Monday, January 19, 2004
i'm was never one for chinese music. cept for a few exceptions, mostly r&B ballads that sometimes my sis would sing at her karaoke sessions. but now i'm just infatuated with them. like once when i thought the song "gira con me" was incredibly romantic, partly because i never knew what the words meant. i never wanted to. still, you've got to hear it to understand. it's poetry. and it means so much more in chinese. it's kinda like the way i'd say "wo ai ni" instead of "i love you" because the latters lost it's immediacy and much of it's meaning. listen to jay chou's "xing qing" or "starry mood". i translated a verse.
hand in hand we walk, 1 step, 2 step, 3 step, 4 step, gazing at the stars,
looking at them, 1 star, 2 stars, 3 stars, 4 stars, treaded together,
standing back to back, we silently make a wish,
and see if the distant stars'll hear it.
they surely will.
Posted by Dominic at 5:10 AM