1990

李香蘭 Li Xianglan

Jacky Cheung 張學友

A man, warmed by wine, stares at a faded photograph and wishes he could slip through a crack in time to reach her. A Cantonese version of Koji Tamaki's Japanese song, later sung in Mandarin as Qiu Yi Nong.

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nou惱cheun春fung風ngo我sam心yan因ho何nou惱cheun春fung風Troubled by the spring breeze: why is my heart so troubled by the spring breeze?

syut說bat不cheut出je借jau酒seung相sung送I can't put it into words, so I let wine send it off.

ye夜yu雨dung凍yu雨dim點tau透se射dou到jiu照pin片jung中The night rain is cold, the raindrops seem to shine into the photograph.

wui回tau頭chi似si是mung夢mou無faat法daan彈dung動mai迷jyu住ying凝mong望nei你teui褪sik色jiu照pin片jung中Looking back feels like a dream; I can't move, spellbound, gazing at you in a faded photograph.

a啊jeung像fa花seui雖mei未hung紅yu如bing冰seui雖bat不dung凍keuk卻jeung像yau有mou無sou數syut說wa話ho可sik惜ngo我teng聽bat不dung懂Like a flower not yet red, like ice that isn't cold, you seem to have so much to say, but sadly I can't understand.

a啊si是bui杯jau酒jim漸nung濃waak或ngo我sam心jan真hung空ho何yi以gam感jan震dung動Is the wine growing stronger, or is my heart empty? Why does it shake me so?

jiu照pin片jung中na哪ho可yi以tau投jiu照pin片jung中Into the photograph: how could I ever get into the photograph?

paan盼jaau找dou到si時gaan間lit裂fung縫I hope to find a crack in time.

ye夜fong放jung縱gou告ji知ngo我naan難cham尋nei你fong芳jung蹤The night runs wild and tells me I'll never find a trace of you.

wui回tau頭ya也si是mung夢ying仍chi似bei被dung動tou逃bei避ying凝mong望nei你keuk卻sam深yan印nou腦jung中Looking back is a dream too; still helpless, I avoid gazing at you, yet you're printed deep in my mind.

a啊jeung像fa花seui雖mei未hung紅yu如bing冰seui雖bat不dung凍keuk卻jeung像yau有mou無sou數syut說wa話ho可sik惜ngo我teng聽bat不dung懂Like a flower not yet red, like ice that isn't cold, you seem to have so much to say, but sadly I can't understand.

a啊si是bui杯jau酒jim漸nung濃waak或ngo我sam心jan真hung空ho何yi以gam感jan震dung動Is the wine growing stronger, or is my heart empty? Why does it shake me so?

a啊jeung像fa花seui雖mei未hung紅yu如bing冰seui雖bat不dung凍keuk卻jeung像yau有mou無sou數syut說wa話ho可sik惜ngo我teng聽bat不dung懂Like a flower not yet red, like ice that isn't cold, you seem to have so much to say, but sadly I can't understand.

a啊si是bui杯jau酒jim漸nung濃waak或ngo我sam心jan真hung空ho何yi以gam感jan震dung動Is the wine growing stronger, or is my heart empty? Why does it shake me so?

Timed to 張學友 · 環球DSD視聽之王 (2003) · 6:36. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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