translate Tak Wah song

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Mark Williamson

translate Tak Wah song

Post by Mark Williamson »

ng chin nin dik fung wo yu a chong lyu do syu mung
wong sik dik lim haak sik dik ngaan bat bin si syu yung
baat chin lei saan chun ho ngok jung si yat sau go
bat lun nei loi ji ho jung hoi hung ho chu
yat yung dik loi yat yung dik tung chang ging dik fu naan ngo mun lau joi sam jung
yat yung dik hyut yat yung dik jung mei loi waan yau mung ngo mun yat hei hoi taap
sau hin juk sau bat fan nei ngo ngong sau hung chin jau
yung sai gaai ji dou ngo mun dou si jung gwok yan

Although I know the meanings of quite a few of the words, I'm not fluent in Cantonese so I can't really produce a translation.

And yes, I'm aware that Cantonese is a tonal language and it's much easier to translate if tones are provided.

However, giving that a song is sung without tones, and that most people can tell somewhat from context what something means without the tones, I don't doubt that Cantonese-speakers here will be able to produce a good translation :)

Thanks for your assistance!
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