Poetry

Hong Kong Bar Hop

Translated by: 
Simon Wu
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Scroll down for the Chinese version by Simon Wu)

 

Hong Kong, bing bong,

Boho, Noho, Lan Kwai Fong.

Roving eye, see you later,

rising up the escalator.

 

Yat, yee, sam, sei,

karaoke, cabaret.

 

Off to Boo (get you),

on to Rice, very nice.

Desire Bar, too far?

Taxi, bus or MTR.

Flex, Flux, Boo, Bent,

life is short let’s seize the moment.

Humphrey’s Street, Wally Matt,

Hau Fook Road, Black Kat,

Shan Tung, C-Du,

Where to next? Up to you.

 

Babylon, round the corner,

let off steam in the sauna.

Vox, Works, come inside,

Memorandum, take a ride.

Hollywood, D’Aguilar,

Ninety-Seven, Stroll Bar,

Fruits in Suits, Propaganda,

Tony’s, Zoo, Gender Bender,

Neon Panda, Lemonade,

Déjà vu and Motorcade.

 

Yat, yee, sam, sei

Karaoke Cabaret.

 

Bright lights, temptation,

Canto, disco, pop sensation.

Hip Hop, on with the show,

Lights up, Go Go.

 


 

(Hong Kong Bar Hop, translated by Simon Wu)

 香港蒲吧

 

香港,叮噹

心猿意馬,蘭桂坊

眼碌碌,心郁郁

上電梯,有性福

一二三四

卡拉OK,打飛機。

壯熊Bar,咁曳㗎

去米記,實冇死

慾望吧, 太遠嗎?

的士,巴士,地鐡嗎?

Flex, Flux, Boo Bent

人生苦短,抓緊時段

堪富利士,華生吧

厚福街,黑貓吧

山東街, C-Du吧

下一站,靠你啦。

 

(Chorus) 

霓虹,熊貓,檸檬汁

茉莉飄香過港灣

愛會㒹倒日與夜

廣東歌,的士高,燈一亮

米執輸

 

巴比倫,轉過彎

發泄梗係去桑拿

Vox吧,Works吧,入嚟啦

備忘吧, 嚟玩啦

荷里活,德忌笠

七十一,Stroll吧

FinS聯盟,Propaganda

東尼吧,動物園丶變性吧。

 

(chorus)

霓虹,熊貓,檸檬汁

似曽相識丶車隊吧

一二三四

卡拉OK,打飛機

燈亮亮,誘惑強

廣東歌,的士高,天王天后

嘻哈,一場接一場

燈一亮,冇商量

 

Download Hong Kong Bar Hop from iTunes here.

Read Dino Mahoney's Hong Kong Bar Hop blog post here.

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