Fairy Tale (an easy song to learn)
I know my little translations of pop songs are some of the least popular content on this blog, but I just can’t help it, sorry.
“Fairy Tale” (tónghuà 童话) by Guāng Liáng (光良) is very popular right now (in this part of the country at least). It also has the added benefit of being one of the simplest (linguistically and musically) Chinese pop songs I’ve heard.
I’m trying a new format for posting the lyrics. In addition to the “printer friendly” PDF format, I’ve got a plain text file as well. I tried just slapping the plain text lyrics in this post, but it got kind of long. If either of you two readers who actually look at my pop song translations have an opinion about the lyrics format, please let me know.
Lyrics (English, pinyin, 汉字)
Fairytale (printer friendly)
(requires Adobe Reader, which is available here).
NOTE: To download the document directly to your computer without viewing it in your internet browser, right-click on the link and select “Save link/target as…”
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3 Responses to “Fairy Tale (an easy song to learn)”
Joel
said:
Hey, are you ever going to do 老鼠爱大米? I started to, but have been to busy to finish it.
i swear the Tong Hua MV is the cheesiest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Actually, i take that back. 老鼠爱大米 might be cheesier, but i still like it better.
Comment date: Jul 11, 2008
Glen
said:
I think it’s great! Thank you for taking the time to do this. I appreciate all the resources you provide.
Comment date: Jul 11, 2008
Alain
said:
Great idea, thanks for taking the time to share this with us. Pop songs, no matter how cheesy are a good way to learn.
However, now I have the lyrics, where do i get the tune from ?
BTW , the PDF format works for me - I look forward to the next instalment……
Comment date: Jul 11, 2008