Modern Youngsters Tong kim ei siau lien kei, Bei hoh kong, beh hoh hiam, Sniau kakee chinya k’iang, K’ui Ch’ui tu kiou lu tiam. Ku lah gau ah wah kah gau, Chneh lai chneh k’ee chou tui t’au. Chiak iam chei kuei lu chiak bee, K’ee net more than lu bin ch’uk k’ee. The generation gap they say, Must be lah, bou lang ch’iou p’nai sei. Hibang ee lang kakee hiau liau lee, Su ei hiau kau tim, bat tou lee. Ch’ut t;au, seing keh, hnua-hnua hee-hee, tua han, chnia lang, pien chai see; U lei, u t’ei, u hau, u cheing, K’ee lai ei hoh lang chun keing. | Modern Youngsters Today’s youngsters as all can see Take criticisms from neither you nor me Highly opinionated and conceited too Before you could speak, they would silence you. They throw a challenge at you instead Engaging in squabbles or at loggerhead They claim to know more than your age And better in control than you would imagine. Saying, ‘It’s the generation gap’ as an excuse Thus, covering it up to conceal the ruse It’s fervently hoped they could manage their life And learn the ropes in order to survive And successfully settle down happily Grown-up and changed for the better in maturity Well-mannered, humble, filial and grateful too, So that they other would feel respectful to. |
Chou Lang Kah Ch’in Ch’ai Chit lei lak sam, hee lei ch’au bee, Keik Kuei ee ei lang, bou ch’u bee. Ch’iou lang, suan lang, p’ak tei it, Meh lang, kong lang, t’nia liau sit. Lee iong, knua suei lang see peing siong, Bou u pnua tiam ei tua liong, Sniau kakee high and might, Abuei chiak k’oh mm chai see, Life has its ups and down, Fortune smiles but also frowns. T’eing hai louk lan ei jit chee, Balu kah bei chnua kahh see. Bak chiu kah ei pek hoh kim, Kam buan sniau bueil chou hou sim. Chou lang eing kai kah ch’im ch’ai, Kakee, pat lang kah ei liau kai. Pengumpul: WOU Masyarakat: Peranakan Baba | Be humble and polite This is filthy and that is smelly Snubbing those beneath one’s dignity To ridicule and to chide others he would excel He rebukes and criticisms are unbearable as well. Taking advantage, belittling others are so typical of him Without any sense of generosity at all it seem Putting on airs, and so high and might is he Never ever going through hardship he just couldn’t see, But life always has its ups and downs One day fortune smiles, next day fortune frowns Just wait till he gets into a fix, I’d say Then, would he learn to be humble one day Only then would he open his eyes to reality And in repenting, starts to do good for humanity As humans we should always stay simple and humble So that we would understand ourselves and our neighbours. |
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