A-mei - Ting Hai

[zephyr84]

Ting Hai - 'Listen to the Sea' (translation by yours truly. I felt obliged to do so since it's a true mandarin pop classic).

Verse 1:

Write me a letter, telling me what the colour of the sea was today

To describe how it feels like, with the sea accompanying you every night.

'Grey' would mean you'd rather not say; 'blue' would mean you're sad

But you're adrift and your turbulent heart - where will they anchor?



[zephyr84]

Verse 2:

Write me a letter, telling me what you wish to dream of tonight

Whether or not the 'me' in your dreams and in reality makes no difference to your choice.

I clutch on to my heart, unable to shut my eyes the entire night

Why is that you obviously have feelings for me and yet not moving closer?

[zephyr84]

Chorus:

Listen to the sound of the crying sea

Lamenting those who have had their hearts broken but fail to sober up

I can’t be one of them – at least I’m very calm

But the tears, even my tears don’t buy that.

Listen to the sound of the crying sea;

This sea is far too emotional, it cries in sorrow till daybreak.

Write me a letter as a final promise to me

Telling me how you really felt when you left me.



[jhuangotj]

This song is everlasting, never boring even after hearing it for the 100th time

[koakie1]

It did not take me 4 years to find the song, only 2days.

here's the thing:

1 i was in a karaoke bar, about 4/5 weeks ago. i videotaped 40 seconds of the song sang by some girl

2 i dont understand any Chinese so no way to search for lyrics

3 i didn't know the artist

4 midomi.com did not recognize the song when i played it or hummed it.

i found it through some very precise google searches

[caruthersm]

@koakie1 good work koakie1 :) now u can relax and enjoy !

[joren0728]

its a song about the sea...na pinabayaan ng mga tao...i really like that song so much..

[undisputedscycho]

love it..............

[philpyao]

@savvyleehom :o .. :p .. :D

[luvhina03]

write a letter to me telll me what the colour of the sea today

every night accompany the sea how you feel

grey is not wanting to say blue is unsure

[Irrridescence]

her music takes me to another place *swoon*

[maudzyy888]

Great...

[jtchelsea26]

hear~ the cry of the sea~ :))

[baboon500]

beautifull

[Chiffonrosettes]

everytime i go for karaoke this song is a must

[bidamaix]

17 of them got drowned in the sea, that's why!

[gltieo1]

very nice song.i like it.

[asas2jh]

Sweet!

[fire1bill2]

classic nice song.........

[wale068]

絕響!!

[urfatherfly]

THIS SONG RAWKx

[kittensmallcat]

Listen, listen to the cries of The Ocean.

[samsonwtl]

Listening to sea

[Savvyleehom]

Finally,I've found this song for 4 years

[caruthersm]

I'm happy to have re-united you both :)

[lonesomeinpeg]

It is sad when the most beautiful song in the world is in a language you do not understand.

[SunshinyChengChaiYee]

@lonesomeinpeg: Feel free to learn the beautiful language of Mandarin so you may understand the lyrics of this song.

[above18y0utub3r]

OMG. I just realized how the chorus is partly ripped off from "He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother", by British band The Hollies

-_-

[airknightX]

@above18y0utub3r

i wouldnt say its a rip off, yes it sounded silmiar but maybe the composer for this song never heard he aint heavy hes my brother before writing this melody. I guess the sad part is that we'll never know the answer.

[loveAARforever]

@lonesomeinpeg But grasping the beauty and feeling the impact of the song is just as wonderful if not better than being able to just know what the lyrics mean ^^

I agree this is a truly beautiful song :)

[Dryued]

@lonesomeinpeg

Oh no it isn't. If you understood it, it may have not made any sense.

[facerollpker]

@lonesomeinpeg hahaha suck it im chinese

[maldianlegend]

@lonesomeinpeg You should give studying Mandarin a try. A lot of Westerners are afraid of it because it's a tonal language, and because of the characters, both of which are very foreign to English speakers. But once you get into it, you'll find that there's no verb conjugation, in fact no inflection at all, and much if the language is laid out in a very organized way. (For example "January" is written as "one-month" etc.)

So give it a try. You might surprise yourself. :)

[Lepeix3]

love this song <3

[gongzhu91]

a classic piece!

[barnabbas]

her voice is wonderful :)

[Jfoo111]

so sad the song..

[karinlee95]

ah mei rocks the world! she's like the world's best chinese female singer! (:

[nicelily]

great track, suits my mood right now too =(

[Ulordk5]

a mei 太力害了感动好多人.

[jltraj21]

LOVELY SONG....even i don't understand!..:)))

but i'm singin' this song @ my GIG!...

MORE power....

[ichuan501]

she is my favorite singer,when i was in taiwan........

[galgal]

This song so nice!

[peteraucs]

Timeless classic...wonderful!

[gky3998]

i like this song

Swee poh

[mbencha]

Can anyone advise the lyrics (or where to doanload them)? Please

[honeyselena]

simply search from yahoo. on the search box, just type : A-mei lyrics or Ting Hai lyrics. it will lead you to some lyrics website =)

[marphe98]

is there someone who have a great love in music that could provide a karaoke for this song so i could sing along.Thank you very much!i will thank you a million times.

[Aricbleh]

I like to sing this song

\!!^^

[qtviewer]

so beautiful!!

[joyce199976]

how old is she????

[ohsoficklex]

this song damn good.

[sonhegyo]

好的歌（＾０＾）

[nicho52]

my must sing karaoke song......

she looks prettier now

[honeyselena]

SHIT!!!!! KINIKILABUTAN

i've heard this once, and it became one of my favorite foreign song.

[yoonweijie2]

Come on..

