情非得已 Lyrics and English Translation (Meteor Garden)

 

情非得已 (Can't Help Falling in Love With You) is the theme song for the 2001 Taiwanese romance serial drama Meteor Garden (流星花園).  The song is composed by Malaysian composer and gospel singer 湯小康 (Tang Xiao Kang), and sung by Taiwanese singer-songwriter Harlem Yu.

The drama is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango), written by Yoko Kamio. The drama features Barbie Shu, Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou, Vanness Wu and Ken Chu; the latter four collectively known as Taiwanese boy band F4 (Flower 4). The drama series became very popular not only in Taiwan, but also in Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and even in the Philippines; and other Asian countries.

The story is about a young girl Shancai (Barbie Shu) from a humble background who managed to get into a university which was dominated by the F4 group, known to be a bullying and arrogant group of spoilt kids from rich families. Eventually, the girl’s strong personality which saw her standing up to the bullying group, eventually earned her the respect of the leader Dao Ming Si (Jerry Yan) of the F4 group; who ended up falling in love with her.

Another popular song from the series is the end theme song "The Love You Want" (你要的愛), composed and sung by Malaysian singer Penny Tai (戴佩妮).  It is notable that the two popular Mandarin songs from one of Taiwan’s most popular drama series are both composed by Malaysian Chinese. While Harlem Yu is famous for the song “情非得已”, the composer Tang Xiao Kang probably did not get the fame he sought for after struggling in Taiwan to compose a hit song, at one time even having no money to pay his room rent for several months. Let’s face it, the drama owes its popularity to the theme song; other than that, the story is not exciting and the acting rather stiff.

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_Garden
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B9%AF%E5%B0%8F%E5%BA%B7   

 

 

 

 

湯小康 singing the song he composed

 

你要的爱 (The Love You Want) – Penny Tai (戴佩妮)

 

 Lyrics:
情非得已 (Can't Help Falling in Love With You)
Singer: 庾澄慶 (Harlem Yu)
Lyricist：張國祥
Composer：湯小康 (Tang Xiao Kang)

难以忘记初次见你, 一双迷人的眼睛
I cannot forget the first time I set my eyes on you,I see the eyes of a beautiful girl
在我脑海里, 你的身影, 挥散不去
In my mind, images of you will never disappear
握你的双手感觉你的温柔, 真的有点透不过气
Holding both your hands, I feel your tenderness,it really takes my breath away
你的天真, 我想珍惜, 看到你受委屈 我会伤心
Your innocence, I will always cherish. Seeing you suffer makes me feel sad
Wo...o...oh

只怕我自己会爱上你, 不敢让自己靠得太近
I am afraid I will fall in love with you; I am afraid to let myself get too close to you
怕我没什么能够给你, 爱你也需要很大的勇气
I am afraid I have nothing to give you; So loving you needs a lot of courage


只怕我自己会爱上你, 也许有天会情不自禁
I am afraid I will fall in love with you; Maybe one day I cannot control myself anymore
想念只让自己苦了自己, 爱上你是我情非得已
Just keep thinking of you only makes me suffer; I really can't help falling in love with you

Song repeats….

什么原因, 我竟然又会遇见你
Why do I unexpectedly meet you again?
我真的真的不愿意, 就这样陷入爱的陷阱
Although I am not ready, I can't help falling into love's entrapment

💓💓💓  English translation by sampan 💓💓💓

Pinyin Lyrics:
Qing Fei De Yi (情非得已)

Nan yi wang ji chu ci jian ni
Yi shuang mi ren de yan jing
Zai wo nao hai li
Ni de shen ying
Hui san bu qu

Wo ni de shuang shou gan jue ni de wen rou
Zhen de you dian tou bu guo qi
Ni de tian zhen
Wo xiang zhen xi Kan dao ni shou wei qu
Wo hui shang xin Oh...

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Bu gan rang zi ji kao de tai jin
Pa wo mei shen me neng gou gei ni
Ai ni ye xu yao hen da de yong qi

Nan yi wang ji chu ci jian ni
Yi shuang mi ren de yan jing
Zai wo nao hai li
Ni de shen ying
Hui san bu qu

Wo ni de shuang shou gan jue ni de wen rou
Zhen de you dian tou bu guo qi
Ni de tian zhen
Wo xiang zhen xi Kan dao ni shou wei qu
Wo hui shang xin Oh...

