Lyrics and translation 梁文福 - 麻雀街竹枝

麻雀街竹枝

我们这里是新加坡
我阿爹系海山街住过
1941年轰炸机经过
一枚炸弹在街头降落
我们这里是新加坡
我阿妈系竹脚生我
虽然那时候霸王车很多
她却依然骑自行车去工作
我们这里是新加坡
我的童年在女皇镇过
一房半厅的组屋背后
小小的林子里
曾经是孩子们的窝
我们这里是新加坡
我的小学从前在小坡
平时不读书考试之前
跑到四马路的庙前
说声哦阿弥陀佛
我们这里是新加坡
我们都曾一无所有过
现在拥有的不算什么
但是比别人珍惜得多
我们这里是新加坡
我表兄金山回来囉
小小麻雀衔竹枝
都系衔番屋企好得多
麻雀仔担竹枝
担上街头望阿姨
阿姨梳只玲珑髻插朵红花伴髻围

Sparrow's Street Bamboo Branch Song

This is Singapore, my home
My father lived on the street called Hai Shan
In 1941, a bomber flew overhead
A bomb fell on the street
This is Singapore, my home
My mother gave birth to me in Tiong Bahru
Although there were a lot of trishaws then
She still rode a bicycle to work
This is Singapore, my home
I spent my childhood in Queenstown
Behind the one-and-a-half-room flat
Was a small forest
It used to be our children's den
This is Singapore, my home
My primary school was in Little India
I didn't usually study, but before exams
I ran to the temple on Serangoon Road
And prayed to Amitabha Buddha
This is Singapore, my home
We all had nothing once
What we have now is nothing much
But we cherish it more than others
This is Singapore, my home
My cousin came back from金山
A little sparrow brought a bamboo branch
It's always better to bring it back home
The little sparrow carries a bamboo branch
Carries it to the street to look for auntie
Auntie combs her hair in a bun with a red flower