Her singing is great..

If you think you can do better..

Post it up on YouTube..

[svannyyxxxglobaglob]

It's a bit slow to my liking! BUT it has my middle name in it!Hai!! (I'm hai yin! )

:p Honestly...U don't have to write such mean comments...y comment if it's mean?? :'(

[ycsamh]

listen to the cry of the ocean

sigh of one whose heart's broken & yet not awaken

it cannot be me cuz i'm clam

but my tears, even my tears won't believe me

listen to the cry of the ocean

the ocean too sentimental that cries til the break of dawn

[Fansies]

great song ever !!!!!!!!

[inluvwitdestiny]

She's so pretty in this one! One of my favorites by her

[Sovietkitsch517]

Nice song :)

Can anyone tell me what she's singing about?

I don't speak Chinese so it's kind of lost on me!

[KaiRuiLi]

Ting Hai---"Listen to the Sea"

[wuling09]

i love this song...

[greentea2124]

lol since u find it OLD song than keep the comment to urself , no one ask u visit this web page -.-

[uselessbum]

its not tt old and u dun hav to fuck it if u dun like it nobody ask u to listen..

[monochoral]

and ur listening to it wtf

[Aricbleh]

did anyone have the instrumental version??

[Aricbleh]

Great Song Ever

[shinares777]

One of the best chinese song

[bumiphol]

i have loved this woman since i saw perform at hte hard rock cafe taipei-love you mei

[Babyluilui]

sooo nice that i have to listen to it everytime i go online!!LOVE YOU A MEI!!

[AnneAnne93]

i like this song...bt....i cant sing this coz too high..i sing all 'zhou ying' hahaha..^^..

[pinklilies84]

i sang tis when i went karaoke wif my frens and it sticks to me till now..AMAZING!!

[condrey86]

ah mei power songs. it's so nice to listen her sing

[bongskie14]

i love this song so much and i like the artist, she is so simple and have a wonderful voice...

[funkylly]

agree wif u ^^

[sweetpurplebutterfly]

this song n the other~KU BU CHU LAI, given me alot of memory, it were the song i kept repeating when i was broken up with my 1st bf......

[troyathenaeum]

I had been a fan of A-mei the very first time I saw and heard her perform. This song is my ultimate favorite! Love you A-mei!

[joytotheworld222]

this song never gets old. she doesn't lip synch, which is hard to find singers who don't these days.

[rjraya]

saw her singing this song liveeeeeeeee @ SPIL Family day @ Taichung Taiwan last Jan. 19. 2008...wow!!!!

[junrongcool]

her voice is powerful a-mei rock!!!!!!!

[AnImeAYaGI]

old but still rocks

[thestars94]

she is the best taiwan female singer!

[JessicaSyn2]

one of the best mandarin pop voices.

[epchandavid]

saw her live singing this song... almost cried... it was too great

[dbzSSJ1boy]

winner song

[wskau]

A mei wo ai ni!

[damuel88]

hahx ... nice song =D

this song when i go karaoke definitely MUZ SING !! =D

but this song very hard to sing in karaoke =.=

[dancingdivaresha]

i luv her voice. i oso like coco lee wen. she oso has a powerful voice like marieh carey n a-mei

[kittensmallcat]

Listen, listen 2 d cries of the ocean...

[darkcinderellaisabel]

I love A-Mei!

[AtlantisPacific]

Ting Hai...(English pop version) was sung by 11yr. old. Check out EQ9399S videos. The title is "Cry of The Sea". Pretty good.

[FummyMimoki]

Omfg, I remember this song :O

[melvinyeapch]

anyone knows when this song is published?

[ewl1803]

this was out many many years ago. at the hike of amei's fame.

[xianmeg]

and i used to sing this song... i really love this song... very much!!!

[tamagotchi3896]

i think before i was born...1996

or after

[leehommaker]

A-mei is such a great singer! Really hope she will remain strong in the music industry for long, it's a pity that more and more talentless 'singers' are rising..but us fans will always support A-mei!

[iluvtaiwan]

i sooo agree with uu :)

[janetcong]

i love this song ^-^

[shinigamirealm]

tis is a good song..anyone tried singing it in ktv before..haa..it's freaking hard to sing..amei is so a damn good singer..=)

[jhoee123]

I don't understand what the lyrics means it was chines but as I heard the song it's like, there's something that resonate to your heart, something that inviting you to listen again and again. The rhyms was very touching and I like it very much.

[asizn]

hey they have this song in hmong!!

[masterofTSKN]

What's it call and do you have it?

[asizn]

no...

[asizn]

hi mei.are and good song.

are your has boyfriend.

[cutiegirlcbh]

tis is my favourite songs

[some1ukno]

she look a lot like a jpop singer named aiko

[babyquek]

nice (:

[waldomarek]

this song is too good T_T

[XiiaOBrend]

hmmm..nice song =DDD

[1263147]

HIS SONG IS VERI TOUCHING...T.T

[puddingkitty2000]

love love love this song!! A-mei rocks!!! ;p

[szening95]

always  luve this beautiful songgg

[ellerachy1087]

love this song so much~!..i love playing it over n over again...u rock a-mei..

thnks for sharing this mv.

[dogslover411]

luv this song since i was little yay! thanks!

[sienhoney]

I really love this song......i've heard it 3 years ago from my chinese friend in Hsinchu......and now it's one of my favorite song,i even use it as my message tone.

[chiensreise]

The title of the song is "Ting Hai" in Chinese. It could be translated to "Listening to the sea" in English. It reased in 1997, and was one of A-Mei's most popular songs.

[caruthersm]

Thanks chiensreise, I've update the track title above :)