Although I am Taiwanese by birth but I've moved to the States decades ago so I have a very limited understanding of Min-nan/Hokkien dialect. I can catch a word here and there but not enough to decipher any song lyrics.
Since this song is so hauntingly beautiful, I asked my mom about the meaning...
I'm familiar with this song, tune only, years ago when I was a tot growing up in Taiwan. I've long since moved the the States and decades later chanced upon this song on youtube.
The melody is so hauntingly beautiful - bitter sweet, and nostalgic altogether, especially with this erh hu arrangemen...
A beautiful piece of music much in line with Masacgni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana.
Evocative; romantic, sad, and haunting all at the same time.