卓依婷 (Timi Zhuo) - 金 包 银 (Silver wrapped in gold)

This is from the first album out of the five in Timi's "蜕变" (Transformation) series released the first year Timi appeared in China. The title of this album is 少女的心情故事 (Story of a young girl's mood) and the date of release was on the October of 1996 when she just turned 15 years old. The first two albums in this series have been made into a popular special edition DVD in 1997 and is one that is most known by all Timi fans around the world.

Song #24 on DVD
Song #10 on VCD2

The original singer is 蔡秋鳳.
Click link to go to the original video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3VU7Z3D0Fk

The English translations were provided by melodydamor and edited by timizhuofan1.

Lyrics:

別人啊的性命 是框金又包銀
Other people's lives are as framed with gold and wrapped in silver.
阮的性命不值錢
My life is not worth a penny.
別人啊若開嘴 是金言玉語
Once other people open their mouths, their words are as precious as gold and jewels.
阮若是加講話 唸咪就出代誌
If I say just a word, there will immediately be a serious conflict.

怪阮的落土時 遇到歹八字
My misfortunate birth is to be blamed.
人是好命子 阮治在做兄弟
Other people were born with good lives while I have no other choices but to be a gangster.
窗外的野鳥替阮啼
Outside the window, the wild birds crow for me.
人在江湖身不由己
Nothing is up to my own decision once I belong in this position as a gangster.

雖然是作兄弟 阮心也真稀微
Although I've been a gangster, my heart is actually in depression
燒酒伴阮度日子
with the hard liquor accompanying me in my daily life.
過去啊的往事 不敢提起
Whatever happened in the past, I dare not mention it again.
想要回頭行
I want to turn around to start over
怎樣會無勇氣
But how come I do not have the courage to do it?

Category:

Music

Tags:

• 卓依婷
• timi
• zhuo
• yi
• ting
• timizhuofan1
• 蜕变
• 少女的心情故事
• 金包银
• 闽南语
• 台语
• taiwanese
• hokkien
• minnan
• dialect
• 1996

[gevalian]

Please allow me to make a comment without any political motivation:

This is the very first time I hear Timi sing this song. This one will go straight to my iPod. I'm in shock. If she sang this one around 1996, at the time she was already one of the very few who could sing Taiwanese song that well. She definitely could become an all time great. She sounds much more natural when she sings in her mother tongue. I hope she knows where her strength is. I hope she knows how much I love her...

[timizhuofan1]

Yep, she was 15 around that time. I was in shock when I first heard her sing this song a couple of years back, too. Glad you liked it.

[boboppie]

这个mtv拍的够惨。。。

[Horseshoebender]

One of my Favs!

[sopyan9090]

nice song

[yumenohime]

nice music...

[call0126244168]

Singing is good but music is lousy. Noise polution!!

[melodydamor]

timi is singing out the emotion of a gangster. It is not meant to be gentle for a young girl to sing. timi is purposely emphasizing the macho voice singing this song.

[WoAiNiYiShenYiShi]

who gt tis song can send me?