I know, I know... This page is supposed to be about Mandarin. However, as a karaoke lover, I have had to listen time and time again to this wonderful song by Beyond. I really enjoy it, and have always adored the sound of Cantonese.
Beyond's singer died in 1993, at the age of 31. Thus, the song is already a classic, as far as I have noticed.
So here it goes:
光辉岁月 /// 光輝歲月
gwong1 fai1 seui1 yut6
The Glorious Years
...by Beyond
鐘聲響起歸家的訊號
jung1 sing1 heung2 hei2 gwai1 ga1 dik1seun3 hou6
在他生命裡彷彿帶點唏噓
joi6 ta1 sang1 meng6 leui5 fong2 fat1 dai2 dim2 hei1 heui1
黑色肌膚給他的意義
hak1 sik1 gei1 fu1 kap1 ta1dik1 yi3 yi6
是一生奉獻膚色鬥爭中
si6 yat1 sang1 fung6 hin3 fu1 sik1 dau3 jang1 jung1
The clock chimes the signal for returning home,
It brings to his life a note of sigh!
The meaning given him thru his dark skin
Is devotion of his whole life to a struggle of skin colors.
年月把擁有變做失去
nin4 yut6 ba2 yung2 yau5 bin3 jou6 sat1 heui3
疲倦的雙眼帶著期望
pei4 gyun6 dik1 seung1 ngan5 dai2 jeuk3 kei4 mong6
The years have changed possession into loss.
The weary eyes are showing expectation.
今天只有殘留的軀殼
gam1 tin1 ji2 yau5 chan4 lau4 dik1 keui1 hok3
迎接光輝歲月
ying4 jip3 gwong1 fai1 seui3 yut6
風雨中抱緊自由
fung1 yu5 jung1 pou5 gan2 ji6 yau4
一生經過徬惶的掙扎
yat1 sang1 ging1 gwo3 pong4 wong4 dik1jang6 jat3
自信可改變未來
ji6 seun3 ho2 goi2 bin3 mei6 loi4
問誰又能做到
man6 seui4 yau6 nang4 jou6 dou3
Today only the injured body still remains
To welcome the glorious years
To hold tight to freedom amidst wind and rain.
Thru faltering struggle in this life,
He believes he can change the future.
May I ask who else can accomplish this?
可否不分膚色的界限
ho2 fau2 bat1 fan1 fu1 sik1 dik1 gai3 han6
願這土地裡 不分你我高低
yun6 je5 tou2 dei6 leui5 bat1 fan1 nei5 ngo5 gou1 dai1
繽紛色彩閃出的美麗
ban1 fan1 sik1 choi2 sim2 cheut1 dik1 mei5 lai6
是因它沒有 分開每種色彩
si6 yan1 ta1 mut6 yau5 fan1 hoi1 mui5 jung2 sik1 choi2
Could we make no distinction of skin colors?
Wish everyone could share everything and be treated equally in this land!
A profuse variety of colors emits a sparkling beauty
Because it makes no distinction of each color.
jung1 sing1 heung2 hei2 gwai1 ga1 dik1seun3 hou6
在他生命裡彷彿帶點唏噓
joi6 ta1 sang1 meng6 leui5 fong2 fat1 dai2 dim2 hei1 heui1
黑色肌膚給他的意義
hak1 sik1 gei1 fu1 kap1 ta1dik1 yi3 yi6
是一生奉獻膚色鬥爭中
si6 yat1 sang1 fung6 hin3 fu1 sik1 dau3 jang1 jung1
The clock chimes the signal for returning home,
It brings to his life a note of sigh!
The meaning given him thru his dark skin
Is devotion of his whole life to a struggle of skin colors.
年月把擁有變做失去
nin4 yut6 ba2 yung2 yau5 bin3 jou6 sat1 heui3
疲倦的雙眼帶著期望
pei4 gyun6 dik1 seung1 ngan5 dai2 jeuk3 kei4 mong6
The years have changed possession into loss.
The weary eyes are showing expectation.
今天只有殘留的軀殼
gam1 tin1 ji2 yau5 chan4 lau4 dik1 keui1 hok3
迎接光輝歲月
ying4 jip3 gwong1 fai1 seui3 yut6
風雨中抱緊自由
fung1 yu5 jung1 pou5 gan2 ji6 yau4
一生經過徬惶的掙扎
yat1 sang1 ging1 gwo3 pong4 wong4 dik1jang6 jat3
自信可改變未來
ji6 seun3 ho2 goi2 bin3 mei6 loi4
問誰又能做到
man6 seui4 yau6 nang4 jou6 dou3
Today only the injured body still remains
To welcome the glorious years
To hold tight to freedom amidst wind and rain.
Thru faltering struggle in this life,
He believes he can change the future.
May I ask who else can accomplish this?
可否不分膚色的界限
ho2 fau2 bat1 fan1 fu1 sik1 dik1 gai3 han6
願這土地裡 不分你我高低
yun6 je5 tou2 dei6 leui5 bat1 fan1 nei5 ngo5 gou1 dai1
繽紛色彩閃出的美麗
ban1 fan1 sik1 choi2 sim2 cheut1 dik1 mei5 lai6
是因它沒有 分開每種色彩
si6 yan1 ta1 mut6 yau5 fan1 hoi1 mui5 jung2 sik1 choi2
Could we make no distinction of skin colors?
Wish everyone could share everything and be treated equally in this land!
A profuse variety of colors emits a sparkling beauty
Because it makes no distinction of each color.
Hope you like it!
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KEYWORDS: Beyond, The Glorious Years, lyrics (chinese and romanized), music video, and translation.
