1989
我恨我痴心 I Hate My Foolish Heart
A rock song about being torn between hating and loving someone who has grown tired of you. A Cantonese version of Joan Jett's I Hate Myself for Loving You, from Andy Lau's 1989 album, it is a fixture of his concerts.
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zokjok昨jeye夜cangchang曾laaplaap立saisai誓leilei離bitbit別neinei你Last night I swore I would leave you.
neinei你jimyim厭liuliu了ngongo我jauyau又waawa話ngongo我fatfat乏meimei味You grew tired of me and said I was dull,
jauyau又zikjik藉zoekjeuk著fatfat乏meimei味zoengjeung將ngongo我loulou路soengseung上waiwai遺heihei棄then used dullness as your excuse to abandon me by the roadside.
zokjok昨jatyat日jauyau有soengseung雙sausau手kwaikwai攜zoekjeuk著neinei你Yesterday another pair of hands was holding yours;
ngongo我faatfaat發gokgok覺ngongo我loklok落leoileui淚ngongo我doudou妒geigei忌I found myself in tears, I was jealous.
soengseung想gangan跟neinei你fanfan分leilei離zoengjeung將neinei你zeonjeun盡loengleung量mongmong忘geigei記I want to break away from you and forget you as best I can.
ngongo我jyunyun怨jungyung勇heihei氣cungchung匆cungchung匆batbat不jyuyu預beibei備I blame my courage for being caught unprepared;
zoijoi再cichi次gingin見neinei你hanhan狠samsam心batbat不loiloi來naannaan難singsing勝leilei利when I see you again I can't harden my heart, and I can't win.
jikyik亦oioi愛jikyik亦hanhan恨cichi似lunglung籠loulou牢beibei被kwankwan困Loving and hating, trapped as if in a cage.
jiuyiu要fongfong放heihei棄neinei你waakwaak或sisi是zipjip接sausau受mingming命wanwan運Should I give you up, or accept my fate?
samsam心gaangaan間zinjin戰zangjang爭sisi使ngongo我satsat實zoijoi在naannaan難gwogwo過The war in my heart leaves me truly miserable.
meimei未hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義ngongo我hanhan恨ngongo我cichi癡samsam心I don't hate you for betraying me; I hate my foolish heart.
laanglaang冷mokmok漠cingching情daamdaam淡bokbok薄cyunchyun全zoujou做zokjok作The coldness and fading love were all an act;
neinei你zaakjaak責gwaaigwaai怪ngongo我makmak默makmak默ngongo我jikyik亦sausau受loklok落you blamed me, and I quietly took it,
ziji只soengseung想wuiwui會boubou保laulau留soengseung相oioi愛mungmung夢waanwaan幻wongwong王gwokgwok國only wanting to keep our dream kingdom of love.
zamjam怎ziji知jauyau有soengseung雙sausau手waiwai圍zoekjeuk著neinei你Who knew another pair of arms would be around you,
ganggang更jyuyu與ngongo我pungpung碰minmin面daandaan但sisi是ngongo我jikyik亦zaamjaam暫beibei避and you'd even run into me, while I kept out of the way?
soengseung想gangan跟neinei你fanfan分leilei離zoengjeung將neinei你zeonjeun盡loengleung量mongmong忘geigei記I want to break away from you and forget you as best I can.
ngongo我jyunyun怨jungyung勇heihei氣cungchung匆cungchung匆batbat不jyuyu預beibei備I blame my courage for being caught unprepared;
zoijoi再cichi次gingin見neinei你hanhan狠samsam心batbat不loiloi來naannaan難singsing勝leilei利when I see you again I can't harden my heart, and I can't win.
jikyik亦oioi愛jikyik亦hanhan恨cichi似lunglung籠loulou牢beibei被kwankwan困Loving and hating, trapped as if in a cage.
jiuyiu要fongfong放heihei棄neinei你waakwaak或sisi是zipjip接sausau受mingming命wanwan運Should I give you up, or accept my fate?
samsam心gaangaan間zinjin戰zangjang爭sisi使ngongo我satsat實zoijoi在naannaan難gwogwo過The war in my heart leaves me truly miserable.
meimei未hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義ngongo我hanhan恨ngongo我cichi癡samsam心I don't hate you for betraying me; I hate my foolish heart.
ngongo我jyunyun怨jungyung勇heihei氣kyutkyut缺fatfat乏liuliu了jyuyu預beibei備I blame my courage for not being prepared;
zoijoi再cichi次gingin見neinei你hanhan狠samsam心batbat不loiloi來naannaan難singsing勝leilei利when I see you again I can't harden my heart, and I can't win.
jikyik亦oioi愛jikyik亦hanhan恨cichi似lunglung籠loulou牢beibei被kwankwan困Loving and hating, trapped as if in a cage.
jiuyiu要fongfong放heihei棄neinei你waakwaak或sisi是zipjip接sausau受mingming命wanwan運Should I give you up, or accept my fate?
samsam心gaangaan間zinjin戰zangjang爭sisi使ngongo我satsat實zoijoi在naannaan難gwogwo過The war in my heart leaves me truly miserable.
meimei未hanhan恨neinei妳himhim欠ngongo我ngongo我hanhan恨ngongo我oioi愛cocho錯I don't hate you for what you owe me; I hate myself for loving the wrong one.
jikyik亦oioi愛jikyik亦hanhan恨cichi似lunglung籠loulou牢beibei被kwankwan困Loving and hating, trapped as if in a cage.
jiuyiu要fongfong放heihei棄neinei妳waakwaak或sisi是zipjip接sausau受mingming命wanwan運Should I give you up, or accept my fate?
samsam心gaangaan間zinjin戰zangjang爭sisi使ngongo我satsat實zoijoi在naannaan難gwogwo過The war in my heart leaves me truly miserable.
meimei未hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義ngongo我hanhan恨ngongo我cichi癡samsam心I don't hate you for betraying me; I hate my foolish heart.
hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義hanhan恨ngongo我cichi癡samsam心Hating your betrayal, hating my foolish heart.
hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義hanhan恨ngongo我cichi癡samsam心Hating your betrayal, hating my foolish heart.
hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義hanhan恨ngongo我cichi癡samsam心Hating your betrayal, hating my foolish heart.
hanhan恨neinei你fufu負jiyi義Hating your betrayal.
jikyik亦oioi愛jikyik亦hanhan恨sisi是ngongo我cichi癡samsam心Loving and hating: that is my foolish heart.
Timed to 劉德華 · 經典重現 (2003) · 4:11. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.