1980
上海灘 The Bund
The theme of TVB's 1980 drama The Bund, set in 1930s Shanghai: love and hate, joy and sorrow, success and failure all swept along like the Huangpu's endless waves. Frances Yip's rousing version is one of the best-known Cantonese songs, a KTV singalong across generations.
Cantonese. Frances Yip also recorded a Mandarin version with the same title.
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longlong浪banban奔longlong浪laulau流maanmaan萬leilei里toutou滔toutou滔gonggong江seoiseui水wingwing永batbat不jauyau休Waves surge and flow, a great river rolling on forever,
toutou淘zeonjeun盡liuliu了saisai世gaangaan間sisi事wanwan混zokjok作toutou滔toutou滔jatyat一pinpin片ciuchiu潮laulau流washing away the world's affairs, all mixed into one great tide.
sisi是heihei喜sisi是sausau愁longlong浪leoileui裡fanfan分batbat不cingching清funfun歡siusiu笑beibei悲jauyau憂Joy or sorrow, in the waves you can't tell laughter from grief.
singsing成gunggung功satsat失baaibaai敗longlong浪leoileui裡honhon看batbat不ceotcheut出jauyau有meimei未jauyau有Success or failure, in the waves you can't see which you've had.
oioi愛neinei你hanhan恨neinei你manman問gwangwan君ziji知faufau否cichi似daaidaai大gonggong江jatyat一faatfaat發batbat不sausau收I love you, I hate you, do you know? Like the river, it can't be held back.
zyunjyun轉cinchin千waanwaan灣zyunjyun轉cinchin千taantaan灘jikyik亦meimei未pingping平fukfuk復cichi此zungjung中zangjang爭daudau鬥Through a thousand bends and shoals, the struggle within still won't settle.
jauyau又jauyau有heihei喜jauyau又jauyau有sausau愁zaujau就syunsyun算fanfan分batbat不cingching清funfun歡siusiu笑beibei悲jauyau憂There's joy and there's sorrow; even if I can't tell happiness from grief,
jingying仍jyunyun願faanfaan翻baakbaak百cinchin千longlong浪zoijoi在ngongo我samsam心zungjung中heihei起fukfuk伏gaugau夠I'd still churn through a hundred thousand waves, rising and falling in my heart.
oioi愛neinei你hanhan恨neinei你manman問gwangwan君ziji知faufau否cichi似daaidaai大gonggong江jatyat一faatfaat發batbat不sausau收I love you, I hate you, do you know? Like the river, it can't be held back.
zyunjyun轉cinchin千waanwaan灣zyunjyun轉cinchin千taantaan灘jikyik亦meimei未pingping平fukfuk復cichi此zungjung中zangjang爭daudau鬥Through a thousand bends and shoals, the struggle within still won't settle.
jauyau又jauyau有heihei喜jauyau又jauyau有sausau愁longlong浪leoileui裡zaujau就syunsyun算fanfan分batbat不cingching清funfun歡siusiu笑beibei悲jauyau憂There's joy and there's sorrow; even if the waves blur happiness and grief,
jingying仍jyunyun願faanfaan翻baakbaak百cinchin千longlong浪zoijoi在ngongo我samsam心zungjung中heihei起fukfuk伏gaugau夠I'd still churn through a hundred thousand waves, rising and falling in my heart.
jingying仍jyunyun願faanfaan翻baakbaak百cinchin千longlong浪zoijoi在ngongo我samsam心zungjung中heihei起fukfuk伏gaugau夠I'd still churn through a hundred thousand waves, rising and falling in my heart.
Timed to 葉麗儀 · 上海灘 (1980) · 3:14. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.