Adam Tobis – I love Cantonese 我愛廣東歌

山光道上 On Shan Kwong Road

一步，三步，五步，七步，藍衫小童邁步跑過紅門。

左跳，右跳，上跳，下跳，鳳凰樹下人人跳得自滿。

寶樹，寶木，寶天，寶地，孩童學習寶貴的知識。

覺醒，覺察，覺知，覺道，學童覺悟人生的五色。

晨光，目光，山光，道上流光，義學勇往直前。

東談西說，化雨東風，蓮花，連接，連結，覺知，覺察，覺中，苑社藏寶，滿門才傑。

紅柱，紅瓦，紅簷，階梯上下，明言佛道。黄童，黄土，黃牆，鞦韆旁邊，尋幽探奧。

晨光，目光，山光，道上流光，義學勇往直前。

數載寒窗，花晨月夕，何去，何處，何從，化雨東風，啟迪幼苗，東方，東道，東風。

九曲，九鼎，九岡，九十載濟貧，啟蒙萬千。

晨光，目光，山光，道上流光，義學勇往直前。

On Shan Kwong Road

One step, three steps, five steps, seven steps, The child in a blue shirt ran through the red gate.

Jump left, jump right, jump up, jump down, Everyone jumped with satisfaction under the phoenix tree.

Precious tree, precious wood, precious sky, precious ground Children learning invaluable knowledge.

Awakening, becoming aware, understanding, learning morals, Schoolchildren realising the five colours of life.

Morning light, the gaze, light on the mountain, as light streams on the road, students learn righteously and the free school moves forward bravely.

Discuss every topics, offer the best education. The lotus, the connection, the association, Understand, observe, be aware of the country. The school has many hidden treasures, all talented people.

Red pillars, red tiles, red eaves, Up and down the stairs, we discussed Buddha’s teaching. Small child, yellow soil, yellow wall, Beside the swing, we look for the secrets.

Morning light, the gaze, light on the mountain, As light streams on the road, students learn righteously and the free school moves forward bravely.

After a few years of studying together, we have very good times together. Where to, where are we, where to go from here.

Good education enlightens the children, The Orient, be hospitable, eastern wind.

Nine winding roads, nine strong words, nine stable hills Ninety years of helping the poor and enlightening tens of thousands of children.

Morning light, the gaze, light on the mountain, As light streams on the road, students learn righteously and the free school moves forward bravely.

靈感–寶覺小學成立於1931年，當時是一所女子免費佛教學校，至今已有90年曆史。鳳凰木也稱為Royal Poinciana；它有明亮的紅色花朵，可以散佈到60尺寬。我在那裡度過了很多快樂的時光。 Inspiration – Po Kok Primary School, founded in 1931 as a free and Buddhist school for girls in Hong Kong, turned 90 years. The Phoenix tree is also called the Royal Poinciana; it has clusters of bright red flowers, and can spread up to 60 feet wide. I spent a lot of my happy time there.

作曲 (Music): Eduardo Cruz Gaytán
作詞 (Lyric): 風夕思 WindJess
主唱 (Singing): Elektra YU Chi Ka
編曲 (Arrangement): Elektra YU Chi Ka and Adam Tobis
混音 (Mixing): Adam Tobis
視頻製作 (video production): VOVA

Yearning 只待樹成蔭

靈感 – 2019年底在澳洲發生的森林大火。然後我們被Coronavirus打擊。我們製作了另一首由男歌手演唱的歌曲：期待樹成蔭
Inspiration – the massive bushfire we had in Australia at the end of 2019. Then we are hit by the pandemic. We made another version of the song, sung by a male vocalist: Longing.

歌詞

細看樹成蔭, 眾鳥息
林木茂, 萬物生
驟看斧斤至, 獸狂色
火烈燄, 眾鳥爭

感嘆兩年為旱, 一月流火
林木為灰, 鳥獸為屍
哀嘆十年斧斤, 百年污火
千樹成灰, 萬物成肢

只恨獸困成狂, 荼毒生靈
遺世獨立, 與世隔絕
只可吹呴去毒, 國安家寧
肝腸寸斷, 心勞日拙

只待雨横斜, 樹再成蔭
不再與世絕, 衾席暖枕

感嘆一年為害, 三月流瘟
林木為灰, 鳥獸為屍
惋嘆百年困獸, 十年流火
千樹成灰, 萬物成肢

只恨獸困成狂, 荼毒生靈
與世隔絕, 遺世獨立
只可吹呴去毒, 國安家寧
心勞日拙, 肝腸斷十

只待雨横斜, 樹再成蔭
不再與世絕, 衾席暖枕

Back-translation

Take a look at the trees, they grow to give shade, with birds nesting there.
The forest is thick and the animals are lively.
Suddenly, machinery arrived and the trees are gone, the animals become desperate.
Fire ravages the forest, birds struggle.

It’s sad that we had two years of drought, one month of fire.
Forests turn to ash, animals become corpses.
I cry for the years of destroying trees, the century of pollution.
Thousand of trees turn to ash, million of animals become corpses.

