1988
大地 The Great Earth
Back with his father after years in a far-off place, a son finds he has no words, while the land itself stays unchanged and divided. Read as an allegory of Chinese families split across the Taiwan Strait, it was a 1988 Jade Solid Gold Top 10 song.
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zoijoi在naana那sese些congchong蒼ceoicheui翠dikdik的loulou路soengseung上On those lush green roads,
liklik歷pinpin遍liuliu了dodo多siusiu少congchong創soengseung傷how many wounds have been suffered.
zoijoi在naana那zoengjeung張congchong蒼loulou老dikdik的minmin面soengseung上On that old, weathered face,
jikyik亦geigei記zoijoi載liuliu了fungfung風soengseung霜the wind and frost are written too.
cauchau秋fungfung風cauchau秋jyuyu雨dikdik的doudou度jatyat日Getting through the days in autumn wind and autumn rain:
sisi是cingching青ceoncheun春siusiu少ninnin年sisi時that was my youth.
bikbik迫batbat不dakdak得jiyi已dikdik的waawa話bitbit別A farewell we had no choice in,
mutmut沒syutsyut說zoijoi再gingin見with no goodbye said.
wuiwui回mongmong望zokjok昨jatyat日zoijoi在jiyi異hoengheung鄉naana那munmun門cinchin前Looking back on yesterday, at that doorway in a far-off land,
heihei唏heoiheui噓dikdik的gamgam感koikoi慨jatyat一ninnin年ninnin年sighing with regret year after year.
daandaan但jatyat日loklok落jatyat日ceotcheut出wingwing永mutmut沒binbin變cinchin遷But sunset and sunrise never change.
zeje這hakhak刻zoijoi在mongmong望zoekjeuk著fufu父canchan親siusiu笑jungyung容sisi時Now, as I look at my father's smile,
gingging竟batbat不ziji知batbat不gokgok覺dikdik的moumou無jinyin言I find myself, without knowing it, lost for words,
joengyeung讓jatyat日loklok落moumou暮siksik色samsam滲munmun滿leoileui淚ngaanngaan眼and let the dusk of sunset fill my tearful eyes.
zoijoi在naana那sese些hoihoi開fongfong放dikdik的loulou路soengseung上On those open roads,
daapdaap踏seoiseui碎gwogwo過dodo多siusiu少leilei理soengseung想how many ideals have been trampled to pieces.
zoijoi在naana那zoengjeung張gougou高gwaagwa掛dikdik的minmin面soengseung上On that face hung up high,
beibei被janyan引zingjing證liuliu了geigei幾dodo多how much has it been made to prove?
cinchin千cauchau秋batbat不binbin變dikdik的jatyat日jyutyut月The sun and moon, unchanged for a thousand autumns,
zoijoi在soengseung相siksik識leoileui裡gunggung共cyunchyun存go on sharing the same sky, long familiar to all.
gugu姑siksik息fanfan分gotgot割dikdik的daaidaai大deidei地The great land, its division let stand,
waakwaak劃liuliu了gaaigaai界sinsin線has had a border drawn across it.
wuiwui回mongmong望zokjok昨jatyat日zoijoi在jiyi異hoengheung鄉naana那munmun門cinchin前Looking back on yesterday, at that doorway in a far-off land,
heihei唏heoiheui噓dikdik的gamgam感koikoi慨jatyat一ninnin年ninnin年sighing with regret year after year.
daandaan但jatyat日loklok落jatyat日ceotcheut出wingwing永mutmut沒binbin變cinchin遷But sunset and sunrise never change.
zeje這hakhak刻zoijoi在mongmong望zoekjeuk著fufu父canchan親siusiu笑jungyung容sisi時Now, as I look at my father's smile,
gingging竟batbat不ziji知batbat不gokgok覺dikdik的moumou無jinyin言I find myself, without knowing it, lost for words,
joengyeung讓jatyat日loklok落moumou暮siksik色samsam滲munmun滿leoileui淚ngaanngaan眼and let the dusk of sunset fill my tearful eyes.
wuiwui回mongmong望zokjok昨jatyat日zoijoi在jiyi異hoengheung鄉naana那munmun門cinchin前Looking back on yesterday, at that doorway in a far-off land,
heihei唏heoiheui噓dikdik的gamgam感koikoi慨jatyat一ninnin年ninnin年sighing with regret year after year.
daandaan但jatyat日loklok落jatyat日ceotcheut出wingwing永mutmut沒binbin變cinchin遷But sunset and sunrise never change.
zeje這hakhak刻zoijoi在mongmong望zoekjeuk著fufu父canchan親siusiu笑jungyung容sisi時Now, as I look at my father's smile,
gingging竟batbat不ziji知batbat不gokgok覺dikdik的moumou無jinyin言I find myself, without knowing it, lost for words,
joengyeung讓jatyat日loklok落moumou暮siksik色samsam滲munmun滿leoileui淚ngaanngaan眼and let the dusk of sunset fill my tearful eyes.
wuiwui回mongmong望zokjok昨jatyat日zoijoi在jiyi異hoengheung鄉naana那munmun門cinchin前Looking back on yesterday, at that doorway in a far-off land,
heihei唏heoiheui噓dikdik的gamgam感koikoi慨jatyat一ninnin年ninnin年sighing with regret year after year.
daandaan但jatyat日loklok落jatyat日ceotcheut出wingwing永mutmut沒binbin變cinchin遷But sunset and sunrise never change.
zeje這hakhak刻zoijoi在mongmong望zoekjeuk著fufu父canchan親siusiu笑jungyung容sisi時Now, as I look at my father's smile,
gingging竟batbat不ziji知batbat不gokgok覺dikdik的moumou無jinyin言I find myself, without knowing it, lost for words,
joengyeung讓jatyat日loklok落moumou暮siksik色samsam滲munmun滿leoileui淚ngaanngaan眼and let the dusk of sunset fill my tearful eyes.
Timed to Beyond · 秘密警察 (1988) · 4:21. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.