我的1997 / 艾敬

[muckefuck]

(Edit: So here's what I managed to piece together during lunch. Corrections much appreciated.)

我的音樂老師是我的爸爸 My music teacher was my dad.
二十年來他一直待在國家工廠 For twenty years he worked in a national factory.
媽媽以前是唱平劇的 My mother used to sing Peking opera
她總抱怨沒趕上好的時光 She always complained she couldn't keep up with the times.
少年時我曾因唱歌得過獎狀 As a teenager, I won a lot of prizes for singing.
我那兩個妹妹也想和我一樣 My two younger sisters wanted to be like me.

我十七歲那年離開了家鄉瀋陽 At seventeen, I left my home town of Shenyang
因為感覺那裏S有我的夢想 Because I felt there S had a fond wish for me.
我一個人來到陌生的北京城 I went alone to the unfamiliar city of Beijing.
還進了著名的王昆領導下的東方 I entred Wang Kun, leading institute in the East.
其實我最懷念藝校的那段時光 Actually, it was the worst time for me to be studying at an arts school.
可是我的老師們並不這麼想 But my teachers did not think so.

憑著一副能唱歌的喉嚨啊
生活過得不是那麼緊張
我從北京唱到了上海灘
也從上海唱到曾嚮往的南方
我留在廣州的日子比較長
因為我的那個他在香港

甚麼時候有了香港　香港人又是怎麼樣
他可以來瀋陽　我不能去香港
香港　香港　那個香港
小侯說應該出去闖一闖
香港　香港　怎麼那麼香
聽說那是老崔的重要市場
讓我去那花花世界吧　給我蓋上大紅章

1997快些到吧　八佰伴究竟是甚麼樣
1997快些到吧　我就可以去HONG KONG
1997快些到吧　讓我站在紅勘體育館
1997快些到吧　和他去看午夜場
1997快點兒到吧　八佰伴衣服究竟怎麼樣
1997快些到吧　我就可以去香港啦
1997快些到吧　讓我站在紅勘體育館
1997快些到吧　和他去看午夜場

Comments

[niemandsrose.livejournal.com]

What percentage of your friends-list has the fonts to read these?

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. Is that a more significant statistic than the number who have the language knowledge to read them?

In this case, I'm using my LJ the same way I use my longhand journal: As a scratch pad. The only difference is that this one is open to public view. I'm going to translate the song for my own benefit later; if the results aren't too embarrassing, I can post them for the edification of all.

[nibadi.livejournal.com]

wusstest du ... ?

"...unter fünfzigtausend chinesischen Schriftzeichen gibt es kein Wort für "Privatsphäre". Man braucht es auch nicht, denn die Chinesen wissen nicht, was es ist. Genausowenig gibt es ein Wort für Intimität.

... In China schätzt man "renao", und dieser Wert beinhaltet das genaue Gegenteil von Privatspäre. In keiner europäischen Sprache gibt es eine Entsprechung für dieses Wort. ..."

Aber das hat wohl mehr mit Semantik als Linguistik zu tun, oder?

übrigens aus "Dragon's eye" (Kriminalroman)