INTRODUCTION
"Ye / Suh / Chuan / Guah / Liao / Chuang"
{night / color / permeate / through / -- / window}
--> "The moonlight shines through the window..."
"Sah / Zai / Wo / de / Jian Bong / Shon"
{sprinkle / here / my / -- / shoulder / on"
--> "...[and] spreads [itself] on my shoulders..."
"Shiang / Ti Tieh / de / Hao / Pong Yo"
{like / close / -- / good / friend}
--> "...like a close friend..."
"Gay / Wo / Nuan Nuan / Yong Bow"
{give / me / warm / hug}
--> "...[who] gives me a warm hug".
"Lay / Gan / de / Lian / Pong"
{tears / dry / -- / face / side}
--> "[My] dry face (or cheek, from my tears)..."
"Jing Jing / de / Wei Shiao"
{quietly / -- / smiles}
--> "...quietly smiles..."
"Jing Jing / de / Shiang"
{quietly / -- / thinks}
--> "...[I] quietly ponder".
"Ai Ni / Wo / Bu / Gan / Chiu / Jiang"
{love you / I / not / dare / go / tell}
--> "I don't dare tell you that I love you".
"Jing Gwuh / Ni / Shun Pong"
{pass by / your / side}
--> [When I] pass by you",
"Bu Zuah / Ni / de / Yen / Guang"
{catch or seize / your / -- / eyes / spirit}
--> "[I try to] attract your attention".
CHORUS I
"Mo Mo / Ai Ni"
{secretly / love you}
--> "I secretly love you",
"Ai / Chue / Guh / Zai / Yen / Di"
{love / definitely / trapped / here / eyes / beneath}
--> "[my] love is definitely trapped (as I see before my eyes)".
"Gay / Bu / Liao / Ni"
{give / not / -- / you}
--> "[I] cannot be [comfortably] given or offered to you",
"Tian Tian / de / Lay Ji"
{everyday / -- / accumulates}
--> "[but my love for you] grows everyday".
PART II
"Li Ming / Chuan / Guah / Liao / Chuang"
{daylight / permeates / through / -- / window}
--> "Daylight shines through my window",
"Sah / Zai / Ni de / Zhow Pian / Shang"
{sprinkles / here / your / picture / on}
--> "[and] shines on your picture..."
"Shiang / Ti Tie / de / Hao / Pong Yo"
{like / close / -- / good / friend}
--> "...[just] like [how] a close friend..."
"Yow / Wo / Sho Chi / Ta / Ba"
{wants / me / to put away / it / --}
--> "...[would] want me to cherish it".
"Lay / Shi / de / Yen / Kwang"
{tears / wet / -- / eyes / frame (of eyes)}
--> "[My] watered eyes [are]..."
"Jing Jing / de / Liu / Lay"
{quietly / -- / flow / tears}
--> "...quietly crying..."
"Jing Jing / de / Shiang"
{quietly / -- / thinks}
--> "...[I am] quietly thinking",
"Ai / Zuh Muh / Dwei / Ni / Chu / Jiang"
{love / how / face / you / to / tell"
--> "[How am I to] tell you about my feelings for you?"
"Ba / Mei / Chi / Shi Wong"
{take / every / time / disappointment}
--> "[How do I] overcome every disappointment...."
"Zhuh Muh / Kan / Chun / Shi Wong"
{how / look / become / hope}
--> "...[and] find light at the end of the tunnel?"
CHORUS II
"Mo Mo Ai Ni"
"Ai Chue Guh Zai Yen Di"
"Gay Bu Liao Ni"
"Wo / Yiao / de / Bu / Zhi / Guan Shing"
{I / want / -- / not / only / care}
--> "I want more than just care [from you]".
"Mo Mo Ai Ni"
"Shiang / Whun / Ni / Zai / Shing / Di"
{want/ ask / you / here / heart / beneath}
--> "[I'd] like to ask you":
"Ni de / Ahn ding"
{your / settlement}
--> "Your settling of heart..."
"Hwei / Zai / Shay / de / Hwai / Li"
{will / where / who / -- / arms / within}
--> "...will be for whom? (or "whose arms will you be in?")
PART III
"Toh Luu / de / Mei Jian / Shing / Shi"
{permeate / -- / every / heart / issue"
--> "With every thought that passes my mind..."
"Dung / Ni / Hwei / Dung / Dao / Huh Shi"
{wait / you / will / wait / till / when}
--> "...[I wonder] how long I would have to wait till you give
me an answer".
"Ai / Yi Dan / Yo / Le / Kai Shi"
{love / already / has / -- / start}
--> "When a love story just unfolds..."
"Shay / Bu / Do / Shi Wong"
{who / no / all / hope}
--> "...who doesn't hope..."
"Yo / Mei / Hao / de / Jie Ju"
{has / lovely / good / -- / ending"
--> "...that it will all eventually end beautifully?"
REPEAT CHORUS II
Transcribed and translated by Judy Chen
Copyright � Judy Chen 2000
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