Lo Ta-yu 罗大佑
鹿港小镇 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Mandopop
- Length
- 4:44
假如你先生来自鹿港小镇 请问你是否看见我的爹娘
If your husband comes from Lukang town, may I ask if you've seen my parents?
我家就住在妈祖庙的后面 卖著香火的那家小杂货店
My home is just behind the Mazu Temple, at that little shop selling incense.
假如你先生来自鹿港小镇 请问你是否看见我的爱人
If your husband comes from Lukang town, may I ask if you've seen my lover?
想当年我离家时她已十八 有一颗善良的心和一卷长发
Back in the day when I left home, she was already eighteen, with a kind heart and long hair.
台北不是我的家 我的家乡没有霓虹灯
Taipei is not my home; my hometown has no neon lights.
鹿港的街道 鹿港的渔村 妈祖庙里烧香的人们
The streets of Lukang, the fishing village of Lukang, the people burning incense in the Mazu Temple.
台北不是我的家 我的家乡没有霓虹灯
Taipei is not my home; my hometown has no neon lights.
鹿港的清晨 鹿港的黄昏 徘徊在文明里的人们
The mornings of Lukang, the dusks of Lukang, the people wandering in civilization.
假如你先生回到鹿港小镇 请问你是否告诉我的爹娘
If your husband returns to Lukang town, may I ask if you told my parents?
台北不是我想像的黄金天堂 都市里没有当初我的梦想
Taipei isn't the golden paradise I imagined; the city holds none of my original dreams.
在梦里我再度回到鹿港小镇 庙里膜拜的人们依然虔诚
In my dreams, I return again to Lukang town, where the worshippers in the temple remain devout.
岁月掩不住爹娘纯朴的笑容 梦中的姑娘依然长发迎空
Time can't hide the pure smiles of my parents; in my dreams, the girl still has long hair dancing in the air.
台北不是我的家 我的家乡没有霓虹灯
Taipei isn't my home; my hometown has no neon lights.
鹿港的街道 鹿港的渔村 妈祖庙里烧香的人们
The streets of Lukang, the fishing village of Lukang, where the people burn incense in the Mazu temple.
台北不是我的家 我的家乡没有霓虹灯
Taipei isn't my home; my hometown has no neon lights.
鹿港的清晨 鹿港的黄昏 徘徊在文明里的人们
The mornings of Lukang, the dusks of Lukang, where people wander within civilization.
再度我唱起这首歌 我的歌中和有风雨声
Once more, I sing this song, and in my melody, there's the sound of wind and rain.
归不得的家园 鹿镇的小镇 当年离家的年轻人
A homeland I can't return to, the little town of Lukang, the young ones who left home back then.
台北不是我的家 我的家乡没有霓虹灯
Taipei isn't my home; my hometown has no neon lights.
繁荣的都市 过渡的小镇 徘徊在文明里的人们
The bustling city, the transient little town, where people linger in civilization.
听说他们挖走了家乡的红砖砌上了水泥墙
I've heard they dug away the red bricks of our hometown to build concrete walls.
家乡的人们得到他们想要的 却又失去他们拥有的
The people of the hometown got what they wanted, yet lost what they had.
门上的一块斑驳的木板刻著这么几句话
On the door, a weathered wooden board bears these few words:
子子孙孙永保佑 世世代代传香火
May generations be blessed forever, passing down the incense of our lineage.
鹿港的小镇
The little town of Lukang.
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Key vocabulary
- 假如jiǎ rú
- if5
- 先生xiān shēng
- sir1
- 来自lái zì
- come from2
- 鹿港lù gǎng
- Lugang
- 镇zhèn
- town6
- 是否shì fǒu
- whether
- 我的wǒ de
- my
- 爹娘diē niáng
- parents
- 我家wǒ jiā
- my home
- 住在zhù zài
- live
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About this song
Lo Ta-yu is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter in Mandopop, known for melodic love songs and lyrics that include social and political commentary, with some tracks suppressed in Taiwan and Mainland China during the 1980s. He is considered a cultural icon across Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Mainland China.