陳奕迅 - 陀飛輪

過去十八歲　沒戴錶　不過有時間
gwo heoi sap baat seoi mut daai biu bat gwo jau si gaan
in the past eighteen years old did not wear a watch however had time
夠我　沒有後顧　野性貪玩
gau ngo mut jau hau gu je sing taam waan
enough for me to not worry wild nature want to have fun
霎眼廿七歲　時日無多　方不敢偷懶
saap ngaan jaa cat seoi si jat mou do fong bat gam tau laan
in an instant twenty-seven years old not a lot of time just do not dare to goof off
宏願縱未了　奮鬥總不太晚
wang jyun zung mei liu fan dau zung bat taai maan
great aspirations even if unfinished strive always not too late

然後突然今秋
jin hau dat jin gam cau
and then suddenly this autumn
望望身邊
mong mong san bin
looking around one's self
應該有　已盡有
jing goi jau ji zeon jau
should have already entirely have
我的美酒　跑車
ngo dik mei zau paau ce
my fine wine sports car
相機　金錶
soeng gei gam biu
camera gold watch
也　講究
jaa gong gau
also exquisite
直到世間
zik dou sai gaan
until the world
個個也妒忌
go go jaa dou gei
each and every one also jealous
仍不怎麼富有
jing bat zam mo fu jau
yet not particularly rich
用我尚有
jung ngo soeng jau
use what I still have
換我沒有
wun ngo mut jau
to exchange for what I do not have
其實已　用盡所擁有
kei sat ji jung zeon so jung jau
actually already use up everything I have

*曾付出　幾多心跳
cang fu ceot gei do sam tiu
once devoted how many heartbeats
來換取　一堆堆　的發票
loi wun ceoi jat deoi deoi dik faat piu
to give and receive a pile of receipts
人值得　命中減少幾秒　多買一隻錶
jan zik dak ming zung gaam siu gei miu do maai jat zek biu
a person is worth to lessen how many seconds in a life to buy another watch
秒速　捉得緊了
miu cuk zuk dak gan liu
speed of a second grab onto tightly
而皮膚竟偷偷鬆了
ji pei fu ging tau tau sung liu
and skin unexpectedly secretly loosen
為何用到盡了
wai ho jung dou zeon liu
why use entirely
至知哪樣緊要*
zi zi naa joeng gan jin
then know which is important

勞力是　無止境
lou lik si mou zi ging
rolex has no limits
活著多好　不需要　靠物證
wut zoek do hou bat seoi jiu kaau mat zing
to live how good do not need to rely on material things
也不以高薪　高職　高級品　搏尊敬
jaa bat ji gou san gou zik gou kap ban bok zyun ging
also not according to high salary high position high ranking to seize respect
就算搏到　伯爵那地位
zau syun bok dou baak zoek naa dei wai
even if seized courtship status
和蕭邦的雋永
wo siu bon dik syun wing
and the significance of Chopin
賣了任性
maai liu jam sing
selling unruliness
日拼夜拼
jat ping je ping
day and night risk life
忘掉了為什麼高興
mong diu liu wai sam mo gou hing
forgetting for what reason I am happy

*曾付出　幾多心跳
來換取　一堆堆　的發票
人值得　命中減少幾秒　多買一隻錶
秒速　捉得緊了
而皮膚竟偷偷鬆了
為何用到盡了
至知哪樣緊要*

記住那　關於光陰的教訓
gei zyu naa gwaan jyu gwong jam dik gaau fan
remember that lesson regarding time available
回頭走　天已暗
wui tau zau tin ji am
turning to go back the sky is already dark
你獻出了十吋　時和分
nei hin ceot liu sap cyun si wo fan
you offered ten inches of time
可有換到十吋金
ho jau wun dou sap cyun gam
but have you exchanged it for ten inches of gold

還剩低　幾多心跳
waan zing dai gei do sam tiu
still remaining how many heartbeats
人面跟　水晶錶面對照
jan min gan seoi zing biu min deoi ziu
connections and crystal dial plate contrasting
連自己　亦都分析不了　得到多與少
lin zi gei jik dou fan sik bat liu dak dou do jyu siu
even myself also unable to analyze achieved many or few
也許　真的瘋了
jaa heoi zan dik fung liu
perhaps really crazy
那個倒影　多麼可笑
naa go dou jing do mo ho siu
that reflection in the water how funny
靈魂若變賣了　上鏈也沒心跳
ling wan joek bin maai liu soeng lin jaa mut sam tiu
soul if sold winding the chain also no heartbeat

銀或金　都不緊要
ngan waak gam dou bat gan jiu
silver nor gold neither is important
誰造機芯　一樣了
seoi zou gei sam jat joeng liu
who made the mechanisms is the same
計劃了　照做了　得到了　時間卻太少
gai waak liu ziu zou liu dak dou liu si gaan koek taai siu
planned complied achieved time nevertheless is too little

還剩低　幾多心跳
waan zing dai gei do sam tiu
still remaining how many heartbeats
還在數　趕不及了
waan zoi sou gon bat kap liu
still counting cannot catch up
昂貴是這刻　我覺悟了
ngong gwai si ze hak ngo gok ng liu
expensive is this moment I have realized
在時計裡　看破一生
zoi si gai leoi hon po jat sang
while in time calculating see through one's life
渺渺
miu miu
insignificant



~ translation by be4me