鄧麗君 ~~ 但願人長久

鄧麗君~~但願人長久, later covered by Faye Wong

English translation copied from the internet:
The lyric is based on an existing prose by a famous Chinese writer Su Shi (蘇軾; 1,063-1,101 AD) It was written during fullmoon in the annual Chinese Harvest Moon Holiday, when he was sharing drinks with friends, having already been sabotaged by his political rivals, fallen out of favor on his official post in Imperial China, and narrowly escaped a death sentence. I find Su Shi a personification of Taoism, humorous, gregarious, naturalist, etc., and this prose a writing of Taoist spirit...

"Since when has the bright moon been in existence?"
Asking the sky with wine in hand
Don't know in Heavenly Palace
Which year is tonight
I desire to ride the wind to return
Only fearing that of ethereal towers and jade bungalows
The higher ground is unbearably chilly
Starting to dance, creating a lone shadow
How likely is it being in humanity?
Revolving the red pagoda, through shaded windows, shines on the insomniac
Must not possess hatred, why do things often come to closure but at times of departure?
Men have sorrow, joy, separation and union
Moon has shade, sunny, full and depletion
Such thing is impossible of perfection since the ancient
Wishing that men live long
To enjoy the moon together although thousands of miles apart

Another translation from Baidu submitted by Fairetoeverybody

When will the moon be clear and bright?
With a cup of wine in my hand, I ask the blue sky.
I don't know what season it would be in the heavens on this night.
I'd like to ride the wind to fly home.
Yet I fear the crystal and jade mansions are much too high and cold for me.
Dancing with my moon-lit shadow
It does not seem like the human world
The moon rounds the red mansion Stoops to silk-pad doors
Shines upon the sleepless Bearing no grudge
Why does the moon tend to be full when people are apart?
People may have sorrow or joy, be near or far apart
The moon may be dim or bright, wax or wane
This has been going on since the beginning of time
May we all be blessed with longevity Though far apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together.

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[小雨 陳]

王菲唱現場跟本不能聽.怎麼能跟本世紀最偉大亞洲的女神歌姬鄧麗­君比笑死人了

女神歌姬鄧麗君的歌聲無人能及好嗎

[ttcsuck]

我是王菲歌迷, 但鄧麗君基本功比王菲確扎實太多, 只要客觀點都會同意, 鄧的氣息, 轉音, 滑音, 收句, 可以說盡善盡美, 完全是教科書材料.....

聽王菲, 是因為她聲音好, 風格新, 多變化, 有現代感, 還有一定程度是因為林夕, 但像新一代大部份歌手, 王太依賴假音和混音唱法, 結果高音沒有練開, 和鄧硬磕硬就像李連杰和李小龍真打, 基本在等看KO.

[song wen]

可笑 堂堂台灣人爲什麽要演唱支那人蘇軾寫的詞 台灣母國大日本國有的是美妙的詩詞 爲什麽不演唱他們的

[mayy1980]

我是外行，但我听王菲唱这歌时，有时声音很单一有时会有回声的感­觉，就像在防空洞里的感觉，是不是后期处理过啊，即使不是后期处­理出来的效果，我也觉得有点不自然，就比如她唱不应有恨的“不“­时，这重音就很别扭。

还有有人说不要比来比去的，我不太同意，即使是歌手自己也会别自­己的偶像或别的优秀歌手比，这样才可以取长补短嘛，而且中国有句­老话不怕不识货就怕货比货，一比较就分出高下来了，只能说是山外­青山楼外楼，其实我拿她和邓比也是因为我觉得王也很敬仰邓，不然­不会翻唱邓的歌，我的意见不专业，仅仅是个人好恶

[TheComment1234567890]

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[siuming chan]

有這么跨張嗎?

[文 六合]

可能比不上是沒錯，不到不能聽吧，要顯現一個人的偉大就要把另一­個人降格，什麼低素質歌迷，話說回來根本就不該去比，這是王菲向­鄧麗君致敬的歌噎。

[恩慈 黎]

此聲原應天上有

[品元 林]

近代的歌聲 遠古的詞

不禁感到幸運...我們有錄音帶 有CD 有YOUTUBE

詞寫成的年代可沒這麼方便 那些美麗的事物 錯過就是錯過

[香腸 冷凍]

讓他"讚"進youtube告示牌吧吧哈哈

[irenelee lee]

喜欢夜深人静  听听她扣人心弦唱腔 。。。

[AstraeaLoveify]

九百年前 蘇軾一闕酒後抒懷的詞作

而今 那曠達自適的情懷依舊動人心弦