1982

漣漪 Ripples

Danny Chan 陳百強

A simple love song: life was a still lake until you came along and stirred it into ripples, turning plain days into something beautiful. Danny Chan wrote the melody and sang it in the 1981 TVB drama Breakthrough, in which he starred.

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lin漣yi漪Ripples.

sang生wut活jing靜jing靜chi似si是wu湖seui水chyun全wai為nei你faan泛hei起sang生hei氣Life was as still as a lake; you alone brought it to life,

chyun全wai為nei你faan泛hei起liu了lin漣yi漪fun歡siu笑chyun全wai為nei你hei起you alone set it rippling, and all my laughter comes from you.

sang生wut活daam淡daam淡chi似si是lau流seui水chyun全yan因wai為nei你bin變cheut出chin千bun般mei美Life was plain, like flowing water; because of you it turned into a thousand kinds of beauty.

chyun全yan因wai為nei你bin變cheut出baak百yeung樣hei喜lau留ha下fun歡yan欣dik的yan印gei記Because of you it turned into a hundred joys, leaving happy marks behind.

jing靜mak默yik亦chi似go歌na那gam感gok覺jeung像si詩tim甜mat蜜si是ngaan眼jung中dik的chi癡chi癡yi意Even silence is like a song, the feeling like a poem; the sweetness is the adoring look in our eyes.

jou做mung夢ya也gei記hei起je這yat一chyun串yat日ji子waan幻seung想dak得dou到dik的yau優mei美Even in dreams I remember this string of days, as lovely as anything I could imagine.

sang生wut活daam淡daam淡chi似si是lau流seui水chyun全yan因wai為nei你bin變cheut出chin千bun般mei美Life was plain, like flowing water; because of you it turned into a thousand kinds of beauty.

chyun全yan因wai為nei你bin變cheut出baak百yeung樣hei喜lau留ha下fun歡yan欣dik的yan印gei記Because of you it turned into a hundred joys, leaving happy marks behind.

jing靜mak默yik亦chi似go歌na那gam感gok覺jeung像si詩tim甜mat蜜si是ngaan眼jung中dik的chi癡chi癡yi意Even silence is like a song, the feeling like a poem; the sweetness is the adoring look in our eyes.

jou做mung夢ya也gei記hei起je這yat一chyun串yat日ji子waan幻seung想dak得dou到dik的yau優mei美Even in dreams I remember this string of days, as lovely as anything I could imagine.

Timed to 陳百強 · 陳百強精選 (2013) · 3:10. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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