It’s Hard to Say Goodbye 《道別是一件難事》

Salt Lake Chinese Choir Annual Concert 《Luminous Journey, Enduring Love》
鹽湖華人合唱團年度音樂會《遙遙微光 · 與我同行》
Performed on 06/03/2023, Salt Lake City, UT
Conductor：Yu-Feng Huang 黃育峰
Accompanist：Yanqi Wang 王妍琦
Cellist：Sean Paddock
Clarinetist：Erik Newland
L詞曲 Lyrics & Music：金承志 Aaron King
Lyrics Translation：Hsing-I Shih 施行一
Film Production: M Flim 摩根製作
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"It’s Hard to Say Goodbye" is a reflective and poignant composition penned by Aaron King, a renowned composer and conductor based in China. In this song, King skillfully captures the emotional journey of bidding farewell to one's past and hometown while acknowledging the enduring power of memories. Through introspective lyrics, the piece explores the intricacies of nostalgia and the struggle to move forward, blending sentiments of longing and acceptance. King's composition also raises thought-provoking questions about the nature of commemoration and the meaning of love. Overall, "It’s Hard to Say Goodbye" is a beautiful and contemplative musical work that resonates with the universal human experience of letting go and embracing the present.
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和故鄉去道別
遙遠的地平線
那端是一場冬的雪
Say goodbye to hometown
Beyond the distant horizon
Winter snow is falling
和往事說再見
可過去的影子
又怎麼能填埋清潔
Say goodbye to the past
But can its shadow
Be buried completely?
說是都忘記了吧
其實比誰都要記得
那個場所 那個劉海 那個雨天
Forgotten, you say?
But you recall it better than anyone
The where, the fringe of hair, the day it rained
說根本在恨他吧
那為什麼總是要抓緊棉被
在入睡前？
Hated his guts, you say?
Then why clench the blanket
Before falling asleep?
若真忘一個人
又怎麼會允許
他在心裡蕩著秋千
If you’ve truly put him out of your mind
Why would you let him
Play on a swing in your heart?
若真愛一個人
嘴巴上的咒駡
都成了思念的煙
If you’re truly in love with her
All your swearing
Becomes the cigarette you smoke out of longing
和故鄉去道別
鳥兒在森林間
它們要去來時地方
Say goodbye to hometown
Birds in the woods
Will return to where they came from
和往事說再見
可往事總有它的脾氣
不慌不忙
Say goodbye to the past
But the past has its mood
All in good time
有時在午夜時
在人群中
在馬路旁
Sometimes, at midnight
In the crowd
By the road
有時在空氣中
在酒杯裡
在熱澡堂
Sometimes, in the air
In cups of wine
In public baths
什麼是紀念
什麼是紀念
紀念無需記得
是心在偷偷下雪
What does it mean to commemorate?
What does it mean, indeed?
It requires no remembering
Though it does snow in the heart in secret
故鄉喲故鄉
愛人喲愛人
既然都忘不掉
不如就裝著吧
O my hometown
O my loved ones
Since I can’t forget you
I’ll just pretend everything’s fine
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Salt Lake Chinese Choir 鹽湖華人合唱團
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