十七年華

By 農夫

Lyrics - Practice Pronunciation
叛逆少女墮樓亡 迷魂毒品累一生Verse 1

The rebellious girl died in the tower, and the drug addict was dead.

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bun6
ngaak6
siu3
neoi6
fai1
lau2
mou4
mai4
wan4
duk6
ban2
leoi6
jat1
sang1
嚟丫嚟丫陪我行

Come and join me.

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lei4
ngaa1
lei4
ngaa1
pui4
ngo5
hong6
我諗我行埋呢堂樓梯應該唔會煩

I thought I'd be fine walking down this staircase.

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ngo5
sam2
ngo5
hong6
maai4
ni1
tong4
lau2
tai2
jing3
goi1
ng4
wui6
faan4
我諗個天台應該有好多靚位畀我揀

I thought there would be a lot of nice places to choose from.

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ngo5
sam2
go3
tin1
toi4
jing3
goi1
jau6
hou3
do1
zing6
wai6
bei3
ngo5
gaan2
等我揀返個跌落嚟會死得無咁慢

I'm going to pick one that falls and dies so slowly.

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ting2
ngo5
gaan2
faan1
go3
daat3
lok6
lei4
wui6
si2
dak1
mou4
gam3
maan6
死得比較燦爛 記得

It's worse to die, remember?

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si2
dak1
bei3
gok3
caan3
laan6
gei3
dak1
教堂啲 father話過要當正father系我親生father

The church said that my father was my biological father.

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gaau3
tong4
dit1
waa6
gwo3
jiu3
dong3
zing3
hai6
ngo5
can3
sang1
但系我嘅親生father就係每晚扒喺我度

But my biological father was always there for me every night.

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daan6
hai6
ngo5
koi3
can3
sang1
zau6
hai6
mei5
maan5
paa4
hai2
ngo5
dou6
揾我嚟泄慾 咁我嘅結局

You find me and you find me, and that's where I end up.

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wan2
ngo5
lei4
sit3
juk6
gam3
ngo5
koi3
lit3
guk6
系咪就係行多十七層

Is that 17 floors up?

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hai6
mui1
zau6
hai6
hong6
do1
sap6
cat1
cang4
我而家十七歲 座大廈無第十八層

I'm 17 now, and I'm not on the 18th floor.

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ngo5
nang4
ze1
sap6
cat1
seoi3
zo2
taai3
haa6
mou4
dai6
sap6
baat3
cang4
咁 我又有無第十八歲

So I'm not 18.

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gam3
ngo5
jau6
jau6
mou4
dai6
sap6
baat3
seoi3
(少女尋死 慈父燒鵝脾跚跚來遲)

(The girl is dying, the father is late)

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siu3
neoi6
cam4
si2
ci4
fu6
siu1
ngo2
pei4
saan1
saan1
loi6
zi6
我日日等 日日忍 但系點解都硬系咁

I'm waiting day after day, but it's hard.

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ngo5
mik6
mik6
ting2
mik6
mik6
jan5
daan6
hai6
dim2
haai5
dou1
ngaang6
hai6
gam3
問上主 問老師 話畀通街啲社工知

Ask the teacher to tell the social worker on the street.

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man6
soeng6
zyu2
man6
lou5
si1
waa6
bei3
tung1
gaai1
dit1
se6
gung1
zi3
但系佢哋話飛女 衰女 吹水

But they say, "Female, decayed, floated".

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daan6
hai6
heoi5
dei6
waa6
fei1
neoi6
seoi1
neoi6
ceoi3
seoi2
不突止 仲話咦 乜你開始食毒品

And not only that, but why did you start taking drugs?

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fau2
duk1
zi2
zung6
waa6
ji4
ne6
nei5
hoi1
ci2
zi6
duk6
ban2
無錯我成身安眠藥 但系無諗過食 安眠藥死

Yes, I was a sleeping pill, but I never thought about taking it, sleeping pills.

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mou4
laap6
ngo5
seng4
jyun4
on1
min4
ngok6
daan6
hai6
mou4
sam2
gwo3
zi6
on1
min4
ngok6
si2
只不過系我身體弱弱地 醫生著略畀

It was just that I was weak, and the doctor gave me a little bit of a break.

