2015 (全世界失眠 – Eason Chan)
11th Dec 2014 (我的快樂時代 – Eason Chan)


人生馬拉松 – Eason Chan

Monday, September 21, 2015

21st Sep 2015 (尋人 – Bondy Chiu)

The song for today is “尋人” by Bondy Chiu. The direct English translation of the title is “Searching people”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. The protagonist said: “After saying goodbye to love novel, my heart will not be naïve. Still love that heart pumping feeling, and still attractive. Getting through each day normally, and I got boarded. The feeling when I think of you, it still shocked me. From the other corner of the world, a stranger that rushing through. Still remember the role that we play. Felt like that when the world stop, there are no one else, as if fate will bring us closer together. Who would care for a second, as this will be enough to remember for life. If through every part of the world just to search for my best mate, when I am waiting for you to approach. Millions of people on this world, but we had promised to see each other this life long ago. Perhaps I no longer need to ask again, if I am only to search for that one person, that one kiss. There are millions of possibilities on this world. When the world found me, that person may not be my perfect match. If this second is to fall in love with you, then maybe we don’t quite understand each other. But passes by still attractive.” Hope you will like the song.

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尋人 – Bondy Chiu



Saturday, September 19, 2015

19th Sep 2015 (數字人生 – George Lam)

The song for today is “數字人生” by George Lam. This is a very unique song, majority of the lyrics are numbers. Although the numbers by itself doesn’t make sense, but somehow this song is very easily sink into your head. I remembered back when I was a kid I can sing the number part of this song after listening to it for a few times. The direct English translation of the title is “Number’s life”.

The lyrics of the song talks about how our life are determined or heavily depended on numbers. The protagonist said: “30624700, 30624770. 534202, 13942, 43140624. 30624700, 30624770. 534202 13942 4314 0624. Fill up our life with numbers. Who would know what they actually mean. Annoyed the whole life, all because of numbers. Who could fully control them all. You thought you got 23, but 41 suddenly popup. Who would have thought that at 4:34 the price could rises by 1004. Uses numbers to know, your IQ, your assets, your body, yours everything. Human and numbers, there are a lot of weird things. Looks how many people are trapped by the calculator. 0434, 0434. 0232, 0232. 0646, 0646. 0878, 0878. 0515, 0515. 0242, 0242. 0696, 0696, 0272, 0272. 0434, 0434. 0232, 0232. 0646, 0646. 0878, 0878. 0515, 0515. 0242, 0242. 0696, 0696, 0272, 0272. 30624700, 30624770. 5, 34202, 13943, 13424.” Hope you will enjoy the song.



數字人生 – George Lam

Friday, September 18, 2015

18th Sep 2015 (雪中情 – Michael Kwan/如果 –施碧梧 & 邰肇玫)

As I have talked about Michael Kwan on my post yesterday, I think I should talk about another of his song in this Friday post as Michael actually plays an important role in Hong Kong music industry. He was very famous back in the 80’s, so he got a lot of classic songs. The one that I wanted to write about today is “雪中情”. This song is a Cantonese cover version of “如果” by 施碧梧 & 邰肇玫. The direct English translation of Michael’s version’s title is “Love in snow”.

The lyrics of the song are about long distance love. The protagonist said: “The relationship with you is like white snow, it will never get dirty. Rumours are like bad dreams, we should be scared about it. When you see snow flake, the snow at my side get even heavier. Lonely long distance love, it needs extra trust to understand the love. Cold plums could withstand the snow; you are better than others. Never trust rumours, as we love each other. When I see snow fall, I will love you even more. When I come back in the future, it will show that my love never changed.” Hope you will like the song, I have also linked to the original version for comparison.
  
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雪中情 – Michael Kwan



如果 施碧梧 & 邰肇玫

Thursday, September 17, 2015

17th Sep 2015 (一點燭光 – Michael Kwan)

The song for today is “一點燭光” by Michael Kwan (關正傑). This song is a true classic, back when I was a kid I often hear this song at fund raising shows. It is also a song that comes to my mind when you talk about Michael Kwan. The direct English translation of the title is “A bit of candle light”.

The lyrics of the song are about sharing and giving to warm others. The protagonist said: “Wish that the candle light could be passed to me, so that it allows me to create light. In the cold, we could travel together. Love and caring are light the sun light. My heart is free, and I am willing to take the burden. If I could be light heat and love, I would be able to guide the light from my heart. In the cold, gazing at the stars and the moon would feel cold. But I want the candle light to shine. Everyone wanted to get better, everyone wanted to move forward. Wish that you can be with me, using the warm in our heart to go against the wind.” Hope you will like the song.



