不是路 Road to…

【北管官話，出自亂彈戲「織絹」，牌子「不是路 put-sī-lōo」】

忙步匆匆
mang-pu-tshong-tshong
忙步匆匆
Hurried steps

急回家中把信來通
ki hue kia-tsong pa sin lai thong
急回家中把信來通
Rushing home for mail

如蜂擁家中戶戶悲心痛
lu hong-iong kia-tsong hu-hu pai-sin-thong
如蜂擁家中戶戶悲心痛
Buzzing like bees, each house in sorrow

要取閨中一點紅
iau tshü kui-tsong i tian hong
要取閨中一點紅
The royal court has come to collect the daughter

我悲心痛
ngo pai-sin-thong
我悲心痛
My heart aches

這樁事兒難擺弄
tse tsuang sir lu lan pai-long
這樁事兒難擺弄
This is no simple affair

叫老身豈不悲痛、怎不悲痛
kiau lau-sin khi pu pai-thong tsan pu pai-thong
叫老身豈不悲痛、怎不悲痛
How can my old bones not feel sadness, not feel sadness

這的是飛來禍凶
tse ti sir hui-lai hoo-hiong
這的是飛來禍凶
This was a horrid disaster

說什麼騰玉封送
sue sin-moo thing-i-hong-song
說什麼騰玉封送
What talk of jade gifts

我山雞不願變鳳
ngo san-tsi pu-ian pian hong
我山雞不願變鳳
I’d rather a hen than a phoenix

我不願鯉魚化成龍
ngo pu-ian li-i hua-tshin long
我不願鯉魚化成龍
I’d rather a koi than a dragon

可憐我母和女、兄和妹
khoo-lian ngo mu hoo ni siong hoo mai
可憐我母和女、兄和妹
Pity my mother and daughter, brother and sister

骨肉西東、淚如泉源、箭似穿腦
ku-lou si-tong、lui lu tshian-ian、tsian sir tshuan nau
骨肉西東、淚如泉源、箭似穿腦
Families torn, tears fountains, minds shot through

說什麼飛騰目下、指日成龍
sue sin-moo hui-thing-mu-hia、tsir-rir-sing-long
說什麼飛騰目下、指日成龍
What talk of soaring and becoming dragons

我悲心痛
ngo pai-sin-thong
我悲心痛
My heart aches

這樁事兒難擺弄
tse tsuang sir lu lan pai-long
這樁事兒難擺弄
This is no simple affair

叫老身豈不悲痛、怎不悲痛
kiau lau-sin khi pu pai-thong tsan pu pai-thong
叫老身豈不悲痛、怎不悲痛
How can my old bones not feel sadness, not feel sadness