EA 197/Week 4/Post-Mao Pop 2/My 1997

My 1997 (Ai Jing, 1993)

My music teacher was my father. He spent the last twenty years in a state factory. My mother was a Peking Opera singer, She always complained that she missed good times. I won many prizes for singing when I was little. My two younger sisters wanted to follow me in singing. When I was 17, I left my hometown in Shenyang. Because I felt my dream was not to be found there. I came to Beijing by myself, a city that I don't know well. I also got into the famous "East Music School' under Wang Kun I actually missed most the time I spent in the Music School But my teachers did not think that way.

With a voice inside me born for singing, My life went by pretty easy. I sang my way from Beijing to Shanghai Bund, From Shanghai all the way to the South, singing my song. I stayed in Guangzhou for days, oh the days were long, Because my man, he was living in Hong Kong

What's this thing they call Hong Kong? What's so cool about Hong Kongers? How come he can come to Shenyang, but I can't go to Hong Kong?.

Little Hou said that I should venture out to try my luck. Why should Hong Kong be so fragrant? I heard it is an important market for Old Cui.

Take me to that wonderful world. Give me the red seal.

Come on 1997! What's so cool about Lan Kwai Fong? Come on 1997! So I can make it to Hong Kong. Come on 1997! So I can stand at the Hon Hom Coliseum. Come on 1997! So I can go to the night clubs with him. wǒ de yīn yuè lǎo sh ī shì wǒ de bà bà

My music teacher was my father

èr shí nián lái tā yī zhí dài zài guó ji ā g ōng ch ǎng

He spent the last twenty years in a state factory. EA 197/Week 4/Post-Mao Pop 2/My 1997

mā mā yǐ qián shì chàng píng jù de

My mother used to be a Peking Opera singer, tā zǒng bào yuàn méi gǎn shàng hǎo de shí gu āng

She always complained that she missed the good times. shào nián shí wǒ céng yīn chàng gē de guò ji ǎng zhuàng

I won many prizes for singing when I was young. wǒ nà li ǎng gè mèi mèi yě xi ǎng hé wǒ yī yàng

My two younger sisters wanted to follow me in singing.

w ǒ shí qī suì nà nián lí kāi le ji ā xi āng sh ěn yáng

When I was 17, I left my hometown of Shenyang.

y īn wéi gǎn jué nà lǐ méi yǒu wǒ de mèng xi ǎng

Because I felt my dream was not to be found there.

w ǒ yī gè rén lái dào mò sh ēng de běi jīng chéng

I came to Beijing by myself, a city that I don't know well. huán jìn le hu míng de wángkūn l ǐng d ǎo xià de d ōng fāng

I also got into the famous "East Music School' run by Wang Kun qí shí wǒ zuì huái niàn yì xiào de nà duàn shí gu āng

I actually missed most the time I spent in the Music school kě shì wǒ de lǎo sh ī men bìng bù zhè mo xi ǎng

But my teachers did not think that way.

píng zhe yī fù néng chàng gē de hóu lóng a

With a voice inside me born for singing, EA 197/Week 4/Post-Mao Pop 2/My 1997

sh ēng huó guò de bú shì nà mo jǐn zh āng

My life went by pretty easy. wǒ cóng běi jīng chàng dào le shàng hǎi tān

I sang my way from Beijing to Shanghai Bund, yě cóng shàng hǎi chàng dào céng j īng xiàng w ǎng de nán fāng

From Shanghai all the way to the South, a place I have longed for a long time.. wǒ liú zài gu ǎng zh ōu de rì zi bǐ jiào cháng

I stayed in Guangzhou for days, oh the days were long, yīn wéi wǒ de nà gè tā zài xi āng gǎng

Because my man, he was living in Hong Kong shén mo shí hòu yǒu le xi āng gǎng

What's this thing they call Hong Kong? xi āng gǎng rén yòu shì zěn mo yàng

What's so cool about Hong Kongers?

t ā kě yǐ lái sh ěn yáng wǒ bù néng qù xi āng g ǎng

He can come to Shenyang, but I can't go to Hong Kong. xi āng gǎng xi āng gǎng nà gè xi āng gǎng

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Oh Hong Kong. xi ǎo hóu shu ō yīng gāi ch ū qù chu ǎng yī chu ǎng

Little Hou said that I should venture out to try my luck. xi āng gǎng xi āng gǎng zěn mo nà mo xi āng

Why should Hong Kong be so fragrant. EA 197/Week 4/Post-Mao Pop 2/My 1997

tīng shu ō nà shì lǎo cu ī de zhòng yào shì cháng

I heard it is an important market for Old Cui. ràng wǒ qù nà hu ā hu ā shì jiè ba g ěi w ǒ gài shang da hong zh āng

Take me to that wonderful world, Give me the red seal.

kuài xi ē dào ba bā bǎi bàn jiù jìng shì shén mo yàng 1997 Come on 1997! What's so cool about Lan Kwai Fong?

kuài xi ē dào ba wǒ jiù kě yǐ qù 1997 HONG KONG Come on 1997! So I can make it to Hong Kong.

kuài xi ē dào ba ràng wǒ zhàn zài hóng k ān t ǐ yù gu ǎn 1997 Come on 1997! So I can stand at the Hon Hom Coliseum.

kuài xi ē dào ba hé tā qù kàn wǔ yè cháng 1997 Come on 1997! So I can go to the night club with him.

kuài di ǎn ér dào ba b ā b ǎi bàn y ī fú jiù jìng z ěn mo yàng 1997 Come on 1997! What is so cool about the clothes at Lan Kwai Fong?

kuài xi ē dào ba wǒ jiù kě yǐ qù xi āng gǎng la 1997 Come on 1997! So I can make it to Hong Kong.

kuài xi ē dào ba ràng wǒ zhàn zài hóng k ān t ǐ yù gu ǎn 1997 Come on 1997! So I can stand at the Hon Hom Coliseum.

kuài xi ē dào ba hé tā qù kàn wǔ yè cháng 1997 Come on 1997! So I can go to the night club with him.