一點燭光 – Michael Kwan

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

15th Sep 2015 (瑕疵 – Juno Mak and Karen Mok)

Ever since I started my new job I haven’t had much time to take care of this blog (due to the long distance travel everyday and many paperwork/applications that I got to sort out due to the nature of my job). Don’t worry, no bad news are coming. I have finally sorted out most of the paper work/application and sort of got used to the working hours so I think I can get back onto this blog a bit more frequent. While I still can’t go back to a post per day, but for now I will aim to make a post once every two days :D

The song for today is “瑕疵” by Juno Mak and Karen Mok. This song actually released a while ago, even before “羅生門”. This can be considered as one of the spinoff of the trilogy. The direct English translation of the title is “Defect”. I haven’t translated this song before because the lyrics are so long :p I guess I finally got the energy to translate it.

If you still remember Juno’s trilogy’s story (if not, click here to get to the trilogy), this song is about the relationship of the protagonist and his new girlfriend. It said that she knows that her boyfriend is hiding something from her and she is trying to tell herself not to dig deeper as it could end their relationship. I will represent Juno’s line by “J:”, Karen’s by “K:” and when they sing together “T:”. J: So close to give up, why still haven’t let go. So close of dumping me, why decided to hold back? You didn’t own me anything right? Why every time I did something bad you still managed to find an excuse and let it go? You had questioned and regrated right? So close to lose you, why I still haven’t managed to changed? I got so many defects and I never cover them up. Really you got a lot of people that wanted to date you, so I am pleased that you stay. Between lovers, are there rooms for secrets? Should expose it, but worry that it will get worse. Between lovers, are there rooms for errors? But I didn’t just do a bit wrong, it is a few time more serious. K: Never though that no flowers and no sweet words could still call love.  T: Keep holding back, and no time wasted. J: Who humanity is so scary? T: Even if the sky turn grey, I still wanted to wait until the new moon. J: being loved make me more easily tempered. K: IS this love, or just touched? Bring me to the end without sacrificed. J: Is this call love? Or bullying? Limitlessly allowed me to do anything. J: So close to give up, why still haven’t let go. So close of dumping me, why decided to hold back? You didn’t own me anything right? Why every time I did something bad you still managed to find an excuse and let it go? You had questioned and regrated right? So close to lose you, why I still haven’t managed to changed? I got so many defects. K: Really shouldn’t dig deeper. If it is love, then no need to expose the truth. If I can predict that this will turn things off, then I should stop searching further. Lover should turn the darkness to dream, if the truth scare people away. Not dare to search for the truth. If it is love, then no need to care about the detail. Not care. J: Not watching. K: Not care. J: Not listening. Why you are willing to step back and let me go once again? K: Willing to take a bit more pain as I remembered the sweet old time. Let’s become stupid first. J: If we switch place, could I step back like this? Really, did you have second thought? K: Let’s treat this as a gift. Not going to search for the crime. J: I wanted to listen to you about this. K: So close to give up, why still haven’t let go. So close of dumping you, why decided to hold back? Is it because of my will to win? Helped you to make every defect become romantic. J: So that the sweet memories could be enlarged to compensate. K: Knew from the beginning that everyone got a bad side. J: Really wanted to control all the bad habits. K: As long as that there are still some good side to cover it up. J: But sadly I couldn’t suppress my true self. K: If signs are showing, please remember the beautiful time or remember that time. J: Or perhaps that I wanted to proof that no matter how naughty I get you still going to forgive me. Wish that you could understand that I feel a little bad using this trick. Love me, sometime is not easy. K: Who used love to make a potion to heal you, so I am not dare to not love. I know the reasoning long ago, so I am not surprise. To search for love, first need to accept the worse. Reaching the sky to become victorious also takes only a second right, but the road to victory is long and scary. Our relationship is like waiting for a rock to become flower. The beautiful moment could fulfil me. That’s why I haven’t let go of this broken thing.

Hope you will like the song.

