coronavirus – I love Cantonese 我愛廣東歌

Little Pleasures 小小的樂趣

A news item reported that a young boy in Singapore cried with pleasure when he was allowed to eat at McDonald’s again after restaurants reopened (following the relaxation of lockdown and social distancing rules). So the song is inspired by the coronavirus and a Filet-O-Fish!

我想念你，我想念你！
我想聞到大海，我想聞到魚兒。
你的潤滑，你的美味。
你的柔軟，你的鮮味。

小小的生物使人人痛哀。
小小的東西讓萬事告吹。
小小的生物使人人分開。
小小的東西擋我的樂趣。

我想念你，我想念你！
你的潤滑，你的美味。
空氣中的小生物是什麼?
人人小小的樂趣是什麼?

小小的生物使人人痛哀。
小小的東西讓萬事告吹。
小小的生物使人人分開。
小小的東西擋我的樂趣。

他們話你會負累我。
我不在乎，我不介意。
他們話你會殘害我。
小小的樂趣，多多的相思。

他們話你會使心跳停息。
他們話你會使血脈阻塞。
我不在乎，我不介意。
擁抱自由，大笑大叫。

小小的生物使人人痛哀。
小小的東西讓萬事告吹。
小小的生物使人人分開。
小小的東西擋我的樂趣。

小小的生物算是什麼?
小小的樂趣使人人笑笑。
小小的東西算是什麼?
小小的樂趣使人人叫叫。

Rough back-translation

I miss you, I miss you!
I want to smell the sea, I want to smell the fish.
Your smoothness, your deliciousness.
Your softness, your freshness.

This virus grieves everyone.
This little thing makes everything fall through.
This virus separates everyone.
This little thing stops my pleasures.

I miss you, I miss you!
Your smoothness, your deliciousness.
What is this little microorganism in the air?
What are everyone’s little pleasures?

This virus grieves everyone.
This little thing makes everything fall through.
This virus separates everyone.
This little thing stops my pleasures.

They said you would weigh me down.
I don’t care, I don’t mind.
They said you would harm me.
A little pleasure, a lot of lovesickness.

They said you would stop my heartbeat.
They said you would clog my blood.
I don’t care, I don’t mind.
Embrace freedom, laugh and shout loudly.

This virus grieves everyone.
This little thing makes everything fall through.
This virus separates everyone.
This little thing stops my fun.

What is this little thing?
A little pleasure makes everyone laugh.
What is this little thing?
A little pleasure makes everyone shout.

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