1988

水中花 Flower in the Water

Alan Tam 譚詠麟

A sleepless lover compares the one he wants to a flower reflected in water: there to look at, never to pick. The erhu-led second single from Alan Tam's 1988 album Embrace, it went to number one on the charts.

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je這go個sam深ye夜leui裡mut沒faat法ho可yi以on安seui睡Deep in this night, I just can't sleep.

ngo臥hon看tin天hung空sa灑leui淚yam任hon寒fung風cheui吹Lying down, I watch the sky shed tears and let the cold wind blow.

bing冰laang冷dik的mung夢leui裡mut沒faat法gan跟nei你seung相jeui聚In icy dreams, I can't be with you.

ya也heui許sam心leui裡dik的leui淚mei未nang能mut抹heui去Maybe the tears in my heart can never be wiped away.

yun緣fan份yeung讓ngo我heui去aak握seui碎bei彼chi此seung相oi愛taai太fu苦leui累Let me crush this fate between us in my fist; loving each other is too painful, too tiring.

bat不seung想dit跌jeun進je這fo火deui堆daan但yun願mong忘waai懷tim甜mung夢leui裡I don't want to fall into this fire; I only wish I could forget the sweet dream.

waan還si是yeung讓ngo我heui去min面deui對jeun儘gun管ga加seung上ngo我dik的jeui罪Or else let me face it, even if it adds to my guilt.

si絲si絲wan溫hing馨dik的faat髮deui堆ngo我yun願loi來jim佔geui據Your soft, sweet strands of hair: I want to make them mine.

yu如dou倒ying影seui水jung中dik的sin鮮fa花ji只ho可hon看hon看mei未nang能jaak摘heui去Like a flower reflected in water, you can only be looked at, never picked.

yu如piu飄yu於fung風jung中dik的fa花heung香heui虛heui虛miu渺miu渺daam淡yin然sai逝heui去Like a flower's scent drifting on the wind, faint and elusive, quietly fading away.

yin然yi而yeung讓ngo我gin見jeuk著nei你bat不seung想do多chi次heui去do躲bei避Yet let me see you; I don't want to keep hiding.

fung風fung風yu雨yu雨ngo我dou都bat不wai畏geui懼daan但kau求gung共jeui醉Wind and rain don't scare me; I only ask that we get drunk on this together.

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yun緣fan份yeung讓ngo我heui去aak握seui碎bei彼chi此seung相oi愛taai太fu苦leui累Let me crush this fate between us in my fist; loving each other is too painful, too tiring.

bat不seung想dit跌jeun進je這fo火deui堆daan但yun願mong忘waai懷tim甜mung夢leui裡I don't want to fall into this fire; I only wish I could forget the sweet dream.

waan還si是yeung讓ngo我heui去min面deui對jeun儘gun管ga加seung上ngo我dik的jeui罪Or else let me face it, even if it adds to my guilt.

si絲si絲wan溫hing馨dik的faat髮deui堆ngo我yun願loi來jim佔geui據Your soft, sweet strands of hair: I want to make them mine.

yu如dou倒ying影seui水jung中dik的sin鮮fa花ji只ho可hon看hon看mei未nang能jaak摘heui去Like a flower reflected in water, you can only be looked at, never picked.

yu如piu飄yu於fung風jung中dik的fa花heung香heui虛heui虛miu渺miu渺daam淡yin然sai逝heui去Like a flower's scent drifting on the wind, faint and elusive, quietly fading away.

yin然yi而yeung讓ngo我gin見jeuk著nei你bat不seung想do多chi次heui去do躲bei避Yet let me see you; I don't want to keep hiding.

fung風fung風yu雨yu雨ngo我dou都bat不wai畏geui懼daan但kau求gung共jeui醉Wind and rain don't scare me; I only ask that we get drunk on this together.

je這go個sam深ye夜leui裡mut沒faat法ho可yi以on安seui睡Deep in this night, I just can't sleep.

ngo臥hon看tin天hung空sa灑leui淚yam任hon寒fung風cheui吹Lying down, I watch the sky shed tears and let the cold wind blow.

bing冰laang冷dik的mung夢leui裡mut沒faat法gan跟nei你seung相jeui聚In icy dreams, I can't be with you.

ya也heui許sam心leui裡dik的leui淚mei未nang能mut抹heui去Maybe the tears in my heart can never be wiped away.

Timed to 譚詠麟 · 二十年白金暢銷金曲全記錄 (2005) · 4:03. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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