https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjCXCREjH1Q
海鸣威
Hai ming wei
你的承诺
Ni de cheng nuo
Your promise
乌云遮蔽了天空
wu1 yun2 zhe1 bi4 liao5 tian1 kong1
Dark clouds block the sky
窗外又是阴雨时候
chuang1 wai4 you4 shi4 yin1 yu3 shi2 hou4
Outside of the window, it is again the time of cloudy rains
伞下的恋人中
san3 xia4 de5 lian4 ren2 zhong1
Among the lovers under the umbrella
不再有你我手牵手
bu2 zai4 you3 ni3 wo3 shou3 qian1 shou3
There is no (scene of) our holding hands anymore
一切过了太久
yi2 qie4 guo4 liao5 tai4 jiu3
Everything has passed too long ago
我们的十字路口
wo3 men1 de5 shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3
Our character 十 (ten) intersection
下一站是谁在等候
xia4 yi2 zhan4 shi4 shui2 zai4 deng3 hou4
Who will be waiting at the next stop
你我的方向盘却向着
ni3 wo3 de5 fang1 xiang4 pan2 que4 xiang4 zhe5
Our steering wheels, however, point toward
相反的彼岸
xiang1 fan3 de5 bi3 an4
The other shores of the opposite
终点还是分开
zhong1 dian3 huan2 shi4 fen1 kai1
At the end point, we nevertheless had to part
告别你我离开之后
gao4 bie2 ni3 wo3 li2 kai1 zhi1 hou4
Saying farewell to you, after I left
这回忆可以保留
zhe4 hui2 yi4 ke3 yi3 bao3 liu2
This memory will be able to be preserved
当初那美好的感动
dang1 chu1 na4 mei3 hao3 de5 gan3 dong4
At that time that beautiful heart felt feeling
你说你记住了
ni3 shuo1 ni3 ji4 zhu4 liao5
You said you memorized it
不为彼此难过
bu2 wei4 bi3 ci3 nan2 guo4
We are not going to feel sad for each other
过各自的生活
guo4 ge4 zi4 de5 sheng1 huo2
Live our own separate life
oh baby
你答应我的我都记得
ni3 da1 ying4 wo3 de5 wo3 du1 ji4 de5
What you promised me I remember them all
但是你却忘了你的承诺
dan4 shi4 ni3 que4 wang4 liao5 ni3 de5 cheng2 nuo4
However, yet you forgot your own promise
不是说好彼此都不再联络
bu2 shi4 shuo1 hao3 bi3 ci3 du1 bu2 zai4 lian2 luo4
Did not we agree that we are not going to contact each other
谁都别再犯错
shui2 du1 bie2 zai4 fan4 cuo4
We are not going to make mistakes again
是我的固执让你难过
shi4 wo3 de5 gu4 zhi2 rang4 ni3 nan2 guo4
It is my stubbornness that made you sad
但是分手却也无法选择
dan4 shi4 fen1 shou3 que4 ye3 wu2 fa3 xuan3 ze2
But, breaking up, yet also is unable to choose
我走了以后
wo3 zou3 liao5 yi3 hou4
After I am gone
你要好好生活
ni3 yao4 hao3 hao3 sheng1 huo5
You have to live well
不要想我 也别再哭了
bu2 yao4 xiang3 wo3 ye3 bie2 zai4 ku1 liao5
Don’t miss me, also don’t cry anymore
我们的十字路口
wo3 men1 de5 shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3
Our character 十 (ten) intersection
下一站是谁在等候
xia4 yi2 zhan4 shi4 shui2 zai4 deng3 hou4
Who will be waiting at the next stop
你我的方向盘却向着
ni3 wo3 de5 fang1 xiang4 pan2 que4 xiang4 zhe5
Our steering wheels, however, point toward
相反的彼岸
xiang1 fan3 de5 bi3 an4
The other shores of the opposite
终点还是分开
zhong1 dian3 huan2 shi4 fen1 kai1
At the end point, we nevertheless had to part
告别你我离开之后
gao4 bie2 ni3 wo3 li2 kai1 zhi1 hou4
Saying farewell to you, after I left
这回忆可以保留
zhe4 hui2 yi4 ke3 yi3 bao3 liu2
This memory will be able to be preserved
当初那美好的感动
dang1 chu1 na4 mei3 hao3 de5 gan3 dong4
At that time that beautiful heart felt feeling
你说你记住了
ni3 shuo1 ni3 ji4 zhu4 liao5
You said you memorized it
不为彼此难过
bu2 wei4 bi3 ci3 nan2 guo4
We are not going to feel sad for each other
过各自的生活
guo4 ge4 zi4 de5 sheng1 huo2
Live our own separate life
oh baby
你答应我的我都记得
ni3 da1 ying4 wo3 de5 wo3 du1 ji4 de5
What you promised me I remember them all
但是你却忘了你的承诺
dan4 shi4 ni3 que4 wang4 liao5 ni3 de5 cheng2 nuo4
However, yet you forgot your own promise
不是说好彼此都不再联络
bu2 shi4 shuo1 hao3 bi3 ci3 du1 bu2 zai4 lian2 luo4
Did not we agree that we are not going to contact each other
谁都别再犯错
shui2 du1 bie2 zai4 fan4 cuo4
We are not going to make mistakes again
是我的固执让你难过
shi4 wo3 de5 gu4 zhi2 rang4 ni3 nan2 guo4
It is my stubbornness that made you sad
但是分手却也无法选择
