1984

愛在深秋 Love in Late Autumn

Alan Tam 譚詠麟

If parting is fate, there is no need to pretend: he will lean into late autumn and remember the love that is gone. A Cantonese version of Cho Yong-pil's Korean song Chingu-yeo, it won the 1984 Jade Solid Gold Gold Song award.

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yu如gwo果meng命leui裡jou早jyu註ding定fan分sau手If fate decided long ago that we would part,

mou無seui需wai為ngo我ga假yi意waan挽lau留there's no need to pretend you want me to stay.

yu如gwo果ching情si是wing永hang恆bat不nau朽jam怎wui會fan分sau手If love lasted forever, how could we part?

yi以hau後yeung讓ngo我yi倚joi在sam深chau秋From now on, let me lean into late autumn

wui回yik憶sai逝heui去dik的oi愛joi在sam心tau頭and remember the love that's gone, held in my heart.

wui回yik憶joi在gei記yik憶jung中dik的ngo我gam今tin天chang曾leui淚lau流Remembering: the me in those memories cried today.

cheng請toi抬tau頭mut抹heui去gau舊si事bat不bit必yau有ngo我bat不bit必yau有nei你Please lift your head and wipe away the past; there need be no me, no you.

oi愛si是ho可faat發bat不ho可sau收nei你si是ho可oi愛dou到wing永yun遠ngo我si是jan真sam心se捨bat不dak得nei你jau走Love, once let loose, can't be reined in; you'll be lovely forever, and I truly can't bear to let you go.

yau有yat日yeung讓nei你yi倚joi在sam深chau秋Some day, let you lean into late autumn

wui回yik憶bit別heui去dik的ngo我joi在sam心tau頭and remember the me who left, held in your heart.

wui回yik憶joi在je這yat一haak刻dik的nei你ya也chang曾leui淚lau流Remembering: you, at this moment, cried too.

yi以hau後yeung讓ngo我yi倚joi在sam深chau秋From now on, let me lean into late autumn

wui回yik憶sai逝heui去dik的oi愛joi在sam心tau頭and remember the love that's gone, held in my heart.

wui回yik憶joi在gei記yik憶jung中dik的ngo我gam今tin天chang曾leui淚lau流Remembering: the me in those memories cried today.

cheng請toi抬tau頭mut抹heui去gau舊si事bat不bit必yau有ngo我bat不bit必yau有nei你Please lift your head and wipe away the past; there need be no me, no you.

oi愛si是ho可faat發bat不ho可sau收nei你si是ho可oi愛dou到wing永yun遠ngo我si是jan真sam心se捨bat不dak得nei你jau走Love, once let loose, can't be reined in; you'll be lovely forever, and I truly can't bear to let you go.

yau有yat日yeung讓nei你yi倚joi在sam深chau秋Some day, let you lean into late autumn

wui回yik憶bit別heui去dik的ngo我joi在sam心tau頭and remember the me who left, held in your heart.

wui回yik憶joi在je這yat一haak刻dik的nei你ya也chang曾leui淚lau流Remembering: you, at this moment, cried too.

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