I hate that trapped animals become desperate, poison damages the living.
We are surviving alone, cut off from the world.
We breathe to try to get rid of the poisoned air, try to make the family and country live in peace.
Our heart is broken, the situation has worsened.

Can only wait for rain to come, so the trees grow again to give shade.
Don’t need to isolate from the world, we can embrace the warmth of family.

Pity that we had one year of damage, three months of sickness.
Forests turn to ash, animals become corpses.
I grieve a century of trapped animals, ten years of fire.
Thousand of trees turn to ash, millions of animals become corpses.

Can only wait for rain to come, so the trees grow again to give shade.
Don’t need to isolate from the world, we can embrace the warmth of family.

Production

作曲 (Music): Stephanie Henry
作詞 (Lyric): 風夕思 WindJess
主唱和編曲 (Singing and arrangement): Elektra YU Chi Ka
混音和母帶製作 (Mixing and Mastering): Adam Tobis
視頻製作 (video production): Barbara Ember

Longing 期待樹成蔭

靈感 – 2019年底在澳洲發生的森林大火。然後我們被Coronavirus打擊。我們製作了另一首由女歌手演唱的歌曲：只待樹成蔭
Inspiration – the massive bushfire we had in Australia at the end of 2019. Then we are hit by the pandemic. We made another version of the song, sung by a female vocalist: Yearning

歌詞

Back-translation 英文歌詞已略作修訂，以更好呈現歌曲的意境與情感，敬請留意。

Only When the Trees Weave Shade Again
Look closely —
where trees grow heavy with shade,
the birds come home to rest;
forests deepen,
life rises and hums.
But hear —
the sudden crack of axe and blade,
the beasts run mad,
the flames roar,
the birds scatter, screaming.

We mourn —
two years of thirst,
one month of fire;
forests burned to dust,
birds and beasts to scattered bones.
We grieve —
ten years of hacking axes,
a hundred years of tainted fire;
a thousand trees undone,
all living things broken apart.

Only sorrow for beasts driven wild,
their rage a poison on the land;
cut off from the world,
standing alone in ruins.
Only our breath, our faint breath,
can drive the venom away —
then peace might return to the hearth,
yet hearts grow thin,
and souls wear down to ash.

Only when the rains fall slantwise,
only when the trees weave shade once more,
shall we not be exiled from the living world —
shall we lie warm again, beneath familiar quilts.

We mourn —
a year of harm,
three months of plague;
forests burned to dust,
birds and beasts to scattered bones.
We grieve —
a hundred years of beasts imprisoned,
ten years of wild, raging fire;
a thousand trees undone,
all living things broken apart.

Only when the rains fall slantwise,
only when the trees weave shade once more,
shall we not be exiled from the living world —
shall we lie warm again, beneath familiar quilts.

Production

作曲 (Music): Stephanie Henry
作詞 (Lyric): 風夕思 WindJess
主唱 (Singing): Hooh Leung
編曲 (Arrangement): Elektra YU Chi Ka
混音和母帶製作 (Mixing and Mastering): Adam Tobis
視頻製作 (video production): Barbara Ember

Time Only Comes Once 時機不再來

靈感 – 一位女醫生由於酗酒和藥物癮而失去了子女的監護權。

Inspiration – a female doctor lost the custody of her children due to addiction.

歌詞

為甚麼要我放棄小寶寶？
醉酒, 醉酒變成暴行
為甚麼要我遠離小寶寶？
破壞,破壞變成罪行

然而母愛仍存在
為了她，滴酒不沾
可惜時機不再來
為了家，百藥不沾

為甚麼偏見要趕走我?
固執固執，全為了家
為甚麼法制要阻止我?
積極積極，全為了她

偏見不能阻止我
法制不能趕走我

偏見不能趕走我
固執固執，全為了家
法制不能阻止我
積極積極，全為了他

固執固執，全為了他
積極積極，全為了家

Back-translation

Why should I give up my baby?
I got drunk, my drunkenness became violence.
Why should I stay away from my baby?
I caused damage, my destruction became a crime.

However, maternal love still exists.
For her, I’m staying sober.
It’s a pity the chance comes only once.
For family, I’m stay away from drugs.

Why does prejudice want to drive me away?
I am being stubborn, stubborn, all for my family.
Why does the legal system want to stop me?
I will be positive, positive, all for her.

Prejudice can’t stop me.
The legal system can’t drive me away.

Prejudice cannot drive me away.
I will be stubborn, stubborn, all for my family.
The legal system cannot stop me.
I will be positive, positive, all for her.

I will be stubborn, stubborn, all for her.
I will be positive, positive, all for my family.

Production

作曲 (Music): Sulyn Ooi
作詞 (Lyric): 風夕思 WindJess
主唱 (Singing): Elektra YU Chi Ka
混音和母帶製作 (Mixing and Mastering): Adam Tobis
視頻製作 (video production): VOVA