1976

浪子心聲 Song of the Wanderer

Sam Hui 許冠傑

A wry song about fate and human nature: people are hard to read and fortune comes and goes, so keep an honest heart and don't chase what isn't meant to be. From Sam Hui's 1976 film The Private Eyes, and covered by many artists since.

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naan難fan分jan真yu與ga假It's hard to tell true from false;

yan人min面do多him險ja詐people's faces hide so much cunning.

gei幾heui許yau有gung共heung享wing榮wa華How many will really share good fortune with you?

sim簷bun畔seui水dik滴bat不fan分cha叉Water from the eaves always drips in the same spot: what goes around comes around.

mou無ji知jeng井leui裡wa蛙The ignorant frog in the well

tou徒mong望tim添sing聲ga價hopes in vain to raise its standing,

hung空dak得yi意muk目gwong光yu如ma麻smug for nothing, its view all in a muddle;

seui誰liu料gam金uk屋bin變baai敗nga瓦who'd have thought a golden house could turn to broken tiles?

meng命leui裡yau有si時jung終seui須yau有What fate means you to have, you'll have in the end;

meng命leui裡mou無si時mok莫keung強kau求what fate doesn't give you, don't force.

leui雷sing聲fung風yu雨da打Thunder, wind and rain may beat down,

ho何yung用do多geng驚pa怕but why be so afraid?

sam心gung公jing正baak白bik璧mou無ha瑕Keep a fair heart, like flawless white jade;

hang行sin善jik積dak德jeui最lok樂ya也doing good and building virtue is the greatest joy.

meng命leui裡yau有si時jung終seui須yau有What fate means you to have, you'll have in the end;

meng命leui裡mou無si時mok莫keung強kau求what fate doesn't give you, don't force.

yan人bei比hoi海leui裡sa沙People are like grains of sand in the sea,

mou毋yung用do多hin牽gwa掛so there's no need to worry so much.

gwan君ho可gin見maan漫tin天lok落ha霞Do you see the sunset glow filling the sky?

ming名lei利sik息gaan間chi似mou霧fa化Fame and fortune vanish like mist in a breath.

gwan君ho可gin見maan漫tin天lok落ha霞Do you see the sunset glow filling the sky?

ming名lei利sik息gaan間chi似mou霧fa化Fame and fortune vanish like mist in a breath.

Timed to 許冠傑 · 鉅片名曲選 (1987) · 3:04. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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