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zi2
fau2
gwo3
hai6
ngo5
jyun4
tai2
joek6
joek6
deng6
ji1
sang1
zyu3
loek6
bei3
幾樽 等我返屋企可以略略訓得着

I'll be home a little while and I'll be able to sleep.

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gei2
zeon1
ting2
ngo5
faan1
uk1
kei5
ho2
jyu5
loek6
loek6
fan3
dak1
jyu3
但繫個屋企 我無再返番嚟

But I never came back.

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daan6
hai6
go3
uk1
kei5
ngo5
mou4
zoi3
faan1
pun1
lei4
我老豆跟本系只生番嚟

My father was born with a newborn.

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ngo5
lou5
dau6
gan1
bun2
hai6
zi2
sang1
pun1
lei4
你依家睇緊唔系三更嚟

You're not looking at three more.

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nei5
ji1
ze1
dai6
gan2
ng4
hai6
saam3
gang3
lei4
我阿媽會靠啲中藥返生先奇

My mother would be born again with the drugs.

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ngo5
ngo1
maa5
wui6
kaau3
dit1
zung1
ngok6
faan1
sang1
sin3
kei4
媽 我落嚟陪你Bridge 1

Mom, I'm coming with you to Bridge 1.

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maa5
ngo5
lok6
lei4
pui4
nei5
左圖為死者高處墮下

Down on the left is the dead man's height.

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zo2
tou4
wai6
si2
ze2
gou1
syu3
fai1
haa6
右圖為女死者的爸爸

On the right, the father of the deceased.

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jau6
tou4
wai6
neoi6
si2
ze2
dik1
baa1
baa1
驚聞噩耗後悲痛不已

The pain is gone.

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ging1
man6
ngok6
hou3
hau6
bei1
tung3
fau2
ji5
本圖為本報獨家Chorus

This is the solo chorus.

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bun2
tou4
wai6
bun2
bou3
duk6
ze1
此時這地又這樣遠離

And this is so far away.

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ci2
si4
ze5
deng6
jau6
ze5
joeng2
jyun6
lei4
就當流雲散聚

And the clouds are dispersed.

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zau6
dong3
lau4
wan4
saan3
zeoi6
我又化做雨水

I turned it into rain.

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ngo5
jau6
faa3
zou6
jyu6
seoi2
窗外雨下那夜星又隕落

The star fell again that night, when it rained out the window.

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coeng1
oi6
jyu6
haa6
no6
je6
sing1
jau6
wan5
lok6
來而又去 你我不過又再兜圈Verse 2

And you go back and forth, and I just go back and forth, verse 2.

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loi6
nang4
jau6
heoi3
nei5
ngo5
fau2
gwo3
jau6
zoi3
dau1
hyun1
本報訊

This is the news.

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bun2
bou3
seon3
某中學中三輔導班一名女學生

A female student in a middle school's third grade.

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mau5
zung1
hok6
zung1
saam3
fu6
dou6
baan1
jat1
ming4
neoi6
hok6
sang1
於昨曰晚間被其大廈夜更看更王生髮現

Yesterday, the palace was more visible at night.

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wu1
zok6
jyut6
maan5
haan4
pei5
kei4
taai3
haa6
je6
gang3
hon3
gang3
wong6
sang1
fat3
jin6
倒卧於大廈門口與停車場之間

I was lying between the building entrance and the parking lot.

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dou2
ngo6
wu1
taai3
haa6
mun4
hau2
jyu6
ting4
geoi1
coeng4
zi1
haan4
發現事主時已不省人事

And I realized that I was not saving my time.

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fat3
jin6
si6
zyu2
si4
ji5
fau2
sing2
jan4
si6
送院救治後證實不治

And it was proven to be a cure.

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sung3
jyun6
gau3
zi6
hau6
zing3
sat6
fau2
zi6
女死者梁XX 十七歲

The victim was 17 years old.

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neoi6
si2
ze2
loeng4
sap6
cat1
seoi3
在校內成績很差為一名夜歸少女

She scored almost as good as a girl in school.

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zoi6
haau3
noi6
seng4
jik1
han2
co1
wai6
jat1
ming4
je6
kwai3
siu3
neoi6
在家中她是一名獨女

She was a lonely girl in the home.

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zoi6
ze1
zung1
taa1
si6
jat1
ming4
duk6
neoi6
早年喪母與父親同居

My mother died early and lived with her father.

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zou2
nin4
song3
mau4
jyu6
fu6
can3
tung4
geoi1
身兼母職的父親一向疼愛女兒 (你點知)

A father who is a mother and a mother has always loved her daughter.

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jyun4
gim1
mau4
zik1
dik1
fu6
can3
jat1
hoeng3
tung4
oi3
neoi6
ngai4
nei5
dim2
zi3
他昨夜下班時 原想逗女兒歡喜

He was off work last night, and he wanted to cheer her up.

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to1
zok6
je6
haa6
baan1
si4
jyun5
soeng2
dau6
neoi6
ngai4
fun1
hei2
買了燒鵝脾

I bought a burner.

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maai5
liu4
siu1
ngo2
pei4
豈料 未幾 回家 已得知女兒尋死

I'm surprised that in the last few years, my daughter's death has been reported.

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hoi2
liu6
mei6
gei2
wui4
ze1
ji5
dak1
zi3
neoi6
ngai4
cam4
si2
(我仲唔死 唔通等佢食完只燒鵝脾 再禽上嚟)

(I'm not dead, I'm not going to die until he's done with the chicken and the bird is back.)

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ngo5
zung6
ng4
si2
ng4
tung1
ting2
heoi5
zi6
jyun4
zi2
siu1
ngo2
pei4
zoi3
kam4
soeng6
lei4
粱父一臉茫然道

My uncle was a little bit shy.

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fu6
jat1
lim5
mong4
jin4
dou6
傻女 喺學校嘅嘢可以話畀老豆知㗎嘛

A daughter can tell her father about school.

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so4
neoi6
hai2
hok6
haau3
koi3
je5
ho2
jyu5
waa6
bei3
lou5
dau6
zi3
gaa3
maa4
警員於死者身上發現安眠藥

The police found sleeping pills on the dead.

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ging2
wan6
wu1
si2
ze2
jyun4
soeng6
fat3
jin6
on1
min4
ngok6
(餵我訓唔著喎)

(Laughter)

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wai3
ngo5
fan3
ng4
zyu3
wo6
與咳藥水 (我咳喎)

And the cough medicine.

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jyu6
koi3
ngok6
seoi2
ngo5
koi3
wo6
懷疑是服食過量藥物導致自殺的證據Outro

The suspicion is that the drug overdose led to suicide.

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waai4
ji4
si6
fuk6
zi6
gwo3
loeng6
ngok6
mat6
dou6
zai3
zi6
saat3
dik1
zing3
geoi3
第二天沒人理會這新聞

The next day, no one noticed the news.

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dai6
ji6
tin1
mei6
jan4
lei5
wui6
ze5
san1
man6
第三天沒人理會這新聞

The next day, nobody noticed the news.

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dai6
saam3
tin1
mei6
jan4
lei5
wui6
ze5
san1
man6
第四天沒人理會這新聞

And on the fourth day, nobody noticed the news.

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dai6
sei3
tin1
mei6
jan4
lei5
wui6
ze5
san1
man6
第五天同類事件再發生

And on the fifth day, something similar happened.

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dai6
ng5
tin1
tung4
leoi6
si6
gin2
zoi3
fat3
sang1
第六天人人關注那新聞

And on the sixth day, people were interested in the news.

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dai6
luk6
tin1
jan4
jan4
gwaan1
zyu3
no6
san1
man6
第七天沒人理會那新聞

And on the seventh day, nobody noticed the news.

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dai6
cat1
tin1
mei6
jan4
lei5
wui6
no6
san1
man6
第八天沒人理會那新聞

Nobody noticed the news on the eighth day.

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dai6
baat3
tin1
mei6
jan4
lei5
wui6
no6
san1
man6
第九天沒人理會那新聞

Nobody noticed the news on the ninth day.

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dai6
gau2
tin1
mei6
jan4
lei5
wui6
no6
san1
man6
About This Song

"" (Seventeen Years) by (Farmer) delves deep into the intense emotional struggles of a teenage girl confronted with the harsh realities of life. The song's emotional core revolves around themes of rebellion, despair, and the quest for escape from a suffocating environment. The protagonist grapples with her identity and feelings of worthlessness, reflecting the inner turmoil that many adolescents face as they navigate complicated family dynamics and societal pressures.

Song Details
Singer:
農夫
Total Lines:
63