17th Feb 2014 (寫得太多 – Juno Mak)

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瑕疵 – Juno Mak and Karen Mok

Saturday, September 12, 2015

12th Sep 2015 (灰色軌跡 - Beyond)

The song for today is “灰色軌跡” by Beyond. This song was a theme song for a classic Hong Kong movie “天若有情”. I recently have been watching a TVB drama, as the drama often refer to the movie, it keep plying the MMO of this song as background music. So every time I heard the MMO, I sing along in my heart and it makes me wanted to listen to it. The direct English translation of the title is “Grey trail”.

The lyrics of the song, I think, is about how we being drift away from the path that we wanted to take in our life. The protagonist said: “Wine, once again indulge, when will it numb my depression, everything in the past will subside. Couldn’t break through the wall, couldn’t see the road ahead clearly. There will be more struggles and forcing. Steeping on the grey trail, it is full of water abyss. I have already taken up all the pain, regret and sigh, but in your eyes there are full of tears. This would have become so empty without us realising it. Woo, don’t want you to go. Thinking about it once again, who could have covered it up for me. No matter where I go, I wanted to know you. Couldn’t wash away the marks. Why it feel bad to face the true. Everyone got their direction and aim. Steeping on the grey trail, it is full of water abyss. I have already taken up all the pain, regret and sigh, but in your eyes there are full of tears. This would have become so empty without us realising it. Woo, don’t want you to go.” Hope you will like the song.

2nd Jan 2013 (真的愛妳 - Beyond)
2nd Dec 2012 (爸爸媽媽 – Beyond)


灰色軌跡 - Beyond

Friday, September 11, 2015

11th Sep 2015 (忘記的理由 – Joyce Cheng/給我一個理由忘記 – A-Lin)

The song for today is “忘記的理由” by Joyce Cheng. This is the Cantonese cover version of A-lin’s “給我一個理由忘記”. I personally really like Joyce’s version, I often loop it many times. The direct English translation of the title is “The reason to forget”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. The protagonist said: “It is a sunny day, but why there is rain. The past is like smoke, but ending developed a new direction. Love moved after the relationship, but this heart beat remain fresh. Get together then break up again, why after arguing for so many times we still want to be together? Come and go hurt people. Could I be happy alone? Merry-go-round, still understand that I still love him. There are a million of reasons to forget, but why I still haven’t let go? If when I leave, he tried to make me stay, why back then we broke up? There is an exit close by, the boat that supposed to save me, but why is it so sad. Tears are falling back and I couldn’t open my mouth, I have enough. It is a sunny day, but why it is so hard? Singing love song, but why that tear is so real. Celebrating for friend’s birthday, create the atmosphere. Drinking happily, even though we laugh together, my mood still drop. Come and go hurt people. Could I be happy alone?I am really scared, to admit that I still love him. There are a million of reasons to forget, but why I still haven’t let go? If when I leave, he tried to make me stay, why back then we broke up? There is an exit close by, the boat that supposed to save me, but why is it so sad. Tears are falling back and I couldn’t open my mouth, I have enough. There is no need to have a reason to forget, why do I still search for an excuse? Smile and wish that I could search for a reason, time will sand away the wound. After the pain, let me feel ashamed. Loved like a thief, never cared about my feeling. Even I am free, but the snow is already building up. Keep walking”. Hope you will like the song. As usual, I have also linked to the original version of the song.


忘記的理由 – Joyce Cheng



給我一個理由忘記 – A-Lin

Friday, September 4, 2015

4th Sep 2015 (舊情復熾 – Alex To and Tracy Su)

The song for today is “舊情復熾” by Alex To and Tracy Su. Not sure why but this song have been keep coming up in my head for the last couple of days. The direct English translation of the title is “Past love reignited”.

The lyrics of the song are about love. I will represent Alex’s line by “M:”, Tracy’s by “F:” and together “T:”. F: When I realised that the person next to me is not you, when I think that I wanted to leave this place; in love with the third person, no reason, how could I fall in love. M: When I thought of the taste of love, the only feeling is all about you. Unless I see you, then I will see myself. F: Past love reignited, M: Both of our feelings are the same. F: Other’s couldn’t imagined M: How could I imagined. F: love couldn’t get any more beautiful. T: You are the only one that admires me. F: Even if you are not around me, I would think that you will get jealous. In love with the third person, no reason, how could I even fallen in love. M: Hard to imagine the feeling of falling in love with her. I can only be in love with you, who are so unique. Unless I can love you, otherwise I couldn’t love myself. Hope you will like the song.

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舊情復熾 – Alex To and Tracy Su