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Bu gan rang zi ji kao de tai jin
Pa wo mei shen me neng gou gei ni
Ai ni ye xu yao hen da de yong qi


Shen me yuan yin Ya...
Wo jing ran you hui yu jian ni
Wo zhen de zhen de bu yuan yi
Jiu zhe yang xian ru ai de xian jing Oh...

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Bu gan rang zi ji kao de tai jin
Pa wo mei shen me neng gou gei ni
Ai ni ye xu yao hen da de yong qi

Zhi pa wo zi ji hui ai shang ni
Ye xu you tian hui qing bu zi jin
Xiang nian zhi rang zi ji ku le zi ji
Ai shang ni shi wo qing fei de yi

Source:https://mojim.com/cny100084x34x2.htm

 

 

 

爱拼才会赢 Hokkien Lyrics and Translation

 

 

 
About the most popular Taiwanese Hokkien song of the later years, this is also Yeh Qi Tian's trademark song which he sang in 1988. It is considered an evergreen song and is popular up till today in East Asia and China. The theme of the song is about working hard to get what you want – something that is relevant to everyone, everywhere and anytime. The song is even sung at political rallies in Taiwan, and even in Singapore, as the theme of the song is about winning.

The lyrics encourages a person not to feel defeated and dejected despite setbacks and the ups and downs of life, While one's fate may not be so good, the unfavourable influence of fate in our destinies can be overcome by sheer will and hard work. The song became popular at a time of economic progress in Taiwan, urging people to work hard.

This song is a way also reflects the singer’s struggles to be a singer. Yeh Qi Tian, in his early teens, left his rural hometown for Taipei, with a dream to become a singer. Alone and with hardly any money, he was for a time selling fish and vegetables to survive, while seeking opportunities to become a singer. After about two months, making no headway, feeling dejected and he went back to his home town, but later went back to Taipei again. Eventually, he found a music teacher and mentor, Guo Dacheng (郭大誠) who later taught him to sing well and who later helped him to make his first song recording. Thanks to his teacher and mentor, Yeh Qi Tian eventually became one of Taiwan’s most famous singers, loved for his Hokkien songs. If the singer had accept his fate and stayed back in his village rather than venture out to fulfil his aspiration to become a singer, he would not have fulfilled his dream.

Hokkien lyrics:

Ai Pia Jia Eh Yia (爱拼才会赢)

 

Chid see sid cjid em bian wan tan

Chid see lor phek em bian tan han

Na thang seek kee hee bung

Mui deed chwee bung bung

Bo hoon wu thae cjin nchui teo chao larng

 

Dim seng ho pid see hie siong eh po lore

Wu see kee wu see low

Ho woon  pai woon

Chong ma ai chiau kee kung lai nkia

Nsah hoon ntee chu ntia

Chid hoon kor pha mpia

Ai mpia chia eh yia

 

 

English Translation:

Strive Hard and You’ll Win (爱拼才会赢)

 

At times when you are feeling depressed, do not despair

At times when you are feeling hopeless, do not be afraid

Going through times without hope, we may drown our sorrow in liquor

A person without a soul is like a scarecrow

 

Life is like the ocean’s wave

Sometimes up, sometimes down

Good luck or bad luck

Still we have to carry on working all the way

Thirty percent of life is Heaven’s will

Seventy percent of life is hard work

Strive hard and we will win

 

 

Lyrics:

作词：陈百潭

作曲：陈百潭

 

爱拼才会赢

 

一时失志不免怨叹

一时落魄不免胆寒

那通失去希望

每日醉茫茫

无魂有体亲像稻草人

 

人生可比是海上的波浪

有时起  有时落

好运 歹运 总嘛要照起工来行

三分天注定 七分靠打拼

爱拼才会赢

 

🏇🏇🏆Hokkien lyrics and English translation by sam pan🏆🏇🏇

 

秋 风 (Autumn WInd) Lyrics Translation - Tracy Huang (黄露仪)

 

Born in Taiwan in 1951, Tracy Huang (黄露仪- Huang Lu Yu), also known as Huáng Yīng Yīng (黄莺莺) to Taiwanese, is well known for singing both Mandarin and English songs. She started singing with pop bands in Taiwan at a young age, which included singing at an exclusive American club which partly explains her ability to sing English songs so well. It was her move to Singapore that saw her singing career taking off. Her English songs, mostly pop songs of the 70s and 80s, like Abba songs, earned her many Chinese fans in the region who do not speak or understand Mandarin.