dan4 shi4 fen1 shou3 que4 ye3 wu2 fa3 xuan3 ze2
But, breaking up, yet also is unable to choose
我走了以后
wo3 zou3 liao5 yi3 hou4
After I am gone
你要好好生活
ni3 yao4 hao3 hao3 sheng1 huo5
You have to live well
不要想我 也别再哭了
bu2 yao4 xiang3 wo3 ye3 bie2 zai4 ku1 liao5
Don’t miss me, also don’t cry anymore
你答应我的我都记得
ni3 da1 ying4 wo3 de5 wo3 du1 ji4 de5
What you promised me I remember them all
但是你却忘了你的承诺
dan4 shi4 ni3 que4 wang4 liao5 ni3 de5 cheng2 nuo4
However, yet you forgot your own promise
不是说好彼此都不再联络
bu2 shi4 shuo1 hao3 bi3 ci3 du1 bu2 zai4 lian2 luo4
Did not we agree that we are not going to contact each other
谁都别再犯错
shui2 du1 bie2 zai4 fan4 cuo4
We are not going to make mistakes again
是我的固执让你难过
shi4 wo3 de5 gu4 zhi2 rang4 ni3 nan2 guo4
It is my stubbornness that made you sad
但是分手却也无法选择
dan4 shi4 fen1 shou3 que4 ye3 wu2 fa3 xuan3 ze2
But, breaking up, yet also is unable to choose
我走了以后
wo3 zou3 liao5 yi3 hou4
After I am gone
你要好好生活
ni3 yao4 hao3 hao3 sheng1 huo5
You have to live well
不要想我 也别再哭了
bu2 yao4 xiang3 wo3 ye3 bie2 zai4 ku1 liao5
Don’t miss me, also don’t cry anymore
Translated by Shu
Cantonese version: 海嗚威 泳兒 我的回憶不是我的 Hai Mingwei, yong er wo de hui yi bu shi wo de My memories are not mine
Singer Hai Mingwei background info:
Hemingway Granville (English name: Ocean, July 10, 1982 -) was born in Guangzhou City, China. He won “Idol” singing competition in 2000 and National Street Dance Competition in 2002. In 2005, he served as a guest actor in Jacky Cheung’s musical “Snow Wolf Lake”, and he played seven roles in it. May 19, 2007, he released his debut album, “Dance Dance Dance”. His first hit song in the album is “The Old Man and the Sea”. In April, 2010, he launched his first Cantonese album, “My memories are not mine”. This song, your promise, is the Mandarin version of “My memories are not mine.”
Quotes of promises:
Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver. ~Author Unknown
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. ~Hannah Arendt
Half the promises people say were never kept, were never made. ~Edgar Watson Howe
We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. ~Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld
Oaths are but words, and words but wind. ~Samuel Butler
To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing. ~Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1876
It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath. ~Aeschylus
The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. ~Napoleon Bonaparte
When a man takes an oath… he’s holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then – he needn’t hope to find himself again. ~Robert Bolt
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. ~Norman Douglas
Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All promise outruns performance. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. ~Thomas Fuller
Promises are like crying babies in a theater, they should be carried out at once. ~Norman Vincent Peale
He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
Promise is most given when the least is said. ~George Chapman
Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
Nothing weights lighter than a promise. ~German Proverb
A promise made is a debt unpaid. ~Robert Service
Promises and pie crusts are made to be broken. ~Jonathan Swift
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise. ~William Dean Howells
Losers make promises they often break. Winners make commitments they always keep. ~Denis Waitley
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. ~Abraham Lincoln
These quotes come from: http://www.quotegarden.com/promises.html
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