Ting Ma Ma De Hua - 聽媽媽的話 — Jay Chou

xiǎo péng yǒu小朋友Little kid,

nǐ shì fǒu yǒu hěn duō wèn hào你是否有很多問號do you have a lot of question marks?

wèi shén me為什麼Like why,

bié rén zài nà kàn màn huà別人在那看漫畫while others were reading comics,

wǒ què zài xué huà huà我卻在學畫畫I was instead learning to draw,

duì zhe gāng qín shuō huà對著鋼琴說話talking to the piano.

bié rén zài wán yóu xì別人在玩遊戲While others were playing games,

wǒ què kào zài qiáng bì bèi wǒ de ABC我卻靠在牆壁背我的ABCI was leaning on the wall reciting my ABCs.

wǒ shuō wǒ yào我說我要I said I wanted

yī tái dà dà de fēi jī一台大大的飛機a big, big airplane,

wǒ què dé dào我卻得到but what I got

yī tái jiù jiù lù yīn jī一台舊舊錄音機was an old, beat-up tape recorder.

wèi shén me yào tīng mā mā de huà為什麼要聽媽媽的話Why should I listen to Mom?

zhǎng dà hòu nǐ jiù huì kāi shǐ dǒng de zhè duàn huà長大後你就會開始懂得這段話When you grow up you'll start to understand these words.

zhǎng dà hòu wǒ kāi shǐ míng bái長大後我開始明白Grown up now, I'm starting to understand

wèi shén me wǒ pǎo de bǐ bié rén kuài為什麼我跑得比別人快why I run faster than others,

fēi de bǐ bié rén gāo飛得比別人高fly higher than the rest,

jiāng lái dà jiā kàn de將來大家看的why what everyone will read

dōu shì wǒ huà de màn huà都是我畫的漫畫are the comics I drew,

dà jiā chàng de dōu shì wǒ xiě de gē大家唱的都是我寫的歌what everyone sings are the songs I wrote.

mā mā de xīn kǔ bù ràng nǐ kàn jiàn媽媽的辛苦不讓你看見Mom won't let you see how hard she works,

wēn nuǎn de shí pǔ zài tā xīn lǐ miàn溫暖的食譜在她心裡面the warm recipes are kept inside her heart.

yǒu kòng jiù duō duō wò wò tā de shǒu有空就多多握握她的手When you have time, hold her hands often,

bǎ shǒu qiān zhe yī qǐ mèng yóu把手牽著一起夢遊hold hands and wander in dreams together.

tīng mā mā de huà聽媽媽的話Listen to Mom's words,

bié ràng tā shòu shāng別讓她受傷don't let her get hurt.

xiǎng kuài kuài zhǎng dà想快快長大Wish to grow up fast,

cái néng bǎo hù tā才能保護她so I can protect her.

měi lì de bái fà美麗的白髮Beautiful white hair

xìng fú zhōng fā yá幸福中發芽sprouting amid happiness,

tiān shǐ de mó fǎ天使的魔法an angel's magic,

wēn nuǎn zhōng cí xiáng溫暖中慈祥kind and gentle in the warmth.

zài nǐ de wèi lái在你的未來In your future,

yīn yuè shì nǐ de wáng pái音樂是你的王牌music is your trump card.

nà wáng pái tán gè liàn ài那王牌談個戀愛That trump card falls in love,

ài! wǒ bù xiǎng bǎ nǐ jiāo huài唉! 我不想把你教壞ugh! I don't want to teach you bad.

hái shì tīng mā mā de huà ba還是聽媽媽的話吧Better just listen to Mom,

wǎn diǎn zài liàn ài ba晚點再戀愛吧fall in love a little later.

wǒ zhī dào nǐ wèi lái de lù我知道你未來的路I know the road of your future,

dàn mā bǐ wǒ gèng qīng chǔ但媽比我更清楚but Mom knows it even better than me.

nǐ huì kāi shǐ xué qí tā tóng xué你會開始學其他同學You'll start copying the other classmates,

zài shū bāo xiě dōng xiě xī在書包寫東寫西scribbling all over your school bag,

dàn wǒ jiàn yì zuì hǎo xiě mā mā但我建議最好寫媽媽but I suggest you'd best write "Mom."

wǒ huì yòng gōng dú shū我會用功讀書I'll study hard,

yòng gōng dú shū用功讀書study hard,

zěn me huì cóng wǒ zuǐ bā shuō chū怎麼會從我嘴巴說出how did that come out of my mouth?

bù xiǎng nǐ shū不想你輸I don't want you to lose,

suǒ yǐ yào jiào nǐ yòng gōng dú shū所以要叫你用功讀書so I have to tell you to study hard.

mā mā zhī gěi nǐ de máo yī媽媽織給你的毛衣The sweater Mom knitted for you,

nǐ yào hǎo hǎo de shōu zhe你要好好的收著you'd better keep it carefully,

yīn wèi mǔ qīn jié dào shí wǒ因為母親節到時我because when Mother's Day comes around,

huì gào sù tā wǒ hái liú zhe會告訴她我還留著I'll tell her I still have it.

duì le, wǒ huì yù dào le zhōu rùn fā對了, 我會遇到了周潤發Oh right, I'll get to meet Chow Yun-fat,

suǒ yǐ nǐ kě yǐ gēn tóng xué xuàn yào所以你可以跟同學炫耀so you can brag to your classmates

dǔ shén wèi lái shì nǐ bà bà賭神未來是你爸爸that the God of Gamblers will be your dad.

wǒ zhǎo bù dào tóng nián xiě de qíng shū我找不到童年寫的情書I can't find the love letter I wrote in childhood,

nǐ xiě wán bù yào sòng rén你寫完不要送人once you finish yours, don't give it away,

yīn wèi guò liǎng tiān nǐ huì因為過兩天你會because in a couple of days you'll

zài cāo chǎng shàng jiǎn dào在操場上撿到find it picked up on the playground.

nǐ huì kāi shǐ xǐ huān shàng liú xíng gē你會開始喜歡上流行歌You'll start to like pop songs,

yīn wèi zhāng xué yǒu kāi因為張學友開because Jacky Cheung is getting

shǐ zhǔn bèi chàng wěn bié始準備唱吻別ready to sing "Farewell Kiss."

tīng mā mā de huà聽媽媽的話Listen to Mom's words,

bié ràng tā shòu shāng別讓她受傷don't let her get hurt.

xiǎng kuài kuài zhǎng dà想快快長大Wish to grow up fast,

cái néng bǎo hù tā才能保護她so I can protect her.

měi lì de bái fà美麗的白髮Beautiful white hair

xìng fú zhōng fā yá幸福中發芽sprouting amid happiness,

tiān shǐ de mó fǎ天使的魔法an angel's magic,

wēn nuǎn zhōng cí xiáng溫暖中慈祥kind and gentle in the warmth.

tīng mā mā de huà聽媽媽的話Listen to Mom's words,

bié ràng tā shòu shāng別讓她受傷don't let her get hurt.

xiǎng kuài kuài zhǎng dà想快快長大Wish to grow up fast,

cái néng bǎo hù tā才能保護她so I can protect her.

zhǎng dà hòu wǒ kāi shǐ míng bái長大後我開始明白Grown up now, I'm starting to understand

wèi shén me wǒ為什麼我why I

pǎo de bǐ bié rén kuài跑得比別人快run faster than others,

fēi de bǐ bié rén gāo飛得比別人高fly higher than the rest,

jiāng lái dà jiā kàn de將來大家看的why what everyone will read

dōu shì wǒ huà de màn huà都是我畫的漫畫are the comics I drew,

dà jiā chàng de dōu shì wǒ xiě de gē大家唱的都是我寫的歌what everyone sings are the songs I wrote.

mā mā de xīn kǔ bù ràng nǐ kàn jiàn媽媽的辛苦不讓你看見Mom won't let you see how hard she works,

wēn nuǎn de shí pǔ zài tā xīn lǐ miàn溫暖的食譜在她心裡面the warm recipes are kept inside her heart.

yǒu kòng jiù duō duō wò wò tā de shǒu有空就多多握握她的手When you have time, hold her hands often,

bǎ shǒu qiān zhe yī qǐ mèng yóu把手牽著一起夢遊hold hands and wander in dreams together.

tīng mā mā de huà聽媽媽的話Listen to Mom's words,

bié ràng tā shòu shāng別讓她受傷don't let her get hurt.

xiǎng kuài kuài zhǎng dà想快快長大Wish to grow up fast,

cái néng bǎo hù tā才能保護她so I can protect her.

měi lì de bái fà美麗的白髮Beautiful white hair

xìng fú zhōng fā yá幸福中發芽sprouting amid happiness,

tiān shǐ de mó fǎ天使的魔法an angel's magic,

wēn nuǎn zhōng cí xiáng溫暖中慈祥kind and gentle in the warmth.