Among her Mandarin songs, Autumn Wind(秋 风) is probably Tracy Huang’s most famous song, sung in 1978. This beautiful love song starts with the clear and melodious sound of a flute which sounds quite like the whistling sound of autumn winds and the first line of the lyrics aptly describes the blowing of the autumn wind. The song lyrics express sadness over an unfulfilled love. Tracy sang this song very well; her voice just perfect in this song, very clear, sad and haunting. The music is also beautiful. A truly beautiful love song, even though a sad song.

While Tracy Huang may be popularly known for singing the original Mandarin version of this song, I understand that this song is originally a Khmer film song “Goodbye Phnom-Penh” (lear heuy reachthearny/ goodbye capital), sung by Chhun Vanna in 1963. A video of the Khmer song is at end of this post. For those old times, her voice is very nice.

Chhun Vanna was once popular Cambodian singer who was imprisoned and tortured during the Khmer Rouge rule due to her known status as a singer, an obvious target of the communist purge that led to the terrible era of the “Killing Fields” in which the Khmer communist regime killed more than a million of their own people. During that time, she lost her husband and five of her children. Fortunately, she was able to survive and later fled to Thailand (refugee camp) before finally settling down in the US.

Lyrics, Pinyin lyrics and English translation:

秋风 (黄露仪)
Qiu feng
Autumn Wind
Lyrics: Xu Qiang (许强)

秋風吹起落葉飄
qiu feng chui qi luo ye piao
The autumn winds blow up the fallen leaves which drift along

徬惶的我
Pang huang de woa
I’m feeling anxious and uncertain
　
徘徊在十字街口上
Pai huay cai ze zhe chie ko sang
I wonder along the the street

是對是錯   我不知道
shi dui shi cuo   wo bu zhi dao
I do not know if it is right or wrong

我的命運   它是否在作弄我
I wonder if my destiny is teasing me
wo de ming yun   ta shi fou zai zuo nong wo


藍色的海洋不平靜
lan se de hai yang bu ping jing
The blue ocean is not calm
　
我的心情   也像海浪一樣 動亂
wo de xin qing   ye xiang hai lang yi yang dong luan
Like the ocean waves, my heart is in turbulence

是愛是恨   我不知道
shi ai shi hen   wo bu zhi dao　
I do not know whether it is love or hate

過去的事   真是叫我忘不了
guo qu de shi   zhen shi jiao wo wang bu liao
I just cannot forget the sad affairs of the past


來 來....
Lai, Lai….
Come, come....

回來吧　甜蜜的愛
hui lai ba   tian mi de ai
Come back, my sweet love
 
夕阳西下
xi yang xi xia
Like the setting sun in the west

断肠人  你为何在天涯
duan chang ren   ni wei he zai tian ya
Why do heartbreaks exist in this world


藍色的海洋不平靜
lan se de hai yang bu ping jing
The blue ocean is not calm
　
我的心情   也像海浪一樣 動亂
wo de xin qing   ye xiang hai lang yi yang dong luan
Like the ocean waves, my heart is in turbulence

是愛是恨   我不知道
shi ai shi hen   wo bu zhi dao　
I do not know whether it is love or hate

過去的事   真是叫我忘不了
guo qu de shi   zhen shi jiao wo wang bu liao
I just cannot forget the sad affairs of the past


Translated by sam pan

🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁

Khmer version - Chhun Vanna (1963)
លាហើយរាជធានី - Lea Heuy Reach Theany (Goodbye Phnom-Penh)

 

 

 

 

 

“Things” song lyrics (Dean Martin)

 

“Things” is a song written and recorded by Booby Darin in 1962. The song was also sung by Dean Martin and Nancy Sinatra in a 1967 TV special.

Lyrics:

Things

 

Every night I sit here by my window (window)

Staring at the lonely avenue (avenue)

Watching lovers holdin' hands

And laughin' (ha ha ha)

Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

(Thinkin' 'bout things)

Like a walk in the park (things)

Like a kiss in the dark (things)

Like a sailboat ride (ya ya)

What about the night we cried

Things like a lover's vow

Things that we don't do now

Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

 

Memories are all I have to cling to (cling to)

And heartaches are the friends

I'm talkin' to (but you got me now)

When I'm not thinkin' of just how much

I love you ('bout I love you, too)

I'm thinkin' the things we used to do

(Used to do, thinkin' 'bout things)

Like a walk in the park (things)

Like a kiss in the dark (things)

Like a sailboat ride (ya ya)

What about the night we cried

Things like a lover's vow

Things that we don't do now

Thinkin' about the things we used to do

 

I still can hear the juke box softly

Playin' (playin')

And the face I see each day belongs to you

(Belongs to you)

But there's not a single sound

And there's nobody else around

But that's just me thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

(We used to do, thinkin' 'bout things)

Like a walk in the park (things)

Like a kiss in the dark (things)

Like a sailboat ride (ya ya)

What about the night that we cried

Things like a lover's vow

Things that we don't do now

Thinkin' about the things we used to do

And heartaches are the friends I'm talkin' to

You got me thinkin' 'bout

The things we used to do (I hope so)

Thinkin' 'bout the things we used to do

 

Source: http://www.metrolyrics.com/things-lyrics-dean-martin.html

 

 

月夜愁 Hokkien Lyrics and English Translation

 

 

 

 月夜愁 (Moonlit Night Sorrow)

Taiwanese Hokkien Song

 

月夜愁 (Moonlit Night Sorrow) is a 1933 Taiwanese Hokkien song composed by Teng Yu-hsien (邓雨贤), a Taiwanese Hakka musician who composed many well-known early Hokkien folk/ love songs despite restrictions during the 50-year Japanese military colonial rule (1895 – 1945) which was bent on imposing Japanese culture and language on the local Taiwanese people, and later, even after World War Two, from the Nationalist Kuomintang government (from mainland China) which was promoting Mandarin as the official language. 月夜愁 was was one of the Taiwanese songs rewritten as a Japanese military propaganda song (The Soldier's Wife) during the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan which led to the Taiwanese men being conscripted to fight for the Japanese imperial army and women being forced into service as comfort women.

The “three-lane (or three lines road in Hokkien)” in the first line of the 月夜愁 lyrics refers to the urban roads built in Taipei during the Japanese occupation period. The lanes, lined with rows of trees, and with beautiful sceneries, was a favourite place for lovers to walk in the evenings. In the first paragraph of the lyrics, along the three-lanes road, the woman waited for the lover who did not turn up, causing her to feel disappointed and despondent. Instead of a romantic night, the moonlit night thus became gloomy.

Some of Teng Yu-hsien’s well known composition include “Bong Chun Hong (望春風/Longing for the Spring Breeze)” and “Wu Ya Huay (雨夜花/ Rainy Night Flower)”, famously sung by Teresa Teng. Sadly, Teng Yu-hsien died at a relatively young age of 38 (1906 – 1944).

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teng_Yu-hsien

 
Best version of this song - sung by Delphine Chai

Lyrics (台语歌词) / Hokkien lyrics
月夜愁
Guay Ya Tchui

作词：周添旺 (Lyricist)
作曲：邓雨贤 (Composer)

月色照在 三線路
Guay sek cheo chjai  sum sua lore
風吹微 微  等待的人
Hong chuay be be   tharn thai eh larng
哪 未 來
Na buay lie
心內真可疑
Sim lai jing kore gee
想毋出彼个 人
Nsui buay chood heed eh larng
啊~  怨嘆月暝。
Ah~  uan tharn guay mee

更深無伴   獨相思
Kee tchim bo mphua  tdoh sui see       
秋蟬哀啼，
 Tchui sian ai tee    
月光所照  的樹影，
Gay kng so cheo   eh chui eia               
加添阮傷悲
Ka tiam goon siong pee              
心頭酸目屎滴。
Sim tau sng bak sai tee        
啊~ 無聊月暝。
Ah~ bo liau guay mee

敢是註定   無緣份
Kam see tsu ntia    bo yen hoon         
所愛的伊
Soh ai eh yee                    
因何予阮   放袂離，
In hore hore goon parng buay lee                 
夢中來相見
Barng tiong lai nsar kee              
斷腸詩唱袂止
Tuan tng see chui buay tsee              
啊~  憂愁月暝。
Ah~ u tchui guay mee                


Hokkien lyrics by sampan

English Translation:
月夜愁
Moonlit Night Sorrow

The moonlight shines on the three lane road
There is a light breeze blowing
The person I am waiting for
Why has he not come?
I am having doubts about him
I don't know what is wrong with him
Ah....gloomy dark moon

The longer I am without a lover, the more lovesick I am
The autumn cicadas are mourning
In the shadows of the trees under the moonlight
My heart is heavy and I am shedding tears
Ah....lonely dark moon
 
Are we not fated for each other?
I have so much love for him
That’s why I cannot forget him
In my dream we meet each other,
And I sing endless love poems to him
Ah....distressing dark moon

Translated by sam pan