Lo Ta-yu 罗大佑
童年 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Mandopop
- Length
- 3:55
池塘边的榕树上
On the banyan tree by the pond,
知了在声声叫著夏天
The cicadas are calling out the summer,
操场边的秋千上
On the swing by the playground,
只有蝴蝶停在上面
Only butterflies rest upon it.
黑板上老师的粉笔
The chalk of the teacher on the blackboard,
还在拼命叽叽喳喳写个不停
Is still scribbling away, nonstop and loud.
等待著下课 等待著放学
Waiting for class to end, waiting for school to finish,
等待游戏的童年
Longing for the childhood of games,
福利社里面甚么都有
Inside the canteen, there's everything to find,
就是口袋里没有半毛钱
But in my pocket, not a single cent to bind.
诸葛四郎和魔鬼党
Zhuge Silang and the devil gang,
到底谁抢到那支宝剑?
Who ended up with that treasured sword?
隔壁班的那个女孩
That girl from the next class,
怎么还没经过我的窗前?
Why hasn't she passed by my window yet?
嘴里的零食 手里的漫画
Snacks in my mouth, comics in my hands,
心里初恋的童年
Childhood's first love in my heart,
总是要等到睡觉前
Always waiting until bedtime,
才知道功课只做了一点点
Only to realize I've done just a little work.
总是要等到考试以后
Always waiting until after the exam,
才知道该念的书都没有念
Only to find I haven't read the books I should.
一寸光阴一寸金
An inch of time is worth an inch of gold,
老师说过「寸金难买寸光阴」
The teacher has said, 'An inch of gold can't buy an inch of time.'
一天又一天 一年又一年
Day after day, year after year,
迷迷糊糊的童年
A hazy and dreamy childhood.
没有人知道为甚么
No one knows why,
太阳总下到山的那一边
The sun always sets beyond the mountains.
没有人能够告诉我
No one can tell me,
山里面有没有住著神仙
Whether there are immortals living in the mountains.
多少的日子里
In how many days,
总是一个人面对著天空发呆
I find myself staring blankly at the sky all alone.
就这么好奇 就这么幻想
Just this curious, just this dreaming
这么孤单的童年
Such a lonely childhood
阳光下蜻蜓飞过来
A dragonfly flies by in the sunlight
一片片绿油油的稻田
Fields of green rice stretch far and wide
水彩蜡笔和万花筒
Watercolors, crayons, and a kaleidoscope
画不出天边那一条彩虹
Can't paint the rainbow at the edge of the sky
甚么时候才能像高年级的同学
When will I look like the older kids?
有张成熟与长大的脸
With a face that's matured and grown
盼望著假期 盼望著明天
Longing for the holidays, longing for tomorrow
盼望长大的童年
Hoping for a childhood that grows up
哦 一天又一天 一年又一年
Oh, day by day, year by year
盼望长大的童年
Yearning for a childhood that grows up
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Key vocabulary
- 榕树róng shù
- banyan
- 知zhī
- know
- 声声shēng shēng
- each sound
- 叫著jiào zhù
- calling
- 夏天xià tiān
- summer2
- 操场cāo chǎng
- playground4
- 只有zhǐ yǒu
- only3
- 蝴蝶hú dié
- butterfly5
- 停在tíng zài
- stop at
- 上面shàng miàn
- above3
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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.