罗大佑 Lo Ta yu / Luo Da You – 沧海一声笑 One roar of laughter over the blue sea – Cang hai yi sheng xiao: Chinese song and Cantonese song, lyrics, pinyin, English translation, and background information about the song

罗大佑 – 沧海一声笑 One roar of laughter over the blue sea
Luo da you – Cang hai yi sheng xiao

沧海一声笑　滔滔两岸潮 浮沉随浪只记今朝
cang hai yi sheng xiao tao tao liang an chao fu chen sui lang zhi ji jin chao
One roar of laughter over the blue sea, both shores’ tides washed and cleansed. Drifting and sinking with the waves, and I only remember this morning

苍天笑　纷纷世上潮　谁负谁胜出　天知晓
cang tian xiao fen fen shi shang chao shui fu shui sheng chu tian zhi xiao
The blue sky laughed at the noisy and busy waves of this human world. Who will lose, and who will stand out and win, only the heaven knows

江山笑　烟雨遥　　　涛浪涛尽红尘俗世知多少
jiang shan xiao yan yu yao tao lang tao jin hong chen su shi zhi duo shao
The River and mountain smile, the smoke and the rain are faraway. The giant waves cleansed completely the red dust, and the ordinary human world knows how much

清风笑　竟惹寂寥　　豪情还剩了　一襟晚照
qing feng xiao jing re ji liao hao qing huan sheng liao yi jin wan zhao
The cleansed wind laughed, but induced the loneliness. The heroic feelings still remain; a bosom of (heroic feeling) reflects in the light of evening sunset

苍生笑　不再寂寥　豪情仍在痴痴笑笑
cang sheng xiao bu zai ji liao hao qing reng zai chi chi xiao xiao
The common people laugh, not remain alone anymore. The heroic feeling still remain, foolishly laughing

啦………　啦………
la la
La la la

Translated by Shu

Cantonese version:

Background information about this song:
Laughing over the blue sea(沧海一声笑)
It is a classic fantasy martial arts movie theme song which was composed and wrote the lyrics by Wong Jim. The movie, The Swordman, conducted by Tsui Hark in 1990s, adapted to a fantasy martial arts novel, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer (笑傲江湖) which was written by Jin Yong in 1967 during the time of the Cultural Revolution of China. The Smiling, Proud Wanderer means to live a carefree life in a mundane world of strife. An alternative English title is State of Divinity. It was intentionally written as a reflection of politicians. The characters were representative of actual politicians who lived during that time.

The music is played combining traditional chinese instrument, Pipa, Xiao and Guzheng. It conveys a theme not only about having power and strength to smile and looking down troubles, but also an attitude, keeping a positive mind and letting go lots of trouble things. It is somewhat like the song “Let It Be”.
The information about this song come from:
http://chinesemusicgroup.wikispaces.com/Laughing+over+the+blue+sea%28%E6%B2%A7%E6%B5%B7%E4%B8%80%E5%A3%B0%E7%AC%91%29