ORIGINAL VERSION
Ignore my comments below! Thanks to SuperRlee for the info where this is a folk song from Okinawa! I tried Google translator and the title 安里屋ユンタ or Asadoya Yunta means "Okinawan" or perhaps People of Okinawa perhaps? Or just maybe, Song of Asadoya? Made some searches and found one that resembles the Roman Tam version! And I love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfmgN7pywRA
For the ROMAJI lyrics, get it here at http://www.lyricstime.com/rimi-natsukawa-asadoya-yunta-lyrics.html which is different from Roman's version by the way. I blogged about this here at http://www.point2e.com/2010/04/original-confucius-says.html
TITLE
孔子曰 or literally translated as Confucius Says or Preaches or Speaks or Teaches. I will go with Says. Sung by Roman Tam or Lo Man and is the themesong from a famous series in 1993, Man of Wisdom or 金牙大狀 or literally, Golden Tooth Solicitor, starring then very young Ada Choi Siu Fun.
COMMENTS
From the great Roman Tam. He has been dead for years but I miss him. I was disappointed though to find out that the music itself is by Japanese composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto/Choho Miyaka/Katsu Hoshi (so now I wonder is there a Japanese version of this?) but the amazingly deep lyrics written in what I would term as classical chinese (which basically means really hard to understand chinese) more than made up for that disappointment. I wanted to know what the lyrics actually meant. In fact I tried looking for the lyrics but one website misled me by translating the 曰 as Day when it is Yeuk as in teaches or says. Thanks to Kidd who found the lyrics and confirmed it. Then Kidd and Pearl independently translated the lyrics, giving 2 distinct flavours in choices of words used but in the end kinda meant the same. I merged both and chose the more poetic phrases as the lyrics is poetic. You may dispute some lines translated here but in the end I believe they're accurate in context.
The download link to the MP3 version is at the very bottom of this box.
MORE INFORMATION
On the singer, Roman Tam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Tam
On the series
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Man_of_Wisdom
Original Music video
http://v.ku6.com/show/ZS2PVNJbKb4X6H_z.html
THE LYRICS
English translation by Pearl and Kidd, edited by me. Due to Youtube cap on the length, if the following is confusing, you will find the full lyrics here at http://www.point2e.com/2010/03/confucius-says-lyrics.html
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孔子曰非禮勿視孔
Confucius says "see no evil"
子曰非禮勿聽
Confucius says "hear no evil"
孔子曰非禮勿言
Confucius says "speak no evil"
孔子曰非禮勿動
Confucius says "touch no evil"
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人是性本善良
Are humans kind by nature
人還是自幼性本惡
or are they evil from birth?
誰會好一天變壞
Who would one day turn towards evilness
誰會兇惡變善良
who would turn away from evilness to embrace kindness?
要靠你取向決心
It is your decision to make on which path to follow
時辰就到
When the time comes
因果有天報
You will reap what you sow
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無慾會感自由
If one feels no desire, one will experience freedom
無求便沒有了爭鬥
If one feels no longing, the competition will cease
無盡的私心愛慾
An endless cycle of selfish love
徒令一世困胡同
will only lead to a lifetime of entrapment
最怕你歪了本心
Beware of corrupting your pure heart
時辰就到
When the time comes
因果有天報
You will reap what you sow
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如遊戲
If this were a game,
要勝出請你付出
one would have to sacrifice in order to win
有結果因你付出
In order to reap the benefits there must be effort
守規則
follow the rules
講道理
and be reasonable
如若你
If you desire victory
要勝出不去付出
but you do not wish to put in any effort towards it
要結果不理後果
Or if you wish to win at all cost, disregarding the consequences
懲罰你
you will be punished
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REPEAT && TO && ONCE
REPEAT * TO * TWICE
REPEAT # TO # ONCE
REPEAT + TO + ONCE
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忘掉了
Have you forgotten
聽過孔夫子教做人重守禮
that Confucius teaches that a civilized being must follow traditions
你曳曳
You have misbehaved
有老師要你每一天留在課室好失禮
the teacher is detaining you in the classroom every single day. What a disgrace!
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REPEAT @ TO @ TWICE
DOWNLOAD THE SONG
http://www.4shared.com/audio/SCGKEJ6Z/confucius_said.html
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孔子曰by anotherzly20,263 views
i listen this melody in Naha Mono Rail Station.could you tell me the japanese song name? thanks.
freezenman 1 year ago
@freezenman 安里屋ユンタ or Asadoya Yunta
funnlim 1 year ago
Original MV
= See description
funnlim 1 year ago