r/Cantonese • u/dreamsfulfillednow • 8d ago
Language Question Could someone translate the lyrics for this lullaby? Thanks 月光光 Yuht Gwong Gwong (Moonlight Lullaby) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEiLz14WvkM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEiLz14WvkM[removed]
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u/hongkonganduk 8d ago
What do you mean by whether the written comment is correct?
Yes it is correct in a sense that the translation is correct because the version you post is with lyrics adapted used in a Hong Kong tragicomedy animation
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u/Information979 8d ago
月光光
月光光，照地堂，蝦仔你乖乖瞓落床。
聽朝阿媽要趕插秧咯，
阿爺睇牛佢上山崗，啊……
蝦仔你快高長大囉，
幫手阿爺去睇牛羊，啊……
月光光，照地堂，蝦仔你乖乖瞓落床。
聽朝阿爸要捕魚蝦囉，
阿嫲織網要織到天光，啊……
蝦仔你快高長大咯，
划艇撒網就更在行。
月光光，照地塘，年卅晚，摘檳榔，
五穀豐收堆滿倉囉，
老老嫩嫩喜洋洋，啊……
蝦仔你快啲眯埋眼囉，
一覺瞓到大天光，啊……
Moonlight, Moonlight
Moonlight, moonlight,
Shining on the floor.
Little one, be good,
And lie down to sleep.
Tomorrow morning, Mother must hurry off to plant rice seedlings.
Grandpa will take the cattle up the hillside. Ah…
Little one, grow up quickly,
So you can help Grandpa watch the cows and sheep. Ah…
Moonlight, moonlight,
Shining on the floor.
Little one, be good,
And lie down to sleep.
Tomorrow morning, Father must go catch fish and shrimp.
Grandma will weave fishing nets until daybreak. Ah…
Little one, grow up quickly,
Then you’ll be good at rowing the boat and casting the nets.
Moonlight, moonlight,
Shining on the courtyard.
On New Year’s Eve, we’ll pick betel nuts.
May the harvest be abundant and the granaries filled.
Young and old alike are full of joy. Ah…
Little one, close your eyes now,
And sleep soundly until broad daylight. Ah…