Текст и перевод песни 曾路得 - 母親 I

母親 I

有一把古老聲音
暗中向我呼喚
彷彿第一次在迷路裡望見家門
似是翻揭那曾贅於書包的課本
仍然熟悉且漸明白再沒有不滿
有一張親切面容 未懂事已分明
有生命知覺便明白這是哪種情
那是將我帶來人間一走的背影
(這一把古老聲音
唱出我的心情 彷彿未聽見便明白了
令我安寧 這是將我帶來人間一走的背影)
命如在天生在何地決定我本性
這個家一生高飛遠走也走不完
每一年一歲或甜或痛亦會甘願
世上只有這是極光采的苦戀
像無力相通 漸行漸遠但割不斷
從落土生根開花結果要幾多年
母親們的臉被歲月摺成了桑田
老來的我也就像她生息中上演
但同樣的根在同樣國度裡轉變

Mother I

An ancient voice exists
Calling out to me in secret
Like the first time when lost, I saw the door of home
It is like turning the pages of a textbook I carried in my bag
Still familiar, and I understand it more and more, with no more dissatisfaction
A familiar face I've seen since I was born
I knew what kind of feeling it was
That is the back that brought me into the world
(An ancient voice
Singing out my emotions, I understood without hearing
Giving me peace, that is the back that brought me into the world)
Fate is like being born in a place that defines my nature
Even if I fly far away, I can never leave this home behind
Every year, every age, whether sweet or painful, I will accept it willingly
In the world, this is the only painful love that I am deeply in love with
Like being unable to communicate, gradually drifting away but unable to break free
From rooting to blooming and bearing fruit, how many years will it take?
The faces of mothers have been folded into fields of mulberry by the years
Like her, I will grow old, live and act
But the same roots change in the same country