1984

霧之戀 Love in the Mist

Alan Tam 譚詠麟

Love, like mist and distant stars, shifts and fades before you can hold it, yet the one he loves stays in his heart. The title song of Alan Tam's 1984 album, a Cantonese version of Mariko Takahashi's For you.

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tin天bin邊yat一fo顆sim閃sing星sing星hoi海bin邊yat一fo顆sim閃sing星sing星A twinkling star at the edge of the sky, a twinkling star by the sea,

waak或seui睡waak或yin現sim閃seuk爍bat不ting停now sleeping, now appearing, twinkling without end,

chi似yiu要chiu悄chiu悄gou告sou訴je這sai世gaai界as if quietly telling the world

yin現sat實sat實joi在si是waan幻jeung像nei你yiu要hon看chi始jung終hon看bat不ching清that reality is really an illusion: look all you like, you'll never see it clearly.

hoi海bin邊yat一fo顆siu小sing星sing星tin天bin邊yat一fo顆siu小sing星sing星A little star by the sea, a little star at the edge of the sky,

mak默mak默jing靜ngo臥jeuk著sim閃seuk爍bat不ting停lying there silent and still, twinkling without end,

chi似yiu要am暗am暗gou告sou訴ngo我yu與nei你as if secretly telling you and me

oi愛yi意ya也wui會jeung像mou霧waan幻jyun轉ngaan眼gaan間wui會sat失heui去that love, too, can be like a mist and vanish in the blink of an eye.

nei你wui會syut說nei你oi愛ngo我wing永yun遠wing永yun遠oi愛ngo我You'd say you love me, forever and ever,

mak默mak默lok落jeuk著leui淚wing永bat不goi改bin變silently shedding tears, saying you'll never change,

chi似pa怕ngo我yiu要syut說joi再gin見as if afraid I'd say goodbye.

ngo我pa怕jung終yu於yat一tin天joi再ya也bat不bat不wui會joi再seung想nei你I fear that one day I'll never think of you again.

yu如mou霧hei起am暗am暗goi蓋yim掩san身bin邊nei你Like rising mist, it quietly hides you, though you're beside me,

jeung像mou霧leui裡min面chin前waan幻fa化bat不ding定as if in a fog, shifting and changing before my eyes.

mou無faat法gei記hei起yi以wong往na那hak刻nei你jam怎chong闖jeun進ngo我sam心leui裡I can't recall the moment you burst into my heart.

waan還si是oi愛jeuk著nei你chang曾wa話oi愛jeuk著nei你nei你wing永joi在ngo我sam心I still love you; I said I loved you; you're forever in my heart.

mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你Every time I look closely at you, every time I look closely at you,

nei你na那ngaan眼gwong光jung中ya也dou都daai帶leui淚there are tears in your eyes too.

mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你Every time I look closely at you, every time I look closely at you,

nei你na那ngaan眼jung中dou都yau有ngo我I'm there in your eyes.

yu如mou霧hei起am暗am暗goi蓋yim掩san身bin邊nei你Like rising mist, it quietly hides you, though you're beside me,

jeung像mou霧leui裡min面chin前waan幻fa化bat不ding定as if in a fog, shifting and changing before my eyes.

mou無faat法gei記hei起yi以wong往na那hak刻nei你jam怎chong闖jeun進ngo我sam心leui裡I can't recall the moment you burst into my heart.

waan還si是oi愛jeuk著nei你chang曾wa話oi愛jeuk著nei你nei你wing永joi在ngo我sam心I still love you; I said I loved you; you're forever in my heart.

mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你Every time I look closely at you, every time I look closely at you,

nei你na那ngaan眼gwong光jung中ya也dou都daai帶leui淚there are tears in your eyes too.

mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你mui每chi次ngo我mong望jan真nei你Every time I look closely at you, every time I look closely at you,

nei你na那ngaan眼jung中dou都yau有ngo我I'm there in your eyes.

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