1980

上海灘 The Bund

Frances Yip 葉麗儀

The theme of TVB's 1980 drama The Bund, set in 1930s Shanghai: love and hate, joy and sorrow, success and failure all swept along like the Huangpu's endless waves. Frances Yip's rousing version is one of the best-known Cantonese songs, a KTV singalong across generations.

Cantonese. Frances Yip also recorded a Mandarin version with the same title.

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long浪ban奔long浪lau流maan萬lei里tou滔tou滔gong江seui水wing永bat不yau休Waves surge and flow, a great river rolling on forever,

tou淘jeun盡liu了sai世gaan間si事wan混jok作tou滔tou滔yat一pin片chiu潮lau流washing away the world's affairs, all mixed into one great tide.

si是hei喜si是sau愁long浪leui裡fan分bat不ching清fun歡siu笑bei悲yau憂Joy or sorrow, in the waves you can't tell laughter from grief.

sing成gung功sat失baai敗long浪leui裡hon看bat不cheut出yau有mei未yau有Success or failure, in the waves you can't see which you've had.

oi愛nei你han恨nei你man問gwan君ji知fau否chi似daai大gong江yat一faat發bat不sau收I love you, I hate you, do you know? Like the river, it can't be held back.

jyun轉chin千waan灣jyun轉chin千taan灘yik亦mei未ping平fuk復chi此jung中jang爭dau鬥Through a thousand bends and shoals, the struggle within still won't settle.

yau又yau有hei喜yau又yau有sau愁jau就syun算fan分bat不ching清fun歡siu笑bei悲yau憂There's joy and there's sorrow; even if I can't tell happiness from grief,

ying仍yun願faan翻baak百chin千long浪joi在ngo我sam心jung中hei起fuk伏gau夠I'd still churn through a hundred thousand waves, rising and falling in my heart.

oi愛nei你han恨nei你man問gwan君ji知fau否chi似daai大gong江yat一faat發bat不sau收I love you, I hate you, do you know? Like the river, it can't be held back.

jyun轉chin千waan灣jyun轉chin千taan灘yik亦mei未ping平fuk復chi此jung中jang爭dau鬥Through a thousand bends and shoals, the struggle within still won't settle.

yau又yau有hei喜yau又yau有sau愁long浪leui裡jau就syun算fan分bat不ching清fun歡siu笑bei悲yau憂There's joy and there's sorrow; even if the waves blur happiness and grief,

ying仍yun願faan翻baak百chin千long浪joi在ngo我sam心jung中hei起fuk伏gau夠I'd still churn through a hundred thousand waves, rising and falling in my heart.

ying仍yun願faan翻baak百chin千long浪joi在ngo我sam心jung中hei起fuk伏gau夠I'd still churn through a hundred thousand waves, rising and falling in my heart.

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