段DUAN - 瓦城MANDALAY

來自瓦城的聲音、回憶、說法。

段DUAN - 瓦城MANDALAY
詞 Lyrics：段DUAN
曲 Composer：B-Young
導演：Bear Tseng

瓦城人扎實多
A lot of people here in Mandalay
瓦城人扎實pyaw
Seem to be enjoying life
瓦城姑娘真漂亮
The women here are so beautiful
真的不騙你
And believe me, I’m not shitting you

出生在瓦城 成長在貴概為段家人
I was born in Mandalay , and grew up in Kutkai Duan family
92年回到Mandalay
back to the city in 92
為了逃避戰亂的毒品城遠走高飛
To escape the drugs and war zones of Kutkai
搬到73條的Yanmyolone 他們說這裡什麼都有
Moved to 73 St.YanmyoLone They said you can get anything you want here
其實就開幾家洗頭髮按摩小姐陪伴
Truth is there were just few hair salons with pretty, young girls to keep you company
大驚小怪的瓦城人說怎麼辦
But people made a big fuss about nothing and said “what are we going to do about this?”
90年代瓦城的街上 騎著單車到處亂晃
Riding a bike through the streets of Mandalay in the 90’s
看不見那個敢耍槍
Didn’t see anyone waving guns
也看不見會說漢人話的姑娘
And didn’t see any Chinese-speaking women
第一天去孔教讀書老師就幹國語講
My first day at Confucius Chinese school, the teacher lectured us in Mandarin
說什麼讀書要用功 做人不要橫衝 直撞
Saying study hard, be a good boy
考試不要作弊 見人要會打招呼 不勉強
Don’t cheat on your tests, and say hi to people you meet, but no pressure
學校剛好建在擁擠混亂的漢人街之中
The school was built in a crowded alley in Chinatown
就這樣開始延續著我們的漢人文化
To pass down and teach us our culture
中庸 之道
The Doctrine of the Golden Mean
其實真的不簡單 站在軍政府的腳下
Nothing was easy under the military regime
金錢買通 子孫兒女免去被同化的危機
Bribes were necessary to protect the next generation from cultural influences
但免不了被壓榨歧視
But they weren’t enough to prevent oppression and discrimination
漢人本來就是個小圈子
We are the minority
我們又能變出什麼法子
We had no other options, no better solutions

有錢人生活好過不囉嗦
Life is so easy for the rich
窮人只能騎單車上學咯
The poor bear the burden of the struggle
人口比貴概多的Mandalay
Mandalay is more developed than Kutkai
但人情味只有一些些
But it lacks small town hospitality; life in the city is not kind

瓦城人扎實多
A lot of people here in Mandalay
瓦城人扎實pyaw
Seem to be enjoying life a lot
瓦城姑娘最漂亮了
So many good looking girls
可惜追不到
Too bad I had to leave so early

現在的瓦城
Today in Mandalay
年輕人滿街 裸露全身的廉價刺青
Young kids with cheap tattoos hang out in the streets
審美觀如此獨特 自我感覺非常良好
Developing their own unique aesthetic to go along with self-complacency
流行尖端刺殺所有
The cutting edge of fashion kills everything
手機一隻放棄求學追求
They’re trading education for a cellphone
以為那就是有錢人的噱頭
Following trends set by the rich
被灌輸洗腦的教育
Education is just indoctrination
小孩成長靠苦力 不用讀書很安逸
Children grow up laboring, take the path of least resistance, no need to go to school
智慧型科技穿透每個人心，
Technology invading everyone's mind
不管第三世界第一世界，人人找到出口，
It doesn’t matter if it’s in the third world or the first world, everybody knows a way out
現在才真正了解，
Now I can see through it all clearly
它的誘惑、感染力那麼輕易拿走最單純聊天所帶來的快樂，
Temptation is contagious and it takes away true happiness simple things like a face to face
conversation.
而快樂已經不再有，也不會再發生，除非摧毀新的智慧，未來。
The simple pleasures are gone and they won’t ever come back unless we destroy the so-called technological intelligence of the future.

有錢人生活好過不囉嗦
Life is so easy for the rich
窮人只能騎單車上學咯
The poor bear the burden of the struggle
人口比貴概多的Mandalay
Mandalay is more developed than Kutkai
但人情味只有一些些
But it lacks small town hospitality; life in the city is not kind
時區之下
In our timezone

Peace!