俗物 Vulgarian

qyafa Liao
Jul 23, 2017 · 2 min read

詞:陳政亮 曲、唱:陳秋山 、英譯:廖凱弘

MV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXfzl9y6uhw

恁喊來就來,喊去就去,我可比免洗的碗筷。

You make me come or go, whatever you want, I am like a pair of disposable chopsticks.

論斤秤兩,價數便宜,我只是恁心中的俗物。

Evaluate my cost, cheaper than the normal price, I am the only vulgarian on your mind.

恨我出世,沒含著金湯匙,作同款的工課,受盡歧視,作死作活,攏沒位置。

I hate myself, born without golden spoon, doing the same job, bored with all discrimination. Work enthusiastically and exhaustedly, but no position.

啊,人生路途一半過去,什麼成就不敢來講起,生活是現實的凌遲,懷念少年時代的無知。

Ah..I have passed the halfway of my life without any achievements I could mention to others. Life is the torture of reality. The only thing I could do now is missing the innocence in my youth.

恁講圓是圓,講扁是扁,顛倒是非白賊慣習。偷斤減兩,苛扣工錢,為家庭我改了壞脾氣。

You say it “round”; that becomes round; say it “flat”; that becomes flat. Talking black into white, lying habitually. Giving short weight, reducing the salary; however, I control my temper for the family.

困頓失志,問前途在那裡,想自己的運命,潦倒傷悲,想眠想日,白髮幾許。

I lost my determination and courage, asking where the future is; I felt down and out, pondering day and night with withe hair growing.

(重複) 啊,人生路途一半過去,什麼成就不敢來講起,生活是現實的凌遲,找回少年時代的勇氣。 啊,人生路途一半過去,什麼成就不敢來講起,生活是現實的凌遲,懷念少年時代的無知。

(repeat) Ah..I have passed the halfway of my life without any achievements I could mention to others. Life is the torture of reality. The only thing I could do now is missing the innocence in my youth.

啊,人生路途一半過去,什麼成就不敢來講起,生活是現實的凌遲,找回少年時代的勇氣。

Ah..I have passed the halfway of my life without any achievements I could mention to others. Life is the torture of reality. Find out the courage in my youth.

qyafa Liao

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Ph.D., NTU, Taiwan

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