母親的愛
我生有你是我的福喜
(ngo sang jau nei si ngo dik fuk hei)
It is a blessing having you in my life.
日日夜夜想念你...母親的愛
(jat jat je je soeng nim nei...mou can dik oi)
Day and night I’m thinking of your love
愛如大海, 愛如高山, 愛如天空
(oi jyu daai hoi, oi jyu gou saan, oi jyu tin hung)
愛是永遠, 愛是不變, 愛在我心中。
(oi si wing jyun, oi si bat bin, oi zoi ngo sam zung)
Like an ocean ever-flowing of love, unchanging mountain up on high, wide embracing open sky.
我心有你是永遠不變
(ngo sam yau nei si wing jyun bat bin)
Having you in my heart is forever and unchanged.
年年月月記得你...母親的教
(nin nin jyut jyut gei tak nei...mou can dik gaau)
Year after year month after month I’m remembering of your teaching
教在我好, 教我做人, 教我學文
(gaau zoi ngo hou, gaau ngo zou jan, gaau ngo hok man)
做人做更得好, 學文學完努力
(zou zan zou gang tak hou, hok man hok jyun nou lik)
As you meant to teach me well
First learn to behave ethically in everyday life, second to study hard to have a good education.
未來長大 後想回到 感謝我母親的愛。
(mei loi zoeng daai hau soeng wui dou kam ze ngo mou can dik oi)
Growing up, I’m able to look back and appreciate your care and love for me.
Writer's Notes
This fourth, yet first full piece of phonetic writing in Cantonese Chinese that was written with a thought of a middle school classmate in mind as she who had just recently lost her mother.
The first stanza was conceived and written on July 2 while the second stanza was written and completed over the following three days.
Credits and/or Citations:
The above written verses incorporate the utilization of the online MDBG Chinese-English dictionary for Jyutping Cantonese romanization of Chinese characters.
