1988
水中花 Flower in the Water
A sleepless lover compares the one he wants to a flower reflected in water: there to look at, never to pick. The erhu-led second single from Alan Tam's 1988 album Embrace, it went to number one on the charts.
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zeje這gogo個samsam深jeye夜leoileui裡mutmut沒faatfaat法hoho可jiyi以onon安seoiseui睡Deep in this night, I just can't sleep.
ngongo臥honhon看tintin天hunghung空saasa灑leoileui淚jamyam任honhon寒fungfung風ceoicheui吹Lying down, I watch the sky shed tears and let the cold wind blow.
bingbing冰laanglaang冷dikdik的mungmung夢leoileui裡mutmut沒faatfaat法gangan跟neinei你soengseung相zeoijeui聚In icy dreams, I can't be with you.
jaaya也heoiheui許samsam心leoileui裡dikdik的leoileui淚meimei未nangnang能mutmut抹heoiheui去Maybe the tears in my heart can never be wiped away.
jyunyun緣fanfan份joengyeung讓ngongo我heoiheui去aakaak握seoiseui碎beibei彼cichi此soengseung相oioi愛taaitaai太fufu苦leoileui累Let me crush this fate between us in my fist; loving each other is too painful, too tiring.
batbat不soengseung想ditdit跌zeonjeun進zeje這fofo火deoideui堆daandaan但jyunyun願mongmong忘waaiwaai懷timtim甜mungmung夢leoileui裡I don't want to fall into this fire; I only wish I could forget the sweet dream.
waanwaan還sisi是joengyeung讓ngongo我heoiheui去minmin面deoideui對zeonjeun儘gungun管gaaga加soengseung上ngongo我dikdik的zeoijeui罪Or else let me face it, even if it adds to my guilt.
sisi絲sisi絲wanwan溫hinghing馨dikdik的faatfaat髮deoideui堆ngongo我jyunyun願loiloi來zimjim佔geoigeui據Your soft, sweet strands of hair: I want to make them mine.
jyuyu如doudou倒jingying影seoiseui水zungjung中dikdik的sinsin鮮faafa花ziji只hoho可honhon看honhon看meimei未nangnang能zaakjaak摘heoiheui去Like a flower reflected in water, you can only be looked at, never picked.
jyuyu如piupiu飄jyuyu於fungfung風zungjung中dikdik的faafa花hoengheung香heoiheui虛heoiheui虛miumiu渺miumiu渺daamdaam淡jinyin然saisai逝heoiheui去Like a flower's scent drifting on the wind, faint and elusive, quietly fading away.
jinyin然jiyi而joengyeung讓ngongo我gingin見zoekjeuk著neinei你batbat不soengseung想dodo多cichi次heoiheui去dodo躲beibei避Yet let me see you; I don't want to keep hiding.
fungfung風fungfung風jyuyu雨jyuyu雨ngongo我doudou都batbat不waiwai畏geoigeui懼daandaan但kaukau求gunggung共zeoijeui醉Wind and rain don't scare me; I only ask that we get drunk on this together.
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jyunyun緣fanfan份joengyeung讓ngongo我heoiheui去aakaak握seoiseui碎beibei彼cichi此soengseung相oioi愛taaitaai太fufu苦leoileui累Let me crush this fate between us in my fist; loving each other is too painful, too tiring.
batbat不soengseung想ditdit跌zeonjeun進zeje這fofo火deoideui堆daandaan但jyunyun願mongmong忘waaiwaai懷timtim甜mungmung夢leoileui裡I don't want to fall into this fire; I only wish I could forget the sweet dream.
waanwaan還sisi是joengyeung讓ngongo我heoiheui去minmin面deoideui對zeonjeun儘gungun管gaaga加soengseung上ngongo我dikdik的zeoijeui罪Or else let me face it, even if it adds to my guilt.
sisi絲sisi絲wanwan溫hinghing馨dikdik的faatfaat髮deoideui堆ngongo我jyunyun願loiloi來zimjim佔geoigeui據Your soft, sweet strands of hair: I want to make them mine.
jyuyu如doudou倒jingying影seoiseui水zungjung中dikdik的sinsin鮮faafa花ziji只hoho可honhon看honhon看meimei未nangnang能zaakjaak摘heoiheui去Like a flower reflected in water, you can only be looked at, never picked.
jyuyu如piupiu飄jyuyu於fungfung風zungjung中dikdik的faafa花hoengheung香heoiheui虛heoiheui虛miumiu渺miumiu渺daamdaam淡jinyin然saisai逝heoiheui去Like a flower's scent drifting on the wind, faint and elusive, quietly fading away.
jinyin然jiyi而joengyeung讓ngongo我gingin見zoekjeuk著neinei你batbat不soengseung想dodo多cichi次heoiheui去dodo躲beibei避Yet let me see you; I don't want to keep hiding.
fungfung風fungfung風jyuyu雨jyuyu雨ngongo我doudou都batbat不waiwai畏geoigeui懼daandaan但kaukau求gunggung共zeoijeui醉Wind and rain don't scare me; I only ask that we get drunk on this together.
zeje這gogo個samsam深jeye夜leoileui裡mutmut沒faatfaat法hoho可jiyi以onon安seoiseui睡Deep in this night, I just can't sleep.
ngongo臥honhon看tintin天hunghung空saasa灑leoileui淚jamyam任honhon寒fungfung風ceoicheui吹Lying down, I watch the sky shed tears and let the cold wind blow.
bingbing冰laanglaang冷dikdik的mungmung夢leoileui裡mutmut沒faatfaat法gangan跟neinei你soengseung相zeoijeui聚In icy dreams, I can't be with you.
jaaya也heoiheui許samsam心leoileui裡dikdik的leoileui淚meimei未nangnang能mutmut抹heoiheui去Maybe the tears in my heart can never be wiped away.
Timed to 譚詠麟 · 二十年白金暢銷金曲全記錄 (2005) · 4:03. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.