似是故人來 Like an Old Friend Returning

tungtung同sisi是gwogwo過loulou路tungtung同zoujou做gwogwo過mungmung夢We were both passing through, we both once dreamed;

bunbun本jingying應sisi是jatyat一deoideui對we should have been a pair.

janyan人zoijoi在siusiu少ninnin年mungmung夢zungjung中batbat不gokgok覺When we are young, lost in the dream, we never notice

sengseng醒hauhau後jiuyiu要gwaigwai歸heoiheui去that once we wake we must go home.

saamsaam三caanchaan餐jatyat一suksuk宿jaaya也gunggung共jatyat一soengseung雙Three meals a day and a bed at night, shared as a pair:

doudou到daidai底wuiwui會sisi是seoiseui誰who will it be in the end?

daandaan但faanfaan凡meimei未dakdak得doudou到Whatever we never got,

daandaan但faanfaan凡sisi是gwogwo過heoiheui去whatever is in the past,

zungjung總sisi是zeoijeui最dangdang登deoideui對always looks like the perfect match.

toitoi臺haaha下neinei你mongmong望toitoi臺soengseung上ngongo我zoujou做You watch from below the stage; on the stage I act out

neinei你soengseung想zoujou做dikdik的heihei戲the play you wish you were in.

cinchin前saisai世gugu故janyan人mongmong忘jauyau憂dikdik的neinei你My old love from a past life, you who have forgotten your sorrows,

hoho可cangchang曾geigei記dakdak得heihei起do you remember any of it?

funfun歡heihei喜soengseung傷beibei悲loulou老bengbeng病sangsang生seisei死Joy and grief, old age, sickness, birth and death:

syutsyut說batbat不soengseung上cyunchyun傳keikei奇nothing you could call a legend.

hanhan恨toitoi臺soengseung上hinghing卿hinghing卿I regret that the sweethearts up on the stage

waakwaak或toitoi臺haaha下ngongo我ngongo我or the sweethearts down in the audience

batbat不sisi是ngongo我gangan跟neinei你are not you and me.

zukjuk俗canchan塵miumiu渺miumiu渺The mortal world is vast and dim,

tintin天jiyi意mongmong茫mongmong茫heaven's will is past knowing,

zoengjeung將neinei你gunggung共ngongo我fanfan分hoihoi開and it keeps you and me apart.

tyuntyun斷coengcheung腸ziji字dimdim點dimdim點Heartbroken words, dot by dot,

fungfung風jyuyu雨singsing聲linlin連linlin連the sound of wind and rain, on and on:

cichi似sisi是gugu故janyan人loiloi來it is as if an old love were coming back.

hoho何jatyat日zoijoi再zoijoi在hoho何deidei地zoijoi再zeoijeui聚What day will we be together again, where will we meet again

syutsyut說gamgam今jeye夜zanjan真nyunnyun暖and say how warm the night is?

moumou無fanfan份jauyau有jyunyun緣wuiwui回jikyik憶batbat不dyundyun斷Meant to meet but not to stay, the memories never end,

sangsang生mingming命koekkeuk卻fufu苦dyundyun短yet life is bitterly short.

jatyat一zungjung種soengseung相sisi思loengleung兩dyundyun段fufu苦lyunlyun戀One longing, two bitter loves:

bunbun半saangsaang生syutsyut說mutmut沒jyunyun完half a lifetime is not enough to tell it.

zoijoi在ninnin年jyutyut月samsam深jyunyun淵From the deep abyss of the years

mongmong望mingming明jyutyut月jyunyun遠jyunyun遠I gaze at the bright moon far away

soengseung想zoengjeung像neinei你jauyau憂watwat鬱and picture you full of sorrow.

zukjuk俗canchan塵miumiu渺miumiu渺The mortal world is vast and dim,

tintin天jiyi意mongmong茫mongmong茫heaven's will is past knowing,

zoengjeung將neinei你gunggung共ngongo我fanfan分hoihoi開and it keeps you and me apart.

tyuntyun斷coengcheung腸ziji字dimdim點dimdim點Heartbroken words, dot by dot,

fungfung風jyuyu雨singsing聲linlin連linlin連the sound of wind and rain, on and on:

cichi似sisi是gugu故janyan人loiloi來it is as if an old love were coming back.

laulau留haaha下neinei你waakwaak或laulau留haaha下ngongo我Whether it's you or I who is left

zoijoi在saisai世gaangaan間soengseung上zungjung終loulou老to grow old in this world,

leilei離bitbit別jiyi以cinchin前before we parted

meimei未ziji知soengseung相deoideui對dongdong當jatyat日naana那momo麼houhou好we never knew how good those days together were.

zapjap執ziji子ziji之sausau手I held your hand, as lovers vow to,

koekkeuk卻jauyau又fanfan分sausau手and yet we let go and parted:

oioi愛dakdak得jauyau有waanwaan還moumou無a love that was there and yet was not.

sapsap十ninnin年hauhau後soengseung雙soengseung雙Ten years on, side by side,

maanmaan萬ninnin年hauhau後deoideui對deoideui對ten thousand years on, still a pair:

ziji只hanhan恨honhon看batbat不doudou到I only regret we will never see it.

sapsap十ninnin年hauhau後soengseung雙soengseung雙Ten years on, side by side,

maanmaan萬ninnin年hauhau後deoideui對deoideui對ten thousand years on, still a pair:

ziji只hanhan恨honhon看batbat不doudou到I only regret we will never see it.