1983
遲來的春天 Late Spring
A love that comes too late, which he knows he shouldn't pursue but can't stop wanting. The lead single of Alan Tam's 1983 breakthrough album, adapted from a Japanese song by Akira Inaba; it won awards from all three major Hong Kong award shows that year.
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seoiseui誰janyan人zoengjeung將jatyat一dimdim點oioi愛simsim閃ceotcheut出heihei希mongmong望Who made a little love flash with hope?
cungchung從cinchin前dikdik的jatyat一gogo個mungmung夢batbat不ziji知batbat不gokgok覺zoijoi再lyunlyun戀soengseung上Without realising it, I've fallen again for a dream from the past.
cichi遲loiloi來dikdik的ceoncheun春tintin天batbat不jingying應heoiheui去oioi愛moumou無noinoi奈koekkeuk卻ganggang更gaaga加hoho可oioi愛A spring that came too late: I shouldn't love it, yet sadly it's all the more lovely.
jikyik亦jauyau由dakdak得taata它hoihoi開cichi始jauyau又cocho錯dodo多jatyat一tongtong趟So I let it begin, and make one more mistake.
mongmong望gingin見neinei你jatyat一sangsang生doudou都batbat不wuiwui會mongmong忘waiwai惟taantaan嘆soengseung相siksik識batbat不zoekjeuk著sisi時Once I saw you, I'd never forget you; I only regret we met at the wrong time.
cingching情gunggung共oioi愛wongwong往wongwong往jyuyu如maimai謎naannaan難jiyi以caaichaai猜popo破Feelings and love are so often a riddle, hard to solve.
makmak默koengkeung強janyan忍hunghung空heoiheui虛zoengjeung將samsam心heoiheui去congchong藏koengkeung強zoengjeung將oioi愛heoiheui去daamdaam淡mongmong忘Silently I bear the emptiness and hide my heart, forcing myself to let love fade.
maaumaau矛teonteun盾jiuyiu繞samsam心zungjung中mutmut沒faatfaat法banban奔fongfong放Conflict coils in my heart, and I can't let it run free.
seoiseui誰janyan人ziji知gamgam今tintin天ngongo我soso所gingging經dikdik的loulou路Who knows the road I'm walking today?
hoho何sisi時hoho可hoho可doudou到daatdaat達jiyi已gingging經batbat不jiuyiu要zoijoi再ziji知doudou道When I might get there, I no longer want to know.
cichi遲loiloi來dikdik的ceoncheun春tintin天ziji只soengseung想jyuyu與neinei妳laulau留haaha下wingwing永jyunyun遠soengseung相jungyung擁poupou抱A spring that came too late: I only want to stay with you, holding each other forever,
jiyi而mingming明ziji知hunghung空funfun歡heihei喜jauyau又zoijoi再fufu苦nounou惱though I know full well it's a joy that comes to nothing, and it troubles me again.
minmin面deoideui對dikdik的fongfong彷fatfat彿dodo多momo麼miumiu渺mongmong茫ganggang更gaaga加soengseung上zeje這doudou道coengcheung牆What I face seems so hopeless, and there's this wall besides,
waiwai圍zoekjeuk著ngongo我zungjung縱jauyau有jityit熱cingching情naannaan難zoijoi再hoihoi開fongfong放hemming me in; whatever passion I have, I can't open up again.
jityit熱oioi愛dikdik的fofo火gwonggwong光batbat不jingying應laanglaang冷congchong藏fongfong放jyuyu於bingbing冰saansaan山daidai底haaha下congchong藏The flame of love shouldn't be put on ice and hidden under an iceberg,
naannaan難zoujou做doudou到zoengjeung將zanjan真samsam心joengyeung讓neinei妳jatyat一honhon看yet I can't bring myself to show you my true heart.
minmin面deoideui對dikdik的fongfong彷fatfat彿dodo多momo麼miumiu渺mongmong茫ganggang更gaaga加soengseung上zeje這doudou道coengcheung牆What I face seems so hopeless, and there's this wall besides,
waiwai圍zoekjeuk著ngongo我zungjung縱jauyau有jityit熱cingching情naannaan難zoijoi再hoihoi開fongfong放hemming me in; whatever passion I have, I can't open up again.
jityit熱oioi愛dikdik的fofo火gwonggwong光batbat不jingying應laanglaang冷congchong藏fongfong放jyuyu於bingbing冰saansaan山daidai底haaha下congchong藏The flame of love shouldn't be put on ice and hidden under an iceberg,
naannaan難zoujou做doudou到zoengjeung將zanjan真samsam心joengyeung讓neinei妳jatyat一honhon看yet I can't bring myself to show you my true heart.
maaumaau矛teonteun盾dikdik的cungchung衝gikgik擊lingling令ngongo我caichai淒congchong愴The clash inside me leaves me in sorrow.
Timed to 譚詠麟 · 春...遲來的春天 (1983) · 3:29. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.