2009

年度之歌 Song of the Year

Kay Tse 謝安琪

A pop song looks at its own short life: played every day, then gone, but grateful to have been loved at all. A graceful reflection on highs, decline and knowing when to leave the stage, and a 2009 RTHK Top 10 Gold Song.

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chang曾ging經paan攀seung上dik的tin天tai梯chang曾ging經yung擁pou抱dik的san身tai體The ladder to heaven I once climbed, the bodies I once held,

chang曾ging經joi在fu乎yat一chai切bei被dat突yin然cheui摧wai毀saap霎na那bei比sa沙gang更sai細everything I once cared about, suddenly destroyed, ground finer than sand in an instant.

leung良ye夜mei美ging景mut沒yun原yan因cheut出liu了gwai軌A lovely night, a beautiful view, went off the rails for no reason,

loi來yeung讓ngo我ji知yat一chai切gaai皆ho可fong放dai低to show me that everything can be let go.

waan還si是baak百joi載mei未fung逢dik的mei美lai麗Still, it was a beauty you meet once in a hundred years.

dak得dou到gwo過yau又chyut猝sai逝ya也yau有yat一jung種ji智wai慧To have had it and then lose it suddenly holds a kind of wisdom too.

chyun全nin年dou度yau有gei幾do多sau首go歌kap給tin天tin天dik的bo播How many songs in a whole year get played every single day,

kap給nei你jeui最yu愉faai快dik的siu消mo磨to give you the happiest way to pass the time?

lau流hang行si是yat一sau首wo窩sam心dik的go歌dat突yin然gaan間syut說gwo過jau就gwo過Pop is a song that warms your heart, then suddenly it's over and gone.

seui誰chang曾si是nei你je這yat一sau首go歌nei你gei記bat不ching清cho楚Which one was once your song? You can't quite remember.

ngo我hon看jeuk著nei你lei離jo座I watch you get up and leave your seat.

jan真gou高hing興kap給nei你oi愛wu護gwo過gan根bun本nei你bat不him欠ngo我sam什mo麼I'm truly glad you cared for me once; you don't owe me anything at all.

chang曾ging經yung擁yau有dik的cheun春gwai季chang曾ging經jau走gwo過dik的guk谷dai底The springs I once had, the low valleys I once walked through:

yan人sang生si是cheung場hing興tai替fat忽gou高ya也fat忽dai低bat不syu輸hei氣sai勢life is rise and fall, suddenly high, suddenly low, without losing your poise.

chyun全nin年dou度yau有gei幾do多sau首go歌kap給tin天tin天dik的bo播How many songs in a whole year get played every single day,

kap給nei你jeui最yu愉faai快dik的siu消mo磨to give you the happiest way to pass the time?

lau流hang行si是yat一sau首wo窩sam心dik的go歌dat突yin然gaan間syut說gwo過jau就gwo過Pop is a song that warms your heart, then suddenly it's over and gone.

seui誰chang曾si是nei你je這yat一sau首go歌nei你gei記bat不ching清cho楚Which one was once your song? You can't quite remember.

ngo我hon看jeuk著nei你lei離jo座I watch you get up and leave your seat.

jan真gou高hing興kap給nei你oi愛wu護gwo過gan根bun本nei你bat不him欠ngo我sam什mo麼I'm truly glad you cared for me once; you don't owe me anything at all.

seui誰chang曾si是nei你je這yat一sau首go歌nei你gei記bat不ching清cho楚Which one was once your song? You can't quite remember.

ngo我hon看jeuk著nei你lei離jo座I watch you get up and leave your seat.

han很gou高hing興yan因nei你chaan燦laan爛gwo過gou高fung峰gwo過jung總wui會yau有ha下bo坡I'm so glad I shone because of you; after the peak there's always a way down.

wui回yik憶jong裝mun滿dik的chau抽tai屜si時gwong光gei機leui裡dik的gwong光fai輝A drawer filled with memories, the glory kept in a time machine.

yan人sang生yim豔yu如fa花wai卉daan但haan限si時mei美lai麗yat一laam覽chi始jung終mou無wai遺Life is as vivid as flowers, but its beauty has a time limit, and in the end it's all laid bare.

wui回mong望jok昨tin天kek劇cheung場sam深bat不gin見dai底Looking back on yesterday, the theatre is so deep you can't see the back.

waan還si是yau有gei幾mok幕chang曾hou好hou好faat發fai揮Still, there were a few scenes I played well.

waan還yun願ngo我dung懂ha下toi台dik的mei美ngai藝And I hope I know the fine art of leaving the stage.

guk鞠gung躬liu了jau就teui退wai位hei起ma碼dak得dou到ging敬lai禮Take a bow, then step down, and at least you earn a salute.

seui誰yau又mong妄seung想yat一kuk曲yat一sai世yeung讓yan人jung忠sam心dou到dai底Who would dream of one song lasting a lifetime, with people loyal to the very end?

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