葡萄成熟時 When the Grapes Ripen

caacha差batbat不dodo多dungdung冬ziji至jatyat一zoujou早jatyat一maanmaan晚waanwaan還sisi是jauyau有jyuyu雨It's almost the winter solstice, and still it rains morning and night.

dongdong當cocho初dikdik的gingin堅cichi持jinyin現jiyi已lingling令neinei你hanhan很waaiwaai懷jiyi疑hanhan很waaiwaai懷jiyi疑What you held on to at the start now leaves you full of doubt, so much doubt.

neinei你zeoijeui最meimei尾dangdang等doudou到ziji只jauyau有zeje這fufu枯ziji枝In the end, all your waiting got you was this withered branch.

fufu苦lyunlyun戀geigei幾dodo多cichi次siksik悉samsam心zoijoi栽zungjung種cyunchyun全liklik力gungun灌zyujyu注So many painful loves, tended with care and watered with all you had,

soso所dakdak得gingging竟batbat不jyuyu如bitbit別gogo個hauhau後buibui輩sausau收singsing成sisi時yet your yield falls short of what those who came after you harvest.

zeje這jatyat一cichi次neinei你zanjan真dikdik的hanhan很gaaigaai介jiyi意This time it really gets to you.

daandaan但gingin見pongpong旁janyan人taamtaam談cingching情hoho何janyan引jauyau誘Seeing others in love is so tempting;

manman問doudou到hoho何sisi時poupou葡toutou萄sinsin先suksuk熟tautau透you ask when the grapes will finally ripen.

neinei你jiuyiu要zingjing靜hauhau候zoijoi再zingjing靜hauhau候You must wait quietly, and wait some more.

zaujau就syunsyun算satsat失sausau收cichi始zungjung終jiuyiu要sausau守Even if the harvest fails, you have to hold on.

jatyat日hauhau後zeonjeun儘loengleung量bitbit別gaaugaau教gamgam今tintin天dikdik的leoileui淚baakbaak白laulau流From now on, try not to let today's tears fall for nothing.

laulau留daidai低gikgik擊soengseung傷neinei你dikdik的seksek石tautau頭cungchung從cocho錯ngng誤leoileui裡kapkap吸sausau收Keep the stone that hurt you, and learn from your mistakes.

jaaya也heoiheui許fungfung豐sausau收jyutyut月fanfan份soengseung尚meimei未doudou到neinei你jaaya也dakdak得zipjip接sausau受Maybe the month of plenty hasn't come yet, and you'll have to accept that.

waakwaak或zeje者jiuyiu要doudou到neinei你zoengjeung將oioi愛joengyeung釀singsing成seonseun醇zaujau酒Perhaps only when you've brewed love into mellow wine

sisi時geigei機sinsin先ziji至suksuk熟tautau透will the time be ripe.

jingying應goigoi該zamjam怎momo麼oioi愛hoho可siksik惜syusyu書leoileui裡cungchung從mutmut沒geigei記zoijoi載How to love: sadly, no book ever wrote it down.

zungjung終jyuyu於momo摸ceotcheut出loiloi來daandaan但seoiseui歲jyutyut月koekkeuk卻batbat不wuiwui回loiloi來batbat不wuiwui回loiloi來You finally work it out, but the years won't come back, won't come back.

cocho錯gwogwo過liuliu了ceoncheun春tintin天hoho可wuiwui會zoijoi再faafa花hoihoi開Having missed the spring, will the flowers bloom again?

jatyat一cinchin千zungjung種lyunlyun戀oioi愛jatyat一sese些seoiseui需jiuyiu要cingching情leoileui淚gungun灌koikoi溉Of a thousand kinds of love, some need watering with tears.

fufu枯waiwai萎dikdik的wanwan溫jauyau柔zoijoi在zeoijeui最hauhau後wuiwui會zoengjeung長wuiwui回loiloi來Tenderness that withered will grow back in the end.

cocho錯dikdik的oioi愛naainaai乃bitbit必gingging經dikdik的puipui配coichoi菜The wrong loves are a side dish you can't skip.

daandaan但gingin見pongpong旁janyan人taamtaam談cingching情hoho何janyan引jauyau誘Seeing others in love is so tempting;

manman問doudou到hoho何sisi時poupou葡toutou萄sinsin先suksuk熟tautau透you ask when the grapes will finally ripen.

neinei你jiuyiu要zingjing靜hauhau候zoijoi再zingjing靜hauhau候You must wait quietly, and wait some more.

zaujau就syunsyun算satsat失sausau收cichi始zungjung終jiuyiu要sausau守Even if the harvest fails, you have to hold on.

jatyat日hauhau後zeonjeun儘loengleung量bitbit別gaaugaau教gamgam今tintin天dikdik的leoileui淚baakbaak白laulau流From now on, try not to let today's tears fall for nothing.

laulau留daidai低gikgik擊soengseung傷neinei你dikdik的seksek石tautau頭cungchung從cocho錯ngng誤leoileui裡kapkap吸sausau收Keep the stone that hurt you, and learn from your mistakes.

jaaya也heoiheui許fungfung豐sausau收jyutyut月fanfan份soengseung尚meimei未doudou到neinei你jaaya也dakdak得zipjip接sausau受Maybe the month of plenty hasn't come yet, and you'll have to accept that.

waakwaak或zeje者jiuyiu要doudou到neinei你zoengjeung將oioi愛joengyeung釀singsing成seonseun醇zaujau酒Perhaps only when you've brewed love into mellow wine

sisi時geigei機sinsin先ziji至suksuk熟tautau透will the time be ripe.

soengseung想soengseung想tintin天dikdik的jatyat一binbin邊jikyik亦jauyau有gogo個maumau某maumau某zoijoi在dangdang等hauhau候Think: at the other end of the sky, someone is waiting too,

jatyat一samsam心ziji只dangdang等poupou葡toutou萄suksuk熟tautau透soengseung嚐buibui杯zaujau酒waiting only for the grapes to ripen to taste a glass of wine.

bitbit別joengyeung讓zikjik寂mokmok寞hoihoi害neinei你soengseung想dakdak得jatyat一jeye夜baakbaak白tautau頭Don't let loneliness make you brood till your hair turns white overnight,

jengyeng贏dakdak得batbat不seoiseui需jiuyiu要dikdik的ziji自jauyau由wowo和zeoijeui最jiuyiu耀ngaanngaan眼soengseung傷hauhau口winning only a freedom you don't need and the most glaring wound.

ngongo我ziji知jatyat日hauhau後loulou路soengseung上waakwaak或mutmut沒jauyau有ganggang更meimei美dikdik的haaihaai邂hauhau逅I know there may be no lovelier meeting on the road ahead,

daandaan但dongdong當neinei你ziji智waiwai慧doudou都wanwan醞joengyeung釀singsing成hunghung紅zaujau酒jingying仍hoho可jatyat一zeoijeui醉ziji自gaugau救but once your wisdom has aged into red wine, you can still drink and save yourself.

seoiseui誰doudou都sansan辛syunsyun酸gwogwo過naana那gogo個mutmut沒jauyau有Everyone has known bitterness; who hasn't?