Was watching this talk show where veteran HK/Taiwanese comedian Slyvia Chang (å¼ è‰¾å˜‰) was doing a candid interview with a few stars from the 80’s, one of them was Lowell Lo (ç›§å† å»·). Watching them reminiscent about the old times somehow reminded me of another HK star, a TV series, and an unforgetable song.
It was Under the Lion Rock by the late Roman Tam, (ç…å山下-ç¾…æ–‡) and the TV show was named similarly. I can’t remember much about the series, only that it was about the life and hardships of the middle-class Hong Kong citizens.
(The actual Lion Rock in Hong Kong. Its said that Roman is refering to all HK folks)
But the song, now that is a great story. In the current economic situation, where every week, one more of my friends is getting retrenched, Roman could have very well singing about us. Life is always hard, maybe more so for some people, but we can only struggle and make the best of what we have.
Listening to the song on Youtube sure brings back lots of good (and bad) memories. Patrick and his wife has done me a favour and translated the lyrics below (Full chinese lyrics can be found here.)
RIP, Roman…
Life has its joys
But often has sorrows, too
When we all meet under the Lion’s Rock
At least our laughter exceeds our sighs
Life has its challenges
Not without its worries
In the same boat under the Lion’s Rock, we row together
Putting aside our differences and finding common ground
Putting aside our hearts’ conflicts
Together we pursue our dreams
In the same boat we promise to go together
Without doubt or fear
Together to the ends of the earth
Joining hands to conquer the challenges
Together we work hard to create
Our everlasting legend
5 Comments
kennhyn
I bet one of this day Singapore will go there and still the rock, then they will rename it Merlion Rock…. haha
simon
yeah knowing singaporeans, probably 🙂
Ponytail
sigh…
TT
I love this song, but my Chinese is limited. I could only guess what it is about. Thanks for the translation!!!
shadowx360
I heard this song as the title song in a 2007 TV show that was broadcasted during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China. I believe the title of the show could be roughly translated as “Hong Kong Gloriously Returns.” Does anyone know the actual name or could provide me a link to that show? My Chinese